The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is pleased to offer this matching grant opportunity, aimed at significantly expanding its reach and enhancing service quality. This grant is designed to enable the VITA program to extend crucial tax preparation services to underserved populations, specifically targeting the hardest-to-reach urban and non-urban areas. Its core purpose is to bolster the program’s capacity to prepare and file federal tax returns electronically, ensuring greater efficiency and accessibility. Furthermore, funding from this grant will be utilized to heighten quality control protocols, enhance comprehensive training for volunteers, and ultimately, to significantly improve the accuracy of returns prepared at all VITA sites, ensuring reliable assistance for communities.
Opportunity ID: 54835
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | VITA-2011 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | VITA-2011 |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification) |
| Category Explanation: | Federal Tax Return Preparation and Electronic Filing |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 21.009 — Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | May 27, 2010 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 09, 2010 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 09, 2010 |
| Archive Date: | Oct 01, 2011 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | – |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education City or township governments Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Private institutions of higher education County governments Public and State controlled institutions of higher education State governments |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Volunteer Income Tax Assistance |
| Description: | This is a matching grant opportunity to enable the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program to extend services to underserved populations in hardest-to-reach areas, both urban and non-urban; increase the capacity to prepare and file federal tax returns electronically; heighten quality control; enhance training of volunteers; and significantly improve the accuracy of returns prepared at VITA sites. |
| Link to Additional Information: | Publication 4671, VITA Grant 2011 Program Overview and Application Package |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Grant Program Office
Phone 404-338-7894 Email:Grant.Program.Office@irs.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
There are no related documents on this grant.
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Grant Program Office Phone 404-338-7894 Email: Grant.Program.Office@irs.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21.009 | PKG00018913 | Jun 01, 2010 | Jul 09, 2010 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
54835 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
54835 SF424A-1.0.pdf
54835 SF424B-1.1.pdf
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