Corporation for National and Community Service
AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund 94.021
Key facts
- Open now
- None right now
- Closed for this year
- 1 grant, next round estimated
- Type of help
- Project grant
- Typical award
- See program�s Notice of Federal Funding for matching information.
- Deadlines
- Notice of Funding Opportunities, with important dates and deadlines, are listed here: https://americorps.gov/partner/funding-opportunities
Closed for this year
This year's round is over. GrantMe estimated the next round from last year's dates.
- Volunteer Generation Fund (VGF) Partner Grants · Next round: due about Apr 22, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
What it pays for
The Volunteer Generation Fund focuses on investments in volunteer management practices that strengthens nonprofit organizations and other 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 and enhance civic engagement and increase workforce development.
Who can apply
Use of assistance must be consistent with the funded, approved grant application.
How applications are judged
Proposal selection criteria are described in the program's Notice of Federal Funding.
Match
Statutory Formula: Title Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, Part Sec. 1808 Clearinghouses, Subpart Sec. 198P Volunteer Generation Fund,Public Law 111-13.Edward M. Kennedy Serve America ActSee program�s Notice of Federal Funding.
Who in Tennessee has won this program
3 awards to Tennessee groups since 2023 · 0 in Montgomery County. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volunteer Tennessee | Nashville, Davidson County | $1.2M | 2023 |
| Volunteer Tennessee | Nashville, Davidson County | $500K | 2027 |
| State of Tennessee | Nashville | $154K spent that year | 2025 |
Source: USAspending.gov, Federal Audit Clearinghouse.
Tennessee groups that got this money through a state agency or another organization
This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. 13 pass-through grants on file · 0 in Montgomery County. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Through | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Middle Tennessee, Inc | Nashville, Davidson County | State of Tennessee Volunteer Tennessee | $374K spent that year | 2025 |
| United Way of Middle Tennessee, Inc | Nashville, Davidson County | Volunteer Tennessee | $223K | 2025 |
| Hands on Nashville, Inc. | Nashville, Davidson County | Volunteer Tennessee | $181K | 2023 |
| United Way of Middle Tennessee, Inc | Nashville, Davidson County | Volunteer Tennessee | $181K | 2024 |
| United Way of Middle Tennessee, Inc | Nashville, Davidson County | Volunteer Tennessee | $106K | 2025 |
| Oasis Center, Inc | Nashville, Davidson County | Volunteer Tennessee | $100K | 2025 |
| United Way of Greater Chattanooga | Chattanooga, Hamilton County | Volunteer Tennessee | $96K | 2025 |
| Leadership Memphis | Memphis, Shelby County | Volunteer Tennessee | $80K | 2024 |
| Leadership Memphis | Memphis, Shelby County | Volunteer Tennessee | $80K | 2023 |
| East Tennessee State University | Johnson City, Washington County | Volunteer Tennessee | $66K | 2025 |
| United Way of Middle Tennessee, Inc | Nashville, Davidson County | Volunteer Tennessee | $61K | 2025 |
| United Way of West Tennessee, Inc. | Jackson | Volunteer Tennessee | $26K | 2025 |
Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).