Common use of Unallowable Activities Clause in Contracts

Unallowable Activities. An AmeriCorps member may spend no more than ten percent of his or her originally agreed-upon term of service, as reflected in the member enrollment in the National Service Trust, performing fundraising activities, as described in §2520.40. AmeriCorps members may participate in fundraising activities but ONLY under limited circumstances: Members may generate funds/resources directly in support of the AmeriCorps program’s service activities. Examples of fundraising activities members may perform include, but are not limited to the following: Seeking donations of books from companies and individuals for a program in which volunteers tutor children to read; Writing a grant proposal to a foundation to secure resources to support the training of volunteers; Securing supplies and equipment from the community to enable volunteers to help build houses for low-income individuals; Securing financial resources from the community to assist in launching or expanding a program that provides social services to the members of the community and is delivered, in whole or in part, through the members of a community-based organization; Seeking a donation from alumni of the program for specific service projects being performed by current members. AmeriCorps members may not: Raise funds for living allowances or for an organization's general (as opposed to project) operating expenses or endowment; Write a grant application to the Corporation or to any other Federal agency.