AmeriCorps Oregon Competitive Funding

Increase your organization's impact and reach in the community with an AmeriCorps program.

AmeriCorps provides program grant funding to eligible organizations to address their community's most pressing needs. Competitive grant applicants must meet the following eligibility requirements: 

Be a nonprofit, government agency, school, or community and/or faith-based organization 
Request AmeriCorps members to serve only in Oregon 
Be able to support the equivalent of 5 full-time members in the first year of operation, with a plan to increase it to 10 full-time members by the fourth year.

AmeriCorps State Competitive Funding

Competitive State grants help place members in service in Oregon and will be part of the AmeriCorps Oregon portfolio. Oregon considers applications for submission to AmeriCorps as part of a national competition.

Important Dates

NOTICE: The publication of the FY26 AmeriCorps Competitive Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is delayed. We do not have a date when the NOFO will be published but interested applicants can expect a tight turnaround time to submit applications for funding consideration. OSC will post information here when we have updates.

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Application Instructions

2025-26 AmeriCorps State Competitive RFA

2025-26 AmeriCorps Competitive Grant Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)

Application materials and instructions are made available from documents provided by AmeriCorps. If AmeriCorps makes updates to their application materials, OregonServes will update and repost our documents. Applicants must submit applications electronically via eGrants, AmeriCorps’ web-based system. Applicants are required to submit additional documents by the application submission deadline. Additional documents must be emailed to oregon.serves@hecc.oregon.gov.

Additional Documents

Resources and Guidance

OSC Resources:

AmeriCorps Resources

Contact Information

Email oregon.serves@hecc.oregon.gov for more information.