Please note: This page contains competition information and resources for the AmeriCorps grant competition for Native Nations.

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2025 AmeriCorps State and National Native Nations Funding Priorities

The FY 2025 AmeriCorps State and National Native Nations Grants competition, AmeriCorps seeks to prioritize the investment of national service resources in:

Serve Communities:

  • Prioritize civic engagement/social cohesion, and youth mental health;
  • Education – improving student academic performance in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), serving students who attend Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools, Tribal Colleges and Universities and Indigenous Urban Centers, Indigenous Teacher Preparation, and GED support programs, and programming focused on Indigenous or Tribal Data Sovereignty;
  • Promote the preservation and teaching of traditional Native languages and cultural practices;
  • Promote Environmental Stewardship and climate change including renewable energy and energy efficiency, building community resilience, sustainable food systems and agriculture, water/wastewater; conservation and habitat preservation; Indigenous environmental practices; Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and Indigenous food sovereignty (seed saving, foraging, etc.);
  • Promote Economic Opportunity - including digital skills and increased access to broadband; infrastructure/transportation assistance; financial readiness; training and access to financial resources for home buying; or college; and college access program;
  • Promote Healthy Futures - providing services to historically underserved individuals both on and off reservation lands, including but not limited to people with arrest and/or conviction records, people with disabilities, people who identify as part of the two spirit LGBTQIA+ community, building trauma-informed programs, addressing issues such as Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) programs to raise awareness;
  • Focus on improving the quality of life for veterans, active-duty members of the Armed Forces, and their families by recruiting veterans, military spouses, and their older children into national service;

Benefit AmeriCorps Members

  • Provide benefits to AmeriCorps members aimed at enhancing member experience and bolstering member recruitment and retention such as paying more than the minimum living allowance, transportation, housing, food, etc.; and

  • Create workforce pathways for AmeriCorps members, including deliberate training, certifications, and hiring preferences or support.

Application Deadline

The deadline for applications to the 2025 AmeriCorps State and National Native Nations Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) and 2025 AmeriCorps State and National Native Nations Planning Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Wednesday, April 9, 2025 by 5:00 p.m. ET. AmeriCorps State and National expects that successful applicants will be notified by end of May 2025.

Funding Announcement, Mandatory Supplemental Information, and Application Instructions

2025 AmeriCorps State and National Native Nations Grants Notice of Funding Opportunity (PDF)
2025 AmeriCorps State and National Native Nations Planning Grant Notice of Funding Opportunity (PDF)
2025 AmeriCorps State and National Mandatory Supplemental Information (PDF)
2025 AmeriCorps State and National Application Instructions (PDF)

Performance Measure Instructions

2025 AmeriCorps State and National Performance Measure Instructions (PDF)
2025 AmeriCorps State and National Performance Measures Instructions for Planning Grant Applicants (PDF)
2025 Applicant Determined Performance Measures Supplement and Suggested Applicant Determined Performance Measures for Native Nations, Building Bridges

Evaluation Plan Template

AmeriCorps State and National Evaluation Plan Template (DOC)

Manage Your Grant

Resources you need to effectively manage your grant, including eGrants instructions, terms and conditions, individual match waivers, pre-award requirements, financial reporting requirements, and training and technical assistance materials are found on Manage Your Grant.

  • Applicant Operational and Financial Management Survey (OFMS) - All new and recompeting applicants regardless of funding level are required to submit an OFMS with every new and recompeting application an organization submits to AmeriCorps. The form needs to be completed fully, a response for every question. If there are additional comments needed to explain certain responses, please utilize the ‘preparer’s comments’ section.
    • The OFMS must be submitted as an MS Form Survey through the link above. All other formats, including Word Document and PDF, will not be accepted.
  • AmeriCorps Due Diligence Review Process and Compliance – Applicants will find information to help them understand the pre-award due diligence checks in this training. This content will help applicants obtain due diligence compliance and remain compliant throughout the grant life.
  • Terms and Conditions – Current versions of the AmeriCorps General and Program-Specific Terms and Conditions for each of its programs is available.
  • eGrants Indirect Cost Rate (IDCR) Instructions – Instructions for how to enter the organization’s indirect cost rate are located on this page. Applicants should not submit documentation addressing indirect cost rate agreement via email.

Resolution

AmeriCorps may ask an applicant for information after notification of competition results. An applicant’s failure to respond to a request adequately and in a timely manner may result in the removal of its application from the award process.

Technical Assistance Information and Regional Contacts

If you are having technical difficulties with creating an account or preparing or submitting the application in eGrants, please contact the AmeriCorps Hotline at 800-942-2677. For all other application questions, please contact AmeriCorpsGrants@AmeriCorps.gov.

 

Regional Contacts

Technical Assistance Webinars

AmeriCorps is hosting technical assistance webinars for applicants to answer questions about the funding opportunity and eGrants. AmeriCorps strongly encourages all applicants participate in these sessions. The Technical Assistance Webinars section will be updated with additional webinars and resources as they are scheduled.

Information Sessions

  • AmeriCorps State and National 101: Overview of AmeriCorps the agency, AmeriCorps State and National the program, and each of the FY 2025 AmeriCorps State and National Notice of Funding Opportunities. 
  • FY 2025 AmeriCorps State and National Native Nations Operational & Planning Grants Notice of Funding Opportunities :Overview of the FY 2025 ASN Native Nations Notices, how to apply, and application requirements. Date and registration information: Coming Soon
  • FY 2025 AmeriCorps State and National Best Practices for Performance Measures Video: Overview of Performance Measures, performance measure requirements, and best practices for developing performance measures. 
  • FY 2025 Best Practices for Performance Measures Live Q&A: Join AmeriCorps State and National staff for live Q&A about best practices for developing performance measures.
  • Best Practices in Budget Development: An overview of the function of an AmeriCorps budget, the budget management process, and the keys for submitting a compliant and competitive AmeriCorps budget and budget narrative. 
  • Best Practices in Budget Development Office Hour: AmeriCorps strongly encourages applicants to review the budget related sections of the Notice and Application Instructions, along with the Best Practices of Budget Development recording, before joining this Q&A webinar.
  • Active SAM.gov Registration Instructions (new as of Nov. 18, 2024)

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Further information

Competition information and resources for the AmeriCorps grant competition for Native Nations.
Status
Open
CFDA number
94.006
Contact Email
AmeriCorpsGrants@cns.gov