Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: April 1, 2026
Archive date: May 1, 2026
Close date: April 30, 2026
Opportunity ID: 361547
Opportunity number: AC-04-02-2026
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
Eligible Applicants
- Others
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
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:true
- eligible_applicants:others
- funding_instrument_type:grant
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
The Volunteer Generation Fund focuses on investments in volunteer engagement practices that strengthens entity’s ability to increase recruitment and retention of volunteers to meet critical community needs through service. AmeriCorps seeks to fund effective approaches that 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 community problems