Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 AmeriCorps Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service

Key Facts

Status: Forecasted

Posted date: April 1, 2026

Archive date: May 1, 2026

Close date: April 30, 2026

Opportunity ID: 361544

Opportunity number: AC-04-01-2026

Opportunity category: Discretionary

Agency name: AmeriCorps

Agency code: AC

Award floor: $100,000

Award ceiling: $500,000

Cost sharing required: Yes

Funding Instrument Types
  • Grant
Category of Funding Activity
  • Disaster Prevention and Relief
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Food and Nutrition
  • Health
  • Housing
  • 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
  • Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Tools
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
  • agency_code:ac
  • category_of_funding_activity:disaster_prevention_and_relief
  • category_of_funding_activity:education
  • 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: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:public_and_state_controlled_institutions_of_higher_education
  • funding_instrument_type:grant
  • opportunity_category:discretionary
  • status:forecasted
Description

Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service projects mobilize Americans to observe the Martin Luther King Jr federal holiday as a day of service in communities, to encourage those who serve on this holiday to make a long-term commitment to community service, and to bring people together to focus on service to others and help address community issues.

Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 AmeriCorps Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service projects mobilize Americans to observe the Martin Luther King Jr federal holiday as a day of service in communities, to encourage those who serve on this holiday to make a long-term commitment to community service, and to bring people together to focus on service to others and help address community issues.
[Forecasted] Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 AmeriCorps Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
Forecasted
AmeriCorps
Disaster Prevention and Relief
Education
Environment
Food and Nutrition
Health
Housing
Other
Grant
County governments
City or township governments
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
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
Private institutions of higher education
Others
2026-04-01