AmeriCorps Arkansas State Grants
Engage Arkansas (Arkansas Service Commission)
Engage Arkansas subgrants AmeriCorps State operational funds to Arkansas organisations and, on the same page, sets out the VISTA, NCCC and AmeriCorps Seniors routes for organisations whose work does not fit the state stream. The scale gate here is unusually low — operational grants support the equivalent of at least five full-time members, against the 10 to 20 members several other commissions require — which makes it one of the more accessible national service doors for a small community agency working with a university research partner.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (varies by call)No dollar amounts are published; award size follows the number of member positions, with a floor of five full-time equivalent members.
- Timing
- Annual cycleNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Annual, but on a multi-year award cycle. The page states 2026-2027 funding has closed for the state, VISTA and Seniors streams and that the next operational funding opens in 2027. NCCC project applications for Cycle 3 (January to April 2027) carry a 17 September due date on the page, with no year st
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner, Any faculty rank
- Eligibility
- Arkansas nonprofits, institutions of higher education, local and state governments, and tribal agencies. Notably, higher education institutions are named as eligible applicants here, so an Arkansas school of social work can hold the grant directly rather than only partnering. Operational applicants must support the equivalent of at least five full-time AmeriCorps members. VISTA requires a two-phase application beginning with a concept paper.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- national service · anti-poverty capacity building · older adult volunteering · behavioral health
- Apply at
- https://engagearkansas.org/funding-opportunities/
- 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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