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VITA-2024-001: Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant

Closed Closed May 31, 2023 Opportunity VITA-2024-001 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of Volunteer Income Tax Assistance notices from 2023.

• Award ceiling$2.0 million
• Award floor$5,000
• Total funding$40.0 million
• Expected awards325
• Cost sharingRequired
• Funding typeGrant

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Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits, state and local governments and tribes.

• State governments
• County governments
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

•A private or public non-profit organization that qualified for and received an IRS determination letter confirming the organization’s tax exemption under section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code, including but not limited to credit unions and faith based and community organizations,•A public, nonprofit, or proprietary (privately owned profit-making) college, university, vocational school, or other postsecondary educational institution located in the United States and Puerto Rico that has not been disqualified from participating in a student aid program administered by the U.S. Department of Education, •A local government agency,•A regional, statewide, or local coalition with one lead organization that meets one of the eligibility requirements noted above. The lead organization filing the application must have a substantive role in the coalition. State government agencies and offices providing Cooperative Extension services (as established at the land-grant colleges and universities under the Smith-Lever Act of May 8, 1914) are also eligible applicants when no other organizations classified above are available.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program awards averaged $109,057; this notice allows up to $2.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (92% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• The notice requires cost sharing or matching funds, so you must contribute part of the project cost.

What the grant funds

The IRS initiative known as the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) grant supports IRS VITA partner organizations operating a VITA program offering free tax preparation service for the underserved taxpayer. Partner organizations, operating a VITA program, help low- to moderate-income individuals, persons with disabilities, the elderly, limited English speakers, Native Americans and miliary file their taxes each year. The IRS awards a matching funds grant to support these partner organizations that offer free tax preparation services during the tax filing season at locations in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia through their VITA program.

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Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.

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