AmeriCorps Funding Opportunities
The mission of AmeriCorps is to improve lives, strengthen communities, and foster civic participation through service and volunteering. Through AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, and the Volunteer Generation Fund, AmeriCorps has helped to engage millions of citizens in meeting community and national challenges through service and volunteer action. Several different types of AmeriCorps program funding are available from CNCS but the requirements, processes, and allowable service activities are different for each program.
2022-2023 funding now closed. Click the links below to learn more about each prior AmeriCorps funding opportunity. If you need help determining which program is right for your organization, learn more about Key Differences in AmeriCorps Programs, view a Comparison of AmeriCorps Programs, or contact Engage.AR@adhe.edu
Apply for Engage AR AmeriCorps Funding Apply for AmeriCorps Seniors Funding Apply for NCCC Team Apply For VISTA Funding Decision Tree 2022-2023
EngageAR AmeriCorps Funding Opportunities
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AmeriCorps Arkansas grants are available through EngageAR to Arkansas nonprofits, higher education institutions, local and state governments, and tribal agencies proposing to engage AmeriCorps members in evidence-based or evidence-informed interventions/practices to strengthen communities. An AmeriCorps member is an individual who engages in community service through an approved national service position. Members may receive a living allowance and other benefits while serving. Upon successful completion of their service, members earn a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award from the National Service Trust that members can use to pay for higher education expenses or apply to qualified student loans. Successful AmeriCorps Arkansas program applicants can engage at least 4 full-time or 8 half-time AmeriCorps Members in an intervention, program, or service that meets critical community needs in the areas of education, disaster services, health, environmental stewardship, economic opportunity, and veterans and military families.
Please submit all AmeriCorps Arkansas funding questions and documents to EngageAR - Engage.AR@adhe.edu
EngageAR 2022 – 2023 Notice of Funding Opportunity
Concept PaperStart here if you have never received funding from EngageAR for an AmeriCorps Program. Concept papers are a required preliminary application step. Programs may not apply for AmeriCorps funds without the submission of the concept paper package or the expressed written permission of the EngageAR Director. Concept papers are only accepted from April 1- November 15. |
AmeriCorps Funding Training, Technical Assistance, and Supplemental ResourcesView Past training here and register for future AmeriCorps training and technical assistance training. |
Planning GrantPlanning grants provide organizations financial support to explore and expand their capacity to manage an AmeriCorps program. Grant recipients are awarded up to $75,000 for up to a 12-month planning period to start no earlier than August 1 and are expected to be better prepared to compete for an AmeriCorps program grant in the following grant cycle. |
Operational GrantSelected organizations will receive grants to manage AmeriCorps programs to engage AmeriCorps members in service to meet critical needs in Arkansas. |
Supplemental Resources:
Arkansas State Service Plan 2020-2023
AmeriCorps NCCC
AmeriCorps NCCC Southwest Region team Water 5 helped with farm infrastructure and nutrition programming during this 12-week project.
- Class 25 Round 3
AmeriCorps NCCC 2021-2022 Request for Applications
AmeriCorps NCCC Evaluative Criteria
AmeriCorps NCCC Project Concept Form
AmeriCorps NCCC Service Project Application Instructions
AmeriCorps VISTA Funding
AmeriCorps VISTA FY2021 Request for Concept Papers Timeline
AmeriCorps VISTA Program Guidance
AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America) provides members to support projects at nonprofit, grassroots organizations, and local government agencies that operate programs to help alleviate poverty in the United States. VISTA members strengthen and support these organizations by improving their infrastructure, expanding community partnerships, securing long-term resources, training program participants, and developing other activities that help build long-term sustainability for overcoming poverty.
Public, private, or faith-based nonprofit organizations, as well as local or state agencies, can become an AmeriCorps VISTA sponsoring organization. The application process is conducted at the state level to ensure local community needs are being met. The application process is a two-phase process with con
cept paper and full application. Contact the CNCS State Office covering the area in which the proposed project would be located to discuss application timeline, requirements, and procedures.
The CNCS State Office will provide technical assistance during the application process. The length of the application process varies, but the average time from the initial contact to a final decision is 3 to 5 months. Click to learn more about applying for a VISTA Project
