AmeriCorps strives to make a lasting impact on its participants, partners, partners, communities served, and the civic health of society as it fosters the powerful synergies between these interconnected domains.

Each of these domains can be defined as:

  • Participants: The individuals who join AmeriCorps as members and volunteers to serve local communities through AmeriCorps programs.
  • Partners: AmeriCorps grantees and sponsoring organizations receiving AmeriCorps program funding to implement service projects.
  • Communities: The individuals, groups, and local areas that experience services from AmeriCorps-funded grantees or sponsors delivered by AmeriCorps members and volunteers.
  • Society: National service, volunteering, and civic engagement in the United States.


View evidence of impact in each of these domains:

Featured News

AmeriCorps Releases Report on Volunteer Generation Fund Evaluation and Capacity Building Project

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Participants

Participants Resources

Member Attrition Analysis

An Analysis of Factors Related to Early Program Exit

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Alumni Issue Brief

Highlights from Studies of Alumni and Long-Serving Participants

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Partners

Partners Resources

ROI Research Poster

Foster Grandparent/Senior Companion Return on Investment (ROI) Research

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Recovery Coaching Research Poster

Recovery Coaching Programs Bundled Research

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Communities

Society

Society Resources

Definition Series

Constructive Collective Action: A new lens for understanding how to achieve lasting social change

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CEV External Directory

Directory for Current Population Survey Civic Engagement and Volunteering Supplement (CEV) Data, Derivative Products, and More

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