Grant Opportunity: National Days of Service Lead Agency Grants
Due Date(s): application opens September each year
Funding Range: $3,000 - $6,000
Focus: Volunteerism, Philanthropy Youth Development, Leadership
Region(s): United States
Learn More: Apply Online
Overview: In partnership with AmeriCorps and Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Lead Agency program offers grant funding, capacity-building training, and ongoing support to effectively engage young people in meaningful service and service-learning activities.
Volunteering for the first time in childhood is an expressway to a lifetime of civic participation. National days of service – such as 9/11 Day of Service, MLK Day of Service, and Global Youth Service Day – are the perfect introductions. By engaging youth as volunteers on national days of service, Lead Agencies fulfil a vital role to increase youth participation in their community.
Grants up to $6,000 will be awarded based on the number of youth volunteers engaged. Applicants may work locally, regionally, statewide, or in multiple states and must be based in the United States.
Grant Opportunity: Youth Service Zones Grants
Due Date(s): May 20, 2023
Funding Range: $15,000
Focus: Volunteerism, Philanthropy Youth Development, Leadership
Region(s): United States
Learn More: Apply Online
Overview: Youth Service America believes that youth, communities, and our democracy thrive when we all work together for the common good. Even though youth participation rates (volunteering, voting, and joining) are at or near record-high levels, we’re still leaving 3 of every 4 young people out of actively participating in our democracy. Participation rates are even lower among youth from low-income and minority communities.
Funded by AmeriCorps (Corporation for National and Community Service), YSA’s Youth Service Zone grants offer organizations and schools an opportunity to work collaboratively to increase the youth volunteer rates in their community. Each zone will receive a grant of $15,000 ($5,000 to each of the three collaborative leaders) to support program activities that build partnerships and capacity in order to increase youth volunteer participation.