AmeriCorps Funding Opportunities
2025 AmeriCorps Funding Process
Volunteer Tennessee will accept applications from agencies proposing new and continuation AmeriCorps programs for the 2025-26 program year. Non-profit organizations and government agencies in Tennessee are eligible to apply for funds to operate local AmeriCorps programs that meet locally identified needs in disaster services, economic opportunity, education, environmental stewardship, healthy futures, and veterans and military families. See below for detailed information on the AmeriCorps funding process.
UPDATE: Volunteer Tennessee announces updates to its 2025 AmeriCorps Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).
These changes are designed to enhance the clarity of the application and correct guidance for additional document submission.
Key Changes Include:
- Page 7 Update: Adjusted language under “Important Dates” to clarify that the timeline applies to all formula applicants by removing “(All new applicants).”
- Page 22 Update: Revised instructions for uploading Operational and Financial Management Survey (OFMS) results. Applicants must now upload a screenshot after completing the OFMS via the provided link, rather than uploading the results themselves.
**REVISED 11.20.2024** 2025 Volunteer Tennessee AmeriCorps State - Notice of Funding Opportunity
Additional Important Documents
· Attachment A: Mandatory Supplemental Information
· Attachment B: Application Instructions
· Attachment C: Performance Measures
· Attachment D: eGrants Indirect Cost Rate User Instructions
Prime IDs:
· Formula Fixed-Amount: 25ES269302
· Formula Cost Reimbursement: 25AC269287
Helpful Resources:
· Sample Cost Reimbursement Budget
Important Dates
2025-2026 Timeline for Formula Applicants
10/2-14/2024 AmeriCorps Grant Information Session – Virtual Meetings
10/17-18/2024 Volunteer Tennessee Commission Retreat/Meeting
- Update on funding process
- Formula grant review team volunteer recruitment
- Approve revised 2025 AmeriCorps Funding Timeline
11/13/2024 Grant Application Technical Assistance Session – Webinar (if needed)
12/13 /2024 AmeriCorps Formula Notice of Intent to Apply due to Volunteer Tennessee by 3:00 p.m. CT
2/13/25 Formula applications due to Volunteer Tennessee by 3:00 p.m. CT
Competitive applicants (previously funded applicants) should review the NOFO to determine your 1st draft deadline.
Resources
Grant Information Session Webinars - Our AmeriCorps team will host multiple webinars to discuss the 2025 AmeriCorps State NOFO and Application Instructions. Please see times below. All times listed are Central Daylight Time.
Webinars are approximately one hour in length.
Grant Information Webinar
Resources from AmeriCorps
AmeriCorps State and National has developed a resource page for those applying for AmeriCorps State and National grants.
Questions?
Contact our AmeriCorps staff if you have questions.
- Latiyfa Fields, National Service Programs Director
- Lizzy Lemieux, AmeriCorps Program Manager
AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) Concept Form
Each year, AmeriCorps NCCC engages teams of members in community projects across the United States. Service projects typically last six to eight weeks and address critical needs related to natural and other disasters, infrastructure improvement, environmental stewardship and conservation, energy conservation, and urban and rural development. AmeriCorps members mentor students, construct and rehabilitate low-income housing, respond to natural disasters, clean up streams, help communities develop emergency plans, and address countless other local needs.
Sponsoring organizations request the assistance of AmeriCorps NCCC teams by submitting a concept form to the regional campus that covers that organization’s state. The campuses provide assistance in completing the application, developing a work plan, and preparing the project sponsor for the arrival of the AmeriCorps NCCC team.
Request for Proposals
- Southern Region Project Sheet: Provides examples of projects in each of the focus areas
- Concept Form Application Instructions
- AmeriCorps NCCC Concept Form
