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AmeriCorps Announces Volunteer Generation Fund Grant Competition

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AmeriCorps released a notice of funding opportunity for the fiscal year 2023 Volunteer Generation Fund. The Volunteer Generation Fund, open to State Service Commissions, local nonprofit, community, faith-based, tribal, state, and local governments and schools, focuses on investments for volunteer management practices.

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AmeriCorps Announces 2023 Volunteer Generation Fund Grants Competition

NonProfit PRO

The Volunteer Generation Fund focuses on investments in volunteer management practices that increase both volunteer recruitment and retention. The 2023 grant competition will fund programs that address the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on students.

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185,000 Americans to be Recruited for 9/11 and MLK Days of Service and Volunteer Generation Fund

NonProfit PRO

AmeriCorps announced 45 organizations who have been awarded federal grants to support the Volunteer Generation Fund and Days of Service awards. More than $13 million will create service opportunities, recruit volunteers and encourage Americans to participate in the country’s two national days of service.

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COVID-related National Service cannot just be gap year for privileged youth

ASU Lodestar Center

Chris Coons, addresses this inequity by proposing an increase of the AmeriCorps living allowance to offer greater financial support to all who are willing to serve. Second , national policy must incentivize and prioritize the recruitment and deployment of local, proximate leadership.

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Use Case: The Community-Driven Social Impact game for Community Media Centers

Amy Sample Ward

Our objective was to develop grants and programs as a group to strengthen our individual community media centers and support the movement as a whole. The goal of the day was to develop a collaborative grant proposal for a project that would be pertinent and beneficial to each CMC. Who was the community that you were working with?

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Announcing the Third Impact Lab on Climate Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

By bringing together the expertise of leaders from across sectors with the power of Salesforce technology and pro bono talent, this new Lab will aim to generate shareable insights and create a solution that will contribute to a more sustainable future for all. Kick off meeting with the Impact Labs Climate Action Cohort. Why Climate Justice?

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Get to Know the Lodestar Center: Elsbeth Pollack

ASU Lodestar Center

Elsbeth Pollack is a Program Manager for Public Allies Arizona (PAAZ) , an AmeriCorps program that engages service-minded young individuals in 10-months of paid leadership training, apprenticeships, and service opportunities in collaboration with local nonprofit partner organizations. Elsbeth Pollack Program Manager, Public Allies Arizona.

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