Deadline: 6 July 2017
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) is seeking applications for its grant program “Volunteer Generation Fund (VGF)” to improve lives, strengthen communities, and foster civic engagement through service and volunteering.
Through AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, the Social Innovation Fund, and the Volunteer Generation Fund, CNCS has helped to engage millions of citizens in meeting community and national challenges through service and volunteer action.
VGF grants will be used to develop and/or support community-based entities to recruit, manage, and support volunteers. CNCS seeks to fund effective approaches that expand volunteering, strengthen the capacity of volunteer connector organizations to recruit and retain skill-based volunteers, and develop strategies to use volunteers effectively to solve problems.
Funding Priorities
- Programs that are likely to generate significant, measurable improvements in the number of volunteers generated and retained from specific demographic groups such as youth service, generational/family volunteering, skill-based volunteering or senior volunteering
- Initiatives that specifically recruit, train and deploy volunteers as a strategy to address a clearly identified pressing community need or to address education.
- Activities that specifically recruit skill-based and pro-bono volunteers.
Funding Information
Estimated Total Program Funding: $3,800,000
Eligibility Criteria
Non-Federal entities like state, local government, Indian tribe, institution of higher education (IHE), or nonprofit organization that carries out a Federal award as a recipient or subrecipient.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
For more information, please visit Grants.gov.
