Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund
Grant Opportunity Analysis
AmeriCorps is offering the Fiscal Year 2026 Volunteer Generation Fund, a discretionary grant program for State Service Commissions to strengthen volunteer engagement and expand the recruitment and retention of volunteers to address critical community needs. The program supports approaches that build the capacity of volunteer connector organizations, increase skill-based and pro-bono volunteering, and develop strategies for using volunteers effectively to solve community problems. Awards support one-year projects, require a 20% match in the first year, and emphasize program design, organizational capability, and cost-effectiveness, with performance measures tied to the number of organizations receiving capacity-building services and improving effectiveness. Applications are due April 30, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time through eGrants, with award amounts ranging from $100,000 to $500,000 and applicants required to have active SAM registration and a Unique Entity Identifier.
Eligible Applicants
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. This opportunity is only open to State Service Commissions.