Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 AmeriCorps Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Grant

The Fiscal Year 2026 AmeriCorps Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service program mobilizes volunteers to honor MLK's legacy through community service. By fostering partnerships with diverse organizations, AmeriCorps aims to address pressing community needs and encourage ongoing volunteerism. Projects should focus on engaging significant volunteer participation on or around MLK Day, ensuring a lasting impact in communities facing poverty and other challenges. This initiative strengthens the culture of service across America.

AmeriCorps improves lives, strengthens communities, and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. AmeriCorps brings people together to tackle some of the country’s most pressing challenges through national service and volunteerism. AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers serve with organizations dedicated to the improvement of communities and those serving. AmeriCorps helps make service a cornerstone of our national culture.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service projects mobilize Americans to observe the Martin Luther King Jr federal holiday as a day of service in communities, to encourage those who serve on this holiday to make a long-term commitment to community service, and to bring people together to focus on service to others and help address community issues. AmeriCorps also expects each project to include ongoing opportunities to volunteer throughout the year and to share information about how to serve with AmeriCorps and its national service programs.
AmeriCorps will invest in existing and new partnerships with non-profit, faith-based, and Tribal organizations and state service commissions to get things done for America. The agency will target its investments toward communities where the need is greatest, particularly those with populations that face poverty. This will enable more Americans than ever to strengthen the communities that need it most across the nation through their service. AmeriCorps is looking for applications that feature significant activities occurring on MLK Day or within approximately one week of the actual day, engage a significant number of volunteers, and meet a community need.