A new Request for Applications (RFA) for the 2024-2025 AmeriCorps Program Year will be available soon,* launching the application period for this grant cycle for planning and operational grants. AmeriCorps funding is a way to support your organization's work in addressing tangible needs and delivering direct services.

AmeriCorps planning grants provide resources, technical assistance, and support to develop the framework for an AmeriCorps program to propose for a subsequent operational grant. Awards range from $75,000 to $240,000 to cover the costs and staff time needed to design an AmeriCorps program. Planning grants do not support costs associated with AmeriCorps members in service.

AmeriCorps operational grants support programs that engage members in evidence-based interventions to strengthen communities. Awards may include up to $27,000/MSY (AmeriCorps Member Service Year, equivalent to one full-time term of service), with no limits on the number of MSY.

Serve Virginia accepts applications for AmeriCorps grants from faith-based organizations, community organizations, higher education institutions, and public agencies in the Commonwealth.

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This is your chance to design a service program that engages AmeriCorps members in meaningful direct service activities to meet critical community needs in specific focus areas!

If you are considering submitting an application or would like to know more about the process, please join us for an optional pre-application webinar on August 20, 2024, from 2:30pm-3:30pm ET. Register here

Please note: Once the RFA is released, Serve Virginia staff will be unable to provide support to individual applicants.

*We're not certain of the date the RFA will be released, but we will post an update as soon as we know more. We are waiting for Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS) Procurement to release the RFA.