The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) is offering the Volunteer Generation Fund (VGF) grants. This funding initiative aims to empower community-based entities to significantly enhance their capabilities in recruiting, managing, supporting, and retaining volunteers. The grant specifically seeks effective approaches that expand overall volunteering efforts and strengthen the capacity of volunteer connector organizations. This includes developing strategies to recruit and retain skill-based volunteers and ensuring volunteers are effectively utilized to address community challenges. Grant recipients can either directly implement these activities or provide subgrants to other community-based organizations, thereby fostering widespread volunteer generation and high-quality volunteer assignments across communities.
Opportunity ID: 293683
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | CNCS-05-08-17 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Volunteer Generation Fund FY17 |
| 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: | Recruit, manage, and support volunteers |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 20 |
| Assistance Listings: | 94.021 — Volunteer Generation Fund |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | May 08, 2017 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 06, 2017 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 06, 2017 |
| Archive Date: | Jul 07, 2017 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $3,800,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | – |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | State Service Commission |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Corporation for National and Community Service |
| Description: | “VGF grants will be used to develop and/or support community-based entities to recruit, manage, and support volunteers. CNCS 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 problems. Specifically, the VGF grants will support efforts that expand the capacity of volunteer connector organizations to recruit, manage, support and retain individuals to serve in high quality volunteer assignments.
Applicants that receive funding under this Notice may directly carry out the activities supported under the award, or may carry out the activities by making subgrants to community-based entities, supporting volunteer generation at these entities.).” |
| Link to Additional Information: | Full competition information and resources. |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
volunteergeneration@cns.gov
Email:volunteergeneration@cns.gov |
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