The Corporation for National and Community Service administers a number of grant programs and other initiatives that provide resources to institutions of higher educations, as well as to other non-profit, community, and faith-based organizations. Many of those programs are listed below. For additional information, visit our interactive program finder.

• Learn and Serve America makes approximately $10 million in grants to institutions of higher education each year to provide and promote high-quality service-learning opportunities. These grants support more than 90,000 college students.
  
• AmeriCorps makes approximately $40 million in grants to institutions of higher education each year to provide service opportunities for more than 17,000 students.
  
• AmeriCorps VISTA provides support for nearly 500 AmeriCorps VISTA members to serve with or through 60 institutions of higher education—an investment valued at more than $6.5 million per year.
  
• Senior Corps awards approximately $10 million in grants each year to institutions of higher education for the purpose of recruiting and placing volunteers ages 55 and over to meet a variety of needs in their communities.
  
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service is a national effort to use Dr. King’s life and teachings to transform the holiday in his honor into community service that empowers and strengthens local communities. CNCS awards grants to promote service projects tied to the holiday.

Additional Resources

• Higher Education Program Examples (PDF)
  
• National Service in Your State provides a comprehensive view of all national service programs funded by CNCS in your state.
  
• New Grant Opportunities
  
• Program Fact Sheets list essential information on each CNCS program.