This award approves funding for the 2026?2027 september 11TH national day of service and remembrance program described in the approved program narrative and budget

The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded $4 million to 9/11 Day on May 8, 2026, under the AmeriCorps September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance Grants program (CFDA 94.012) to fund the 2026-2027 program cycle, with performance through May 7, 2029.

9/11 Day, a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Irvine, California, serves as the prime recipient coordinating a national volunteer mobilization program honoring September 11 victims, first responders, and military families through distributed community service projects. Performance occurs across the United States.

The award funds volunteer recruitment and engagement across geographically dispersed communities; coordination of service projects addressing disaster preparedness, youth engagement, veteran and military family support, and food security; and program management including National Service Criminal History Checks administration for AmeriCorps-compensated participants.

The recipient passes funding to 18 sub-recipients executing place-based 9/11 Day service initiatives. University of Alabama hosts eight campus-wide service events including a service day, volunteer fair, 9/11 stair climb, speaker panel, and week-long service activation at 15 nonprofit sites across Tuscaloosa. National Veterans Memorial & Museum Operating Corp recruits and trains youth Service Captains across 20 Columbus community locations to lead peer service teams and organize a signature meal-packing project at the National Veterans Memorial and Museum. Jobs for Arizona's Graduates engages 15 student-led programs across Arizona designing locally rooted projects including community cleanups, first responder appreciation, donation drives, and food distribution. One Tree Planted hosts a ceremonial kickoff event at Battery Park, New York City, on September 9, 2026, involving tree planting and park restoration with at least 50 volunteers, launching a 3,000-tree initiative over 12 months.

Healthcorps implements youth-driven care kit assembly across seven regions, engaging approximately 1,400 youth and assembling 700 kits for first responders. Youth Service America convenes statewide partner forums in 30 states, providing subgrants of $1,000 to each host organization to develop long-term strategies doubling youth volunteer participation. National Association of RSVPD coordinates an intergenerational program pairing 12 RSVP programs serving seniors age 55 and older with school-based and after-school programs, in which senior volunteers read 9/11-focused books and share their lived experiences with young children. Porter-Leath engages preschool children, families, educators, and volunteers in multi-week classroom lessons, craft activities, bulletin board creation, and a community-wide remembrance ceremony. Repair the World administers $1,000 subgrants to 15 Hillel campus chapters across the United States to design and implement locally rooted service projects paired with education, remembrance, and reflection. Keep America Beautiful engages two affiliates—City of Paterson and Keep Newark Beautiful—in memorial park beautification and neighborhood cleanup events. Macomb County Habitat for Humanity assembles 550 care packages over 11 days for the homeless and working poor. Broadway Community partners with six New York metropolitan day schools to assemble 12,000 care packages for distribution to shelters and outreach teams. Utah State University coordinates youth-led projects including a community clothing swap with hygiene kits, active preparedness training, letter-writing campaigns for veterans and first responders, a veterans dinner, Gold Star Family care kits, food packaging for youth experiencing food insecurity, and tree planting with commemorative plaques. O-High Foundation mobilizes approximately 1,000 youth across Nassau and Suffolk Counties to assemble and deliver five kit types—disaster readiness, senior safety, power and connectivity resilience, multilingual readiness cards, and first-responder honor packs. East Side Colts mobilizes 500+ Detroit youth across seven program sites in a food-insecure ZIP code for a first responders appreciation luncheon, multi-site day of service, and senior intergenerational dinner. Fremont Area Habitat for Humanity hosts Rock the Block 2026 on September 12, performing major repairs to one veteran household and neighborhood-wide outreach to approximately 90 homes. ServeWeave for 9/11 Day engages 1,500+ students, families, and community volunteers in a coordinated multi-station service experience combining food preservation workforce labs, emergency meal kit assembly, and care package preparation.

Regulatory match is zero percent.

Your 2026?27 regulatory match is 0%.