Current Funding Opportunities
[COMING SOON] Program Year 2025-26 "Formula" AmeriCorps SC Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
(Preliminary Announcement on Wednesday December 4, 2024)
NOFO Public Release Tentatively Expected on Friday January 3, 2025.
SIGN UP AHEAD OF TIME FOR NOFO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WORKSHOPS NOW!
- **** REGISTER HERE - Zoom Workshop Series for PY 2025-26 AmeriCorps SC NOFO ****
- Friday January 10, 2025 || 11am-noon || Introduction to AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps SC (for brand new applicants)
- Friday January 17, 2025 || 11am-noon || PY 2025-26 AmeriCorps SC NOFO Overview
- Friday January 24, 2025 || 11am-noon || Letter of Intent / Due Diligence Form - Overview (Note - due on January 31, 2025)
- Friday January 31, 2025 || 11am-noon || Breakout Sessions - Targeted overviews for New & Recompete / Continuation / Planning apps.
- Friday February 07, 2025 || 11am-noon || Budget Walkthrough (structure & section-by-section)
- Friday February 14, 2025 || 11am-noon || Narrative Walkthrough Part 1 (Community Need, Community Will, Program Design at-large, Alignment with National Service)
- Friday February 21, 2025 || 11am-noon || Narrative Walkthrough Part 2 (Member Experience, Member Recruitment, Member Retention, Data Collection/Performance Measures)
- Friday February 28, 2025 || 11am-noon || FULL NOFO RESPONSE DUE DATE - OPEN OFFICE HOURS FOR LAST MINUTE Q&A
Important Dates (tentative)
- NOFO release ~ Fri Jan 3, 2025
- Letter of Intent / Due Diligence Form DUE Fri Jan 31, 2025
- NOFO Response (full application) DUE Fri Feb 28, 2025
Questions or Support Needs?
- Please contact our team (ATTN Becky Brennan Thom, Director of AmeriCorps SC) by emailing commission@uwasc.org
About AmeriCorps South Carolina
Best summarized as a domestic Peace Corps, AmeriCorps enables host agencies to recruit passionate individuals (AmeriCorps Members) who will serve to increase the capacity of their organization to expand services or engage additional beneficiaries. To help support their service, AmeriCorps Members receive both a modest living allowance and an education award that ranges between $1,342.86 to $6,345 that can be used to continue their education or pay back eligible student loans. Additionally, full-time AmeriCorps Members also receive grant-supported health insurance and childcare.
Service Focus Areas
- Education
- Economic Opportunity
- Healthy Futures
- Environmental Stewardship
- Public Health
What We Fund
AmeriCorps SC grant awards typically range from $140,000 to $400,000. Organizations that are within their first three years of grant funding must provide an in-kind or cash match that supports a minimum of 24% of the total cost of operating the AmeriCorps project. Grants funds can be used to support program-related expenses such as:
- Salaries and benefits for staff who will administer the AmeriCorps program and/or manage AmeriCorps Members.
- Operational expenses such as recruitment costs, travel, training, supplies, member gear, background checks, etc.
- AmeriCorps Member living allowance, health insurance, FICA taxes, and workers compensation insurance.
Qualifying Organizations
The following entities are eligible to host an AmeriCorps program and apply for AmeriCorps SC funding:
- Faith-based institutions
- Indian tribes and tribal organizations
- Labor organizations
- Nonprofit organizations
- Partnerships and consortia
- Schools, school districts, and institutions of higher education
- State and local government agencies
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