Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP Competition | AC 07 15 24

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The Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP Competition is a discretionary grant opportunity from AmeriCorps designed to help communities expand and strengthen volunteer service by engaging adults age 55 and older through the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP). The central goal is to support locally driven projects that mobilize older adults to address some of a community's most pressing needs while also reinforcing civic engagement and a culture of service. In practice, this funding is meant to help organizations recruit, place, support, and manage senior volunteers who serve with partner organizations that are doing hands-on work in the community.

This is an open, nationwide competition available across all U.S. states and territories, meaning proposals are not limited to a single region and applicants will be competing broadly. AmeriCorps frames the opportunity around community impact, emphasizing that national service and volunteerism can improve lives, strengthen communities, and bring people together to solve real problems. RSVP projects typically function as a local hub for senior volunteering, matching volunteers with service locations and organizing volunteer activities that produce measurable benefits for individuals, families, and neighborhoods.

The eligible applicant pool is wide and includes many types of public and nonprofit entities. Eligible applicants include state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, and public or state-controlled institutions of higher education. Tribal eligibility is also included, covering federally recognized Native American tribal governments and Native American tribal organizations that are not federally recognized governments. Nonprofit organizations are eligible whether they have 501(c)(3) status or not (as long as they are not institutions of higher education), and private institutions of higher education may apply only if they are nonprofit institutions. The listing also includes an "Others" category, which typically indicates AmeriCorps may allow additional entity types as specified in the full notice or under applicable federal rules.

Projects supported under this announcement can align with a broad range of service and community development areas. The funding activity categories listed span community development, consumer protection, disaster prevention and relief, education, employment and job training, environment, food and nutrition, health, housing, income security, social services, and other community priorities. That breadth signals that AmeriCorps is looking for RSVP projects that are responsive to local conditions, whether that involves supporting older adults and caregivers, addressing food insecurity, assisting with disaster readiness and recovery, providing education support, improving health outcomes, or strengthening other essential community systems.

Key administrative details include the Funding Opportunity Number AC 07 15 24 and CFDA number 94.002, which identifies the AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP program in federal assistance listings. The application closing date shown is September 18, 2024, and the opportunity was created on July 15, 2024. The instrument type is a grant, and the opportunity is categorized as discretionary, meaning awards are made through a competitive selection process rather than by formula distribution. The notice as provided does not list an award ceiling or expected number of awards, so applicants would need to consult the full funding notice for specifics on available funding, any match requirements, performance expectations, and how AmeriCorps intends to evaluate and score applications.

Overall, this competition is aimed at communities that want to build or expand a structured volunteer program for people 55+ and can demonstrate a clear plan to recruit and manage volunteers, partner with service sites, and deliver meaningful outcomes tied to local needs, all within the established RSVP framework under AmeriCorps Seniors.

• The AmeriCorps in the community development, consumer protection, disaster prevention and relief, education, employment, labor and training, environment, food and nutrition, health, housing, income security and social services, other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP Competition" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 94.002.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-07-15.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-09-18. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others.

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