Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Days of Service | AC 03 17 23

Opportunity Information: Apply for AC 03 17 23

The Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Days of Service grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number: AC 03 17 23) is a discretionary grant program administered by AmeriCorps to support volunteer-driven service projects connected to two nationally recognized days of civic engagement and remembrance. The opportunity focuses on organizing and resourcing projects that both honor the meaning of these commemorations and deliver tangible benefits to communities, either by addressing urgent local needs or by working on deeper, longer-term systemic challenges.

A major component of the opportunity is the MLK Day of Service. Funding is intended for projects that mobilize volunteers in ways that pay tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.s life and legacy, with an emphasis on advancing equity. The notice highlights equity in several forms, including economic, environmental, and educational equity, while also allowing for other equity-focused approaches. In practical terms, this means the grant can support service activities that directly help communities now (for example, addressing immediate gaps in resources or services) as well as initiatives designed to reduce or dismantle underlying structural issues that drive inequity over time.

The second component is the September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance. This portion supports projects that engage volunteers to honor and remember those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001, to recognize their families, and to acknowledge individuals and communities who stepped forward in service in response. Like the MLK Day of Service track, projects are expected to create real community impact, whether through meeting immediate needs or contributing to solutions that address systemic problems. The unifying thread across both days is meaningful volunteer engagement tied to remembrance, tribute, and measurable community benefit.

The funding is offered as a grant, with an award ceiling of up to $500,000. The opportunity is categorized under multiple funding activity areas, reflecting the broad range of service projects it can support, including disaster prevention and relief, education, environment, food and nutrition, health, housing, and other community-focused purposes. The CFDA numbers associated with the opportunity are 94.012 and 94.014, which are identifiers used to classify federal assistance programs.

Eligibility is broad and includes a mix of government entities and nonprofit and higher education institutions. Eligible applicants include state governments, county governments, and city or township governments, as well as public and state-controlled institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education. Federally recognized Native American tribal governments are also eligible. On the nonprofit side, both 501(c)(3) organizations (other than institutions of higher education) and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (also other than institutions of higher education) may apply, along with other eligible entities as defined by the program. The summary also specifically references State Service Commissions, States, and U.S. Territories, indicating a strong role for statewide and territorial service infrastructure in implementing and coordinating these projects.

Key administrative details include a creation date of March 17, 2023, and an original application closing date of May 16, 2023. Overall, the grant opportunity is designed to strengthen and scale volunteer service efforts around MLK Day and September 11, ensuring that the projects funded not only commemorate and honor these events and individuals, but also leave communities with concrete improvements and progress toward greater equity and resilience.

• The AmeriCorps in the disaster prevention and relief, education, environment, food and nutrition, health, housing, other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Days of Service" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 94.012, 94.014.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2023-03-17.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-05-16. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $500,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), 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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