Learn and Serve America (Government Grant)

Primary Contact: 
Cara Patrick
Email: 
cpatrick@cns.gov
Map: 
Type of Funder: 
Areas of Interest Description: 

Learn and Serve America, the National leader in service-learning, provides grant support, primarily through intermediaries,
to diverse school-community partnerships that engage students, their teachers, and others in service to meet community
needs. There are three categories for grant awards: 1) school-based (for State Education Agencies and nonprofits covering
two or more States); 2) community-based (for nonprofits covering two or more States) and state Commissions on
volunteerism; and 3) higher education (for individual higher education institutions, consortia of higher education institutions,
and nonprofit organizations representing a consortium of institutions).

Geographic Focus: 
Total Annual Giving: 

FY 2006 Appropriation: $37,125,000

Application Procedures: 

Application Deadline: February 28, 2006 and March 7, 2006