Project Grant 17VSNMN005
- This Project Grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management, under the AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund program (CFDA 94.021), provides $3,345,936 to the Minnesota Alliance For Volunteer Advancement for expanding volunteer generation through high-impact tutoring, coaching and mentoring activities from March 1, 2023 to February 28, 2026. Specifically, the Alliance will train, consult and support collaborative members seeking to generate volunteers...
- The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded Amigos De Las Americas $219,319.86 under the AmeriCorps Volunteers In Service to America (VISTA) federal grant program (CFDA 94.013) to support the 2022-23 VISTA Support Program Project Grant. The grant will fund Amigos De Las Americas' efforts from January 16, 2022 through January 14, 2023 to alleviate poverty by engaging individuals in a year of full-time national service with community organizations and...
- The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded a $45,000 Project Grant to the Concho Valley Council Of Governments under the AmeriCorps Volunteers In Service to America (VISTA) 94.013 federal grant program. The grant period is January 16, 2022 through January 13, 2024. The VISTA program aims to alleviate poverty through engaging individuals ages 18 and older in full-time national service positions with community organizations for one year. This...
- This Project Grant award of $214,354 from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management supports the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) administered by the Applachian Community Action & Dev Agency Inc. doing business as RADA. Under the three-year grant period from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2024, an estimated 56 RSVP volunteers will provide services focused on healthy futures initiatives. Specifically, 47 volunteers will assist...
- Legal Aid Chicago received a $219,886 Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management under the AmeriCorps Volunteers In Service to America (VISTA) 94.013 federal grant program. The award period was from May 23, 2021 to May 22, 2022. Through this funding, Legal Aid Chicago and its subgrantee partner sites across Illinois coordinated 45 AmeriCorps VISTA members to develop and launch new legal assistance projects addressing issues exacerbated...
- This $233,799 Project Grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service's AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund (CFDA 94.021) supports Elev8 Baltimore, Inc., a nonprofit community development organization, to recruit, manage, and support 60 volunteers. Through high-dosage tutoring, mentoring, and out-of-school programming, these volunteers will provide intensive academic interventions benefitting 865 at-risk students. The goal is to improve academic performance for 90% of students...
- The federal Project Grant award of $173,864.40 was granted to Rural Dynamics Inc. (RDI), a non-profit organization, by the Corporation for National and Community Service's AmeriCorps Volunteers In Service to America (VISTA) program (CFDA 94.013). The award, effective August 25, 2024, supports RDI's capacity to provide supervision, benefits, criminal history checks, and supervisor travel for its VISTA program participants during Fiscal Year 2024. This funding will enable RDI to expand its efforts...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Serveminnesota received a $4.78 million AmeriCorps State and National (CFDA 94.006) Project Grant awarded by the Corporation for National and Community Service's Office of Grants Management on August 1, 2026, for a three-year performance period extending through July 31, 2029. This formula award funds the deployment of AmeriCorps members across Minnesota to address unmet community needs in priority service areas including education, economic opportunity, environmental...
- This two-year, $1.056 million Project Grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service's AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Demonstration Program (CFDA 94.017) funds the Northland Foundation's 2022-2024 ARP Senior Demonstration Program. The Foundation will engage 500 AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers to provide tutoring, out-of-school-time activities, and summer learning programs for K-12 children and youth across rural Northeastern Minnesota. By the end of the grant period, volunteers will...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary La Works received a Fiscal Year 2026 Project Grant of $323,545.00 from the Office of Grants Management under the AmeriCorps Volunteers In Service to America (VISTA) program (CFDA 94.013), awarded on May 3, 2026, with a completion date of June 26, 2027. The funding supports La Works' poverty-alleviation initiatives in California through full-time volunteer engagement and member supervision, consistent with the national VISTA program's mission to combat...
THE MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION FOR VOLUNTEER ADMINISTRATION'S MISSION IS TO INSPIRE EXCELLENCE IN THE LEADERSHIP OF VOLUNTEERS TO IMPACT COMMUNITIES. THE PROPOSED VISTA PROJECT ALIGNS WITH THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE'S ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, EDUCATION, AND HEALTHY FUTURES FOCUS AREAS. THE VISTA PROJECT SEEKS TO UTILIZE VISTA RESOURCES TO HELP ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOP OR EXPAND SYSTEMS AND STRATEGIES FOR ENGAGING VOLUNTEERS, ULTIMATELY RESULTING IN THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDING MORE SERVICE, SERVING IN BETTER WAYS, OR ACHIEVING BETTER COMMUNITY OUTCOMES IN THESE THREE FOCUS AREAS. BY HELPING TO EXPAND, IMPROVE, AND SUSTAIN VOLUNTEER PROGRAMMING THAT DELIVERS ESSENTIAL ANTI-POVERTY SERVICES IN MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES, MAVA EXPECTS LOW INCOME POPULATIONS AROUND THE STATE TO BENEFIT FROM THE VISTA PROJECT. THE NINE REQUESTED VISTA MEMBERS AND ONE VISTA LEADER WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT BY HELPING EACH ORGANIZATION IDENTIFY AND IMPLEMENT THREE OR MORE EFFECTIVE VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT BEST PRACTICES IN ORDER TO BUILD STRONGER VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS THAT BRING INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES OUT OF POVERTY OVER THE COURSE OF THIS PROPOSED THREE-YEAR VISTA PROJECT.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | ($4k) | 7/8/25 | ||
| Not listed | $47.5k | 8/3/23 | ||
| Not listed | $47.5k | 7/21/22 | ||
| Not listed | $47.5k | 7/21/22 | ||
| Not listed | $40.0k | 7/14/20 |