Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund
Last verified by NonDilute: 2026-04-29. Official notice and agency instructions control.
If you run a nonprofit or volunteer connector organization and can demonstrate effective volunteer engagement practices, this grant funds your expansion to recruit and retain more skilled volunteers at scale.
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What this is
The Volunteer Generation Fund invests in proven volunteer engagement strategies that help organizations recruit, retain, and effectively deploy volunteers to solve community problems. Applicants should have demonstrated experience managing volunteers or acting as volunteer connector organizations. Awards range from $100,000 to $500,000 over the funding period, making this suitable for established nonprofits, community organizations, and volunteer infrastructure entities seeking to scale their volunteer operations.
Who can apply
Eligible applicants are nonprofits, community-based organizations, and volunteer connector entities (see Additional Information section for full details). No explicit geographic restriction noted; awards range $100K–$500K. Applicants must show capacity to manage volunteers and address documented community needs through volunteer service.
Eligible applicant types
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Full description — from the agency
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
Topics: volunteer recruitment · volunteer retention · community service · volunteer engagement · nonprofit capacity building · skill-based volunteering
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