Federal
Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS)
11/18/20
01/06/21 5:00 PM EST
Grants to USA states, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, tribes, and IHEs to employ volunteer staff to carry out a broad range of community services. Applicants must complete required registrations prior to submitting an application. Funding is available as cost reimbursement grants or as fixed cost grants.
AmeriCorps grants are awarded to eligible organizations 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.
CNCS seeks to prioritize the investment of national service resources in the following areas:
Type of Award
AmeriCorps Operating Grants: CNCS may award a Cost Reimbursement grants or Fixed Amount
grants. For more information on grant types, see https://www.nationalservice.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2_ASN_FY2021_MandatorySupplementalInstructions_FINAL_508_0.pdf#page=2.
GrantWatch ID#: 148449
see https://www.nationalservice.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2_ASN_FY2021_MandatorySupplementalInstructions_FINAL_508_0.pdf#page=2
Award amounts will vary, as determined by the scope of the projects.
Maximum Cost per MSY:
- Individual Competitive State/Territory Program (cost reimbursement): $16,300*
- Multi-state (cost reimbursement): $16,300*
- Professional Corps Fixed Amount Applicants/Grantees: $1,000**
- Education Award Program Fixed Amount Grant: $800 or $1,000***
- Full-cost Fixed Amount Grant: $16,300
- State/Territory Commission Formula Prime: $18,000
- Individual State/Territory Formula Program: $20,000
- State/Territory Commission Average (of all its subgrants): $16,300
*Cost reimbursement programs operating in rural communities (as defined in the Mandatory Supplemental Information) and cost reimbursement programs that recruit opportunity youth as AmeriCorps members may request up to $16,800 cost per MSY for the AmeriCorps members who will be serving in rural areas or who are opportunity youth.
**CNCS requires Professional Corps programs to cover the operating expenses associated with the AmeriCorps program through non CNCS resources. CNCS will only consider operating funds of up to $1,000 per MSY if an applicant is able to demonstrate significant organizational financial need.
*** Per 42 U.S.C. 12581a, the Corporation may provide the operational support under this section for a program in an amount that is not more than $800 per individual enrolled in an approved national service position, or not more than $1,000 per such individual if at least 50 percent of the persons enrolled in the program are disadvantaged youth.
CNCS anticipates making three-year grants. CNCS generally makes an initial award for the first year of the period of performance, based on a one-year budget. Continuation awards for subsequent years are not guaranteed; they depend upon availability of appropriations and satisfactory performance.
The project start date may not occur prior to the date CNCS awards the grant. AmeriCorps members may not enroll prior to the start date of the award. AmeriCorps members may not begin service prior to the beginning of the member enrollment period as designated in the grant award. A program may not certify any hours a member performs prior to the beginning of the member enrollment period.
Before starting your grant application, please review the funding source's website listed below for updates/changes/addendums/conferences/LOIs.
Apply online: https://egrants.cns.gov/espan/main/login.jsp
Send paper copy applications to:
Corporation for National and Community Service
ATTN: Office of Grants Administration (OGA)/FY21 AmeriCorps State & National Grants
250 E Street, SW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20525
For more information, call (202) 606-7508 or email americorpsgrants@cns.gov.
Potential applicants from South Dakota should contact the above email address for additional guidance.
State Commission contacts: https://www.nationalservice.gov/about-cncs/contact-us/state-service-commissions
For technical issues related to eGrants, please visit the National Service Hotline or call 1-800-942-2677 or make contact via https://www.nationalservice.gov/app/ask_eg
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Fundraising opportunity for USA, Canada, and International nonprofit organizations to host a jazz concert held in honor of their organization or cause. Applicants must contact the funding source prior to applying. In addition to funds raised through concert ticket sales
Fundraising opportunity for USA, Canada, and International nonprofit organizations to host a jazz concert held in honor of their organization or cause. Applicants must contact the funding source prior to applying. In addition to funds raised through concert ticket sales
Fundraising opportunity for USA, Canada, and International nonprofit organizations to host a jazz concert held in honor of their organization or cause. Applicants must contact the funding source prior to applying. In addition to funds raised through concert ticket sales
Fundraising opportunity for USA, Canada, and International nonprofit organizations to host a jazz concert held in honor of their organization or cause. Applicants must contact the funding source prior to applying. In addition to funds raised through concert ticket sales
Fundraising opportunity for USA, Canada, and International nonprofit organizations to host a jazz concert held in honor of their organization or cause. Applicants must contact the funding source prior to applying. In addition to funds raised through concert ticket sales
Fundraising opportunity for USA, Canada, and International nonprofit organizations to host a jazz concert held in honor of their organization or cause. Applicants must contact the funding source prior to applying. In addition to funds raised through concert ticket sales
Fundraising opportunity for USA, Canada, and International nonprofit organizations to host a jazz concert held in honor of their organization or cause. Applicants must contact the funding source prior to applying. In addition to funds raised through concert ticket sales
Fundraising opportunity for USA, Canada, and International nonprofit organizations to host a jazz concert held in honor of their organization or cause. Applicants must contact the funding source prior to applying. In addition to funds raised through concert ticket sales
Fundraising opportunity for USA, Canada, and International nonprofit organizations to host a jazz concert held in honor of their organization or cause. Applicants must contact the funding source prior to applying. In addition to funds raised through concert ticket sales
Fundraising opportunity for USA, Canada, and International nonprofit organizations to host a jazz concert held in honor of their organization or cause. Applicants must contact the funding source prior to applying. In addition to funds raised through concert ticket sales
