Formula Program Grant

2025-26 AmeriCorps Serve Wisconsin Formula Program Grant RFP

• Request for Proposals and Application Instructions (RFP)

Important dates for 2025

• February 3: RFP released

• February 24: Required Notification of Intent to Apply form due (by midnight)

• March 14: Last day for submitting written questions via email

• March 17: Application & required additional documents due (by 4:30pm)

• April 22: Program Evaluation & Development (PE&D) Committee Meeting
  All applicants are required to present to the PE&D committee

• May 1: Wisconsin National & Community Service Board Meeting

Appendices and Attachments

Appendices are for your reference as you write your application

• Appendix 1: Performance Measure eGrants Module Instructions and Checklist

• Appendix 2: AmeriCorps National Performance Measures

• Appendix 3: Public Health AmeriCorps Performance Measures

• Appendix 4: Applicant Determined Performance Measures

• Appendix 5: Cost Reimbursement Budget Instructions

• Appendix 6: Cost Reimbursement Budget Worksheet

• Appendix 7: Fixed Amount Budget Instructions

• Appendix 8: Indirect Cost Rate User Instructions

• Appendix 9: Mandatory Supplemental Information

• Appendix 10: Serve Wisconsin Formula Funding Process

• Appendix 11: Serve Wisconsin Formula Selection Criteria Sample Chart

• Appendix 12: Serve Wisconsin Peer Review Form

• Appendix 13: Serve Wisconsin Program Member Service Year Cap Policy

Attachments must be submitted (if applicable)

• Attachment A: Additional Documents Checklist

• Attachment B: Cost Reimbursement Budget Checklist (Word)

• Attachment C: AmeriCorps Operational Financial Management Survey

• Attachment D: Serve WI Financial Management Survey (Word)

• Attachment E: Alignment with Wisconsin State Service Plan (Word)

• Attachment F: Program Member Service Year Cap Policy Waiver Request

On3Learn

On3Learn provides online workshops for applicants that are new to AmeriCorps grants.

To access On3Learn online workshops at no cost, please contact Serve Wisconsin at ServeWisconsin@Wisconsin.gov for a coupon code as soon as possible.

• Understanding the Overall AmeriCorps Application and Narrative

• Developing Logic Models

• Selecting and Developing Performance Measurements

• National Service Fundamentals

• AmeriCorps 101

• Your Program Design

• Understanding the AmeriCorps Budget

Please do not enter a credit card number when selecting an On3Learn online workshop. Instead, contact ServeWisconsin@Wisconsin.gov for a coupon code that will allow you to complete as many online workshops as you would like at no cost.

AmeriCorps Training and Technical Assistance

Although the Serve Wisconsin Request for Proposals is different than the AmeriCorps Notice of Funding Opportunity, many of the requirements are the same. You’re invited to review some of these training videos, but keep in mind that you should refer to the Serve Wisconsin Request for Proposals to confirm information about submission instructions/dates, and the attachments may be labeled differently. If you have any questions at all, please send them to ServeWisconsin@Wisconsin.gov as soon as possible.

• Best Practices for Performance Measures and a Demonstration of Entering Performance Measure into eGrants (slide deck)

• Best Practices in Budget Development (sample budget)

• Best Practices in Demonstrating Evidence (slide deck)

Is there another training you’d like to see posted here? Let us know!
Email ServeWisconsin@Wisconsin.gov

Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative (WEC)

One-on-One Consultations

Serve Wisconsin, with support from AmeriCorps, is providing each AmeriCorps program applicant a limited number of free one-on-one consultation hours with evaluators from the Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative (WEC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The evaluators at WEC are great resources for AmeriCorps applicants and programs in creating and refining evaluation plans, reports, evidence, performance measures, and more.

Please fill out this survey form, and WEC will get in touch with you to schedule a time to discuss your needs.

The experts at WEC also provided a training session on Logic Models and Theory of Change training (slide deck)

Questions and answers

All questions organizations have regarding the RFP must be submitted in writing via email by March 14, 2025 to ServeWisconsin@Wisconsin.gov. Questions for Serve Wisconsin via telephone will not be accepted.

Questions asked between February 3, 2025 and March 14, 2025 as part of the spring 2025-26 AmeriCorps Serve Wisconsin Formula Program Grant RFP and their answers were collected in one document, updated regularly and posted here.

Questions & Answers
(final version updated 3/14/25)

Serve Wisconsin held two Formula Program Grant Request for Proposal Q&A sessions before the RFP was released. Recordings can be found here: Formula Live Q&A (January 30th) and Formula Live Q&A (January 31st). To view the slides, click here.