Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP Competition
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: January 30, 2026
Archive date: April 25, 2026
Close date: March 26, 2026
Opportunity ID: 361221
Opportunity number: AC-01-30-26
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: AmeriCorps
Agency code: AC
Award floor: $0
Award ceiling: $0
Cost sharing required: Yes
Funding Instrument Types
- Grant
Category of Funding Activity
- Community Development
- Consumer Protection
- Disaster Prevention and Relief
- Education
- Employment, Labor and Training
- Environment
- Food and Nutrition
- Health
- Housing
- Income Security and Social Services
- Other
Eligible Applicants
- City or township governments
- County governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Others
- Private institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- State governments
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
- agency_code:ac
- category_of_funding_activity:community_development
- category_of_funding_activity:consumer_protection
- category_of_funding_activity:disaster_prevention_and_relief
- category_of_funding_activity:education
- category_of_funding_activity:employment_labor_and_training
- category_of_funding_activity:environment
- category_of_funding_activity:food_and_nutrition
- category_of_funding_activity:health
- category_of_funding_activity:housing
- category_of_funding_activity:income_security_and_social_services
- category_of_funding_activity:other
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:true
- eligible_applicants:city_or_township_governments
- eligible_applicants:county_governments
- eligible_applicants:native_american_tribal_governments_federally_recognized
- eligible_applicants:native_american_tribal_organizations_other_than_federally_recognized_tribal_governments
- eligible_applicants:nonprofits_having_a_501_c_3_status_with_the_irs_other_than_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:nonprofits_that_do_not_have_a_501_c_3_status_with_the_irs_other_than_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:others
- eligible_applicants:private_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:special_district_governments
- eligible_applicants:state_governments
- funding_instrument_type:grant
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
AmeriCorps improves lives, strengthens communities, and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. AmeriCorps brings people together to tackle some of the country’s most pressing challenges through national service and volunteerism. AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers serve with organizations dedicated to the improvement of communities and those serving. AmeriCorps helps make service a cornerstone of our national culture. This funding announcement is an opportunity for communities to apply for funding to engage adults ages 55 and older in tackling the community’s most pressing needs through the AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP program. This is an open competition across all states and territories.