AmeriCorps Texas Operating and Planning Grants
OneStar Foundation / OneStar National Service Commission
OneStar is the Texas service commission and subgrants AmeriCorps State funds on two lines: operating grants for organisations enrolling members, and a planning grant for organisations designing an AmeriCorps programme for the following cycle. The planning grant explicitly cannot pay for AmeriCorps members, meaning the money goes to programme design, partnership building, needs assessment and measurement architecture — the phase where a social work researcher's contribution is the substance of the award rather than an add-on.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (varies by call)The funding hub page states that award amounts are based on the number of AmeriCorps members serving in the organisation and publishes no ceiling. A planning-grant figure circulates in third-party listings but is not stated on the funder page retrieved, so it is not recorded here.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · AprNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Annual, aligned to a September programme start. The 2026-2027 opportunities were for organisations enrolling members in September 2026, and the 2026-2027 planning grant supports development of a 2027-2028 programme; a planning deadline in early April 2026 is reported by third parties but the hub pag
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- Texas organisations able to support the equivalent of at least 10 full-time AmeriCorps members in the first year of operation, which is a real gate on the operating line for small agencies; the planning line is for organisations not yet running a programme. Both are federal funds and require matching funds. Applications and questions go through OneStar Foundation (AmeriCorps@onestarfoundation.org).
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- programme planning · national service · organisational capacity · member service
- Apply at
- https://onestarfoundation.org/apply-for-americorps-resources/
- 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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