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    • 2026 MLK Day of Service Campus Grant – Apply by Nov 14

    Posted by Partners for Campus-Community Engagement (PCCE) on November 4, 2025

    Members organizations of the national Alliance for Campus Community Engagement, including Partners for Campus-Community Engagement, will award $165,000 in 2026 Martin Luther King, Jr. National Day of Service Grants to colleges and universities throughout the region and country to support their student volunteer generating programs and events on or around the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in January 2026. Events and projects must occur between January 5 – 26, 2026, without exception. Final grant reports are due by Friday, January 30, 2026.

    PCCE member campuses are invited to apply for up to $5,000 to support their MLK, Jr. National Day of Service student volunteer event by Friday, November 14, 2025.

    Please click here to access the grant RFP to learn about the types of events and projects that this grant can support, as well as information about a required grant match, grant recipient background information, and final reporting information. Please carefully review the document. Additionally, the Alliance for Campus Community Engagement will host two grant information sessions for applicants to learn more about this grant and to ask questions:

    Priority will be given to proposals from PCCE member campuses; however, applications from non-member campuses may also be considered according to funding availability.

    Should applicants be awarded a grant, project coordinators must commit to completing a Criminal Background History Check at no financial cost to the grantee by December 12, 2025; agree to demonstrating an approximate grant match of 70% via in-kind staff salary, office space, and/or in-kind supplies and institutional expenditures in support of the event; and submit a final grant report by January 30, 2026 (information will be provided to grantees to assist with these requirements).

    Applications are due by no later than 11:59PM EST on Friday, November 14, 2025. Apply here.

     

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