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3K

projects and grants supported

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200K

members and volunteers serving

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$960M+

invested each year

Empowering Organizations to Develop and Expand Their Impact

We support organizations by providing people power and funding. Organizations are eligible to apply for people power and funding to develop and expand their organizations.
Disaster response

Helping Communities Respond to and Recover from Disaster

Economic opportunity

Expanding Economic Opportunity

Education

Supporting Students and Education

Healthy futures

Promoting Healthy Futures

Veterans and military families

Supporting Veterans and Military Families

Environmental stewardship

Providing Environmental Stewardship

The Impact of Partnering with AmeriCorps

AmeriCorps is the only federal agency dedicated to national service and volunteerism. Each year, we disperse funding and connect AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers to organizations across the country.

Fast facts

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35K

locations served across the country

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1.8B

hours served

We Are Proud to Work with Some of America’s Leading Nonprofits, Faith-based, and Community Organizations.

When you partner with AmeriCorps, you join a vast network of national and local nonprofits, schools, government agencies, faith-based, community organizations, and other groups committed to strengthening their communities through volunteering. Each year, we award more than 3,300 projects and grants to support national service and volunteerism across the country.

How to Apply for Our Resources

We provide funding and people power to organizations committed to the improvement of communities.

Explore Our Current Funding Opportunities

If you are part of a national or local nonprofit, school, government agency, faith-based, or community organization, you can apply for resources through one of our many programs.

Support AmeriCorps in Your Community

Would you like to help AmeriCorps make a difference in more communities? Get in touch to find out ways you or your organization can partner with AmeriCorps. You can support members, volunteers, and the communities they serve.

Get Started. Research a Funding Opportunity.

Apply today

Stories

Every AmeriCorps Experience Tells a Story.

Read stories from our partners to learn how we connect individuals to organizations to make a lasting impact.

Cindy joined the Phone Pal program in March of 2019 as a volunteer. She developed such a strong connection with her client, that the client in turn, was inspired to become a Phone Pal himself.

How it Works

We provide funding and people power to organizations committed to improving communities.

Find out more

Call for Reviewers

Support future reviews and assess grant applications that align with the agency's priority areas.

Become a reviewer

FAQs

Read our frequently asked questions for prospective grantees and sponsors.

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