Project Grant 26VGBNJ001

The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded the New Jersey Department of State $1,042,855 on October 1, 2026, under the AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund (CFDA 94.021) to support the state's 2026-27 volunteer generation program, with a required statutory match of 50 percent and a budgeted match of 52.05 percent.

The Volunteer Generation Fund focuses on investments in volunteer management practices that strengthen nonprofit organizations and other entities' ability to increase recruitment and retention of volunteers to meet critical community needs through service. The program 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 community problems while enhancing civic engagement and workforce development.

The award runs through September 30, 2029, with place of performance in New Jersey. The New Jersey Department of State, doing business as Commercial Recording, administers the program as a child entity under the State of New Jersey's Business Enterprise New Jersey Division.

Award recipients must maintain all grant financial and program records for three years from the date of submission of the final Federal Financial Report. All individuals receiving salary or similar compensation through the national service program must clear a National Service Criminal History Check, with records maintained within grant records.