As a result of the 2020 Volunteer Generation Fund Grant Competition, AmeriCorps awarded 22 grants totaling more than $6 million to State Service Commissions to 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 local problems.
State | City | Organization | Program Name | Funds Awarded | Type |
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CA | Sacramento | California Volunteers | VGF II - CaliforniaVolunteers | $197,235.00 | Continuation |
CO | Denver | Serve Colorado Governor's Commission on Community Service | Serve CO/Spark the Change Colorado VGF | $128,882.00 | Continuation |
FL | Tallahassee | Volunteer Florida | Volunteer Florida 2020 VGF | $658,401.00 | New |
IA | Des Moines | Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service | Iowa VGF | $331,976.00 | New |
IL | Springfield | Serve Illinois Commission | Serve Illinois Commission | $378,522.00 | New |
KS | Topeka | Kansas Volunteer Commission | Volunteer Center Infrastructure | $172,176.00 | New |
LA | Baton Rouge | Volunteer Louisiana Commission | Volunteer Louisiana Volunteer Generation | $227,876.00 | Continuation |
MA | Boston | Massachusetts Service Alliance | MSA -- MassVolunteers | $352,173.00 | New |
ME | Augusta | Maine Commission for Community Service | Volunteer Generation Fund | $132,958.00 | New |
MI | Lansing | Michigan Community Service Commission | Volunteer Michigan | $740,937.00 | New |
MN | Minneapolis | Minnesota Commission on National and Community Service | Volunteer Generation | $266,000.00 | New |
MS | Jackson | Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service | MS Nonprofit Resource Hubs | $349,603.00 | Continuation |
NC | Raleigh | North Carolina Commission on Volunteerism & Community Service | NC Volunteer Generation Program | $270,875.00 | New |
NH | Concord | Volunteer NH! | Volunteer Generation Project | $360,109.00 | New |
NJ | Trenton | New Jersey Commission on National Community Service | Jersey Strong: I Am A Volunteer | $196,745.00 | New |
NV | Reno | Nevada Volunteers | Increasing Capacity Volunteer Engagement | $216,810.00 | New |
OH | Columbus | Serve Ohio-- Ohio Commission on Service and Volunteerism | Serve Ohio-- Ohio Commission on Service and Volunteerism | $118,194.00 | Continuation |
SC | Columbia | United Way Association of South Carolina | South Carolina Volunteer Generation | $255,935.00 | Continuation |
UT | Salt Lake City | Utah Commission on Service & Volunteerism | Pathways to Community Engagement | $185,000.00 | New |
WA | Olympia | Serve Washington | Washington Serves | $143,160.00 | Continuation |
WI | Madison | Serve Wisconsin-- Wisconsin National and Community Service Board | Serve Wisconsin-- VGF 2020 | $235,917.00 | New |
WY | Casper | ServeWyoming - Wyoming Commission on National and Community Service | Professional Volunteer Network Initiative | $143,793.00 | Continuation |