Through a network of seven organizations, the Corporation for National and Community Service each year makes available approximately $700,000 to nonprofit groups to organize and implement King Day service projects. Listed below are the names of the organizations and brief descriptions of the scope of their grant.

• The Points of Light Institute will receive $150,000 to fund sub-grant projects focused on increasing support for youth in disadvantaged circumstances by combining with their Hands on Schools, Neighboring Initiative, Kids Care Clubs, and Earned Income Tax Credit sites.
      
• Applications are currently available at http://www.pointsoflight.org/programs/seasons/mlkd and are due by 5:00pm local time on Wednesday, October 8, 2008.  Please direct all inquiries to MLKgrant@pointsoflight.org.
      
• The Corps Network will receive $100,000 to support sub-grantees and affiliates, sustaining their broader work by expanding outreach and community presence and capitalizing on the King Day of Service as a time to recruit new partners and volunteers for that day and for activities throughout the year.
      
  • Applications are currently available at http://www.corpsnetwork.org/MLKDayofService.asp and are due by 5:00pm EST on Tuesday, September 23, 2008.  Please direct all inquiries to Tanya M. Simpson at tsimpson@corpsnetwork.org.
        
• The North Carolina Campus Compact will receive $100,000 to engage students in project planning, connect them with local communities, and expand the MLK Day of Service by enhancing the students’ sense of responsibility, citizenship, leadership, and awareness, while reinvigorating higher education’s concern for improving the quality of life. 
      
  • Applications for out-of-network RFP are due September 15.  Please direct all inquiries to Leslie A. Garvin, MSW at lgarvin@elon.edu.
             
• Youth Service America will receive $100,000 to engage up to 15 lead agencies in YSA’s Semester of Service, which is designed to engage 25,000 students between the ages of 5 and 25 to serve at least 70 hours during the school semester. These lead agencies will also be invited to participate in YSA’s Global Youth Service Day training institute to prepare for Semester of Service activities.
      
• Service for Peace will receive $97,500 to mobilize volunteers from new populations and organizations that have not previously served on the King Holiday. To accomplish this, they have established a “40 Days of Peace” program that will leverage the involvement of new partners.
      
  • Request for Proposals (RFP) for the 2009 Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service and 40 Days of Peace are due 5PM EST, Friday, September 5, 2008.  Please direct all inquiries to Tony Devine at tdevine@serviceforpeace.org or (203) 610-6745.  For more information, please click here.
        
• Campus Kitchen will receive $77,500 to bring college students and the community together to address issues surrounding hunger by engaging youth in leading hunger relief programs to share on-campus kitchen space, recover unused food from campus cafeterias, and deliver meals to low-income neighborhoods.
      
  • Applications for out-of-network RFP are due September 1.  Please direct all inquiries to Maureen Roche at mroche@campuskitchens.org.
        
• The National Alliance of Faith and Justice will receive $75,000 to fund sub-grantees that support efforts to engage youth in service by giving them the opportunity to apply the teachings of non-violent social change to issues in the communities and schools. 
      
  • Applications for out-of-network RFP are accepted September 1 - October 1.  Pleae direct all inquiries to Addie Richburg at office@nafj.org or volunteer@nafj.org.