2026 AmeriCorps State Funding Opportunity (California)
California Volunteers, Office of the Governor
California's state service commission subgrants federal AmeriCorps State funds and member positions to California nonprofits and public agencies working in education, climate action, disaster services, environmental stewardship and food security. Applicants must submit performance measure documentation on provided templates, a logic model for each service activity, and an evaluation plan summary — requirements that make an academic evaluation partner a normal part of a competitive application. Members receive a living stipend and a Segal Education Award.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (varies by call)The funding opportunity page publishes no dollar amounts or per-member cost figures; award size follows the number of member positions granted.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · FebNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Annual cycle. The 2026 application deadline was 24 February 2026 for a 2026-2027 programme period and has passed; expect the next notice in a comparable winter window.
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- Nonprofit organisations and state or local government agencies operating in California, with active System for Award Management (SAM) registration in place before applying. A university can be an applicant only as a service-programme operator; the more common route for a researcher is as evaluator or logic-model/performance-measure partner named in a nonprofit's application.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- education · climate action · disaster services · food security · environmental stewardship
- Apply at
- https://www.californiavolunteers.ca.gov/2026-americorps-state-funding-opportunity/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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