Project Grant 23VGEMN001

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 and address structural inequities to help 21 organizations increase their volunteer recruitment and retention to meet critical community needs exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, such as helping students succeed academically and supporting their mental health. The Alliance is expected to provide a 20% regulatory match and 20% budgetary match to the funding amount.