Opportunity Information: Apply for AC 03 18 23
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Volunteer Generation Fund (VGF) is a discretionary grant opportunity offered by AmeriCorps to help communities strengthen and rebuild their volunteer systems after the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic. The central purpose of the program is to increase the impact volunteers can have on urgent local needs by improving the way organizations recruit, support, manage, and retain volunteers. Rather than simply funding direct service alone, VGF is aimed at investments in volunteer management practices and infrastructure so that nonprofits and other entities are better equipped to mobilize larger numbers of volunteers more effectively and keep them engaged over time.
VGF funding is intended to support efforts that expand an organization or community network's capacity to meet critical community needs through service. The opportunity is broad in the types of community challenges it can address, covering activity areas such as disaster prevention and relief, education, environment, food and nutrition, health, housing, and other locally identified priorities. In practical terms, this means applicants can propose projects that build stronger volunteer pipelines, modernize volunteer systems, improve volunteer training and supervision models, strengthen partnerships that feed volunteers into high-need settings, and generally improve the structures that make volunteer engagement sustainable and high-impact.
The eligible applicant pool is wide and includes many types of public and nonprofit entities. Eligible applicants include state governments, county governments, city or township governments, and independent school districts, as well as public and state-controlled institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education. Federally recognized Native American tribal governments are eligible, along with nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education). The listing also includes "others," indicating that additional entity types may be eligible depending on program definitions and the specific role envisioned for state service commissions, states, and US territories. The opportunity description highlights State Service Commissions, states, and US territories, which typically play a central role in administering or coordinating volunteer infrastructure investments within their jurisdictions.
This funding opportunity is cataloged under CFDA number 94.021 and is offered as a grant (Funding Instrument Type: Grant). The funding opportunity number is AC 03 18 23. AmeriCorps released the opportunity on March 17, 2023, with an original application closing date of May 16, 2023. The award ceiling is listed as $1,000,000, signaling that individual awards can be substantial, particularly for proposals that have statewide or territory-wide reach or that meaningfully strengthen volunteer management systems across multiple organizations or communities. The number of expected awards is not specified in the provided source information.
Overall, the FY 2023 VGF opportunity is designed for applicants that can demonstrate a clear plan to improve volunteer engagement capacity and show how better volunteer management translates into measurable community benefits. The emphasis is on rebuilding and strengthening the volunteer infrastructure in a lasting way, so that organizations can recruit more volunteers, keep them involved, and deploy them effectively to meet pressing community needs.Apply for AC 03 18 23
- The AmeriCorps in the disaster prevention and relief, education, environment, food and nutrition, health, housing, other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Volunteer Generation Fund" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 94.021.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2023-03-17.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-05-16. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,000,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others.
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| Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Days of Service Apply for AC 03 17 23 Funding Number: AC 03 17 23 Agency: AmeriCorps Category: Disaster Prevention and Relief, Education, Environment, Food and Nutrition, Health, Housing, Other Funding Amount: $500,000 |
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