Corporation for National and Community Service

The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) leads national service initiatives that help your organization implement projects or ideas that require special funding or assistance. Through programs and grants, CNCS provides human capital—people power—to help you address emerging needs in your community. Each year, national and community service participants and grantees recruit hundreds of thousands of volunteers, who donate millions of hours of service to their communities. Through our programs, CNCS:

• acts as a catalyst by providing strategic critical support to volunteer organizations that, in turn, deliver much-needed services to communities throughout the country
• promotes a healthy and vibrant nonprofit volunteer sector that can deliver community services efficiently and effectively
• builds character and creates career and educational opportunities through the volunteer experience
• develops and cultivates knowledge that will enhance the overall success of volunteer and service programs
• cultivates the growth of a culture of citizenship and service in which contributing to your community becomes commonplace.
   

Eligible applicants for the Grants:

State governments
City or township governments
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
County governments
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education