Federal Grant Award Summary

The Arc of the United States, Inc. received $886,753 in Project Grant funding from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) Office of Grants Management under the AmeriCorps Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Grants program (CFDA 94.014) for the 2025–2026 program year (Award Date: October 1, 2025; Completion Date: September 30, 2026). Under this award, The Arc mobilizes approximately 600 volunteers across food pantries and soup kitchens to address community food insecurity and provide emergency aid during the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday observance period. The program operates within established CNCS priority areas including education, economic opportunity, environmental stewardship, and support for disadvantaged populations, with the explicit objective of transforming one-day service participation into sustained, long-term community volunteer commitments.

The Arc maintains a regulatory match requirement of 70 percent and a budgetary match of 71.48 percent as established conditions of the award. This Project Grant represents the continuation of The Arc's multi-year partnership with CNCS to administer the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service program, which has been funded consistently from 2022 through 2026. The volunteer mobilization and emergency assistance services delivered through this award strengthen civic engagement infrastructure and advance community development priorities while addressing critical social needs within vulnerable populations across the United States.