AmeriCorps is a federal agency that engages millions of Americans in service to their communities through programs including AmeriCorps State and National, AmeriCorps VISTA, AmeriCorps NCCC, AmeriCorps Seniors, and the Volunteer Generation Fund. Established in 1993 under the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), AmeriCorps addresses critical community needs in education, disaster response, environmental conservation, economic opportunity, and healthy futures. The agency operates the AmeriCorps Open Data portal (data.americorps.gov) providing programmatic access to research, evaluation, and program data via the Socrata Open Data API (SODA).
AmeriCorps publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Catalog API, Datasets API, and Metadata API. Tagged areas include Federal-Government, National Service, Volunteerism, Community Development, and Civic Engagement.
AmeriCorps’ developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, getting-started guide, and 23 more developer resources.
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The AmeriCorps Open Data portal provides programmatic access to AmeriCorps research, evaluation, and program datasets via the Socrata Open Data API (SODA). The portal includes d...
Program engaging more than 75,000 Americans in intensive service through nonprofits, schools, public agencies, and community organizations addressing critical needs across all 5...
AmeriCorps VISTA
Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) program placing members with nonprofits and public agencies to build capacity and fight poverty.
AmeriCorps NCCC
National Civilian Community Corps residential service program for young adults completing team-based service projects on environmental and disaster relief efforts.
AmeriCorps Seniors
Programs engaging adults 55 and older in volunteer service through RSVP, Foster Grandparents, and Senior Companions programs.
Evidence Exchange Open Data
Research and evaluation data portal (data.americorps.gov) providing SODA API access to program effectiveness studies, member outcome data, and ROI analyses.
Volunteer Generation Fund
Grant program supporting organizations that recruit, manage, and support volunteers to meet critical community needs.
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description: AmeriCorps is a federal agency that engages millions of Americans in service to their communities through programs
including AmeriCorps State and National, AmeriCorps VISTA, AmeriCorps NCCC, AmeriCorps Seniors, and the Volunteer Generation
Fund. Established in 1993 under the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), AmeriCorps addresses critical
community needs in education, disaster response, environmental conservation, economic opportunity, and healthy futures.
The agency operates the AmeriCorps Open Data portal (data.americorps.gov) providing programmatic access to research, evaluation,
and program data via the Socrata Open Data API (SODA).
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- Volunteerism
- Community Development
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- Education
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- Environmental Conservation
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name: AmeriCorps Open Data SODA API
tags:
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- Research
- Evaluation
- National Service
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description: The AmeriCorps Open Data portal provides programmatic access to AmeriCorps research, evaluation, and program
datasets via the Socrata Open Data API (SODA). The portal includes datasets on program outcomes, member experiences, return
on investment studies, evidence snapshots for each AmeriCorps program, and evaluation reports. Data is available in JSON,
CSV, XML, and RDF formats, with OData endpoints for connecting to tools like Excel and Tableau.
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name: AmeriCorps Catalog API
description: Discover datasets published on the AmeriCorps open data portal.
humanURL: https://data.americorps.gov
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tags:
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- aid: americorps:americorps-datasets-api
name: AmeriCorps Datasets API
description: Retrieve dataset rows via the Socrata SODA resource endpoint.
humanURL: https://data.americorps.gov
baseURL: https://data.americorps.gov/resource
tags:
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- aid: americorps:americorps-metadata-api
name: AmeriCorps Metadata API
description: Retrieve dataset metadata and schema information.
humanURL: https://data.americorps.gov
baseURL: https://data.americorps.gov/resource
tags:
- Metadata
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url: openapi/americorps-metadata-api-openapi.yml
- type: Overlay
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- type: Authentication
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- type: LinkedIn
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- type: Website
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- type: Portal
url: https://data.americorps.gov
name: AmeriCorps Open Data Portal
- type: DataAPI
url: https://data.americorps.gov/api/views
name: SODA Dataset Discovery Endpoint
- type: GettingStarted
url: https://dev.socrata.com/docs/endpoints.html
name: Socrata SODA API Documentation
- type: GitHubOrganization
url: https://github.com/americorps
name: AmeriCorps GitHub
- type: DataCatalog
url: https://data.americorps.gov/data.json
name: AmeriCorps DCAT-US 1.1 Open Data Catalog
- type: PrivacyPolicy
url: https://www.americorps.gov/about/agency-overview/privacy-policy
name: AmeriCorps Privacy Policy
- type: Packages
url: packages/americorps-packages.yml
- type: WellKnownProbe
url: well-known/americorps-well-known.yml
name: /.well-known/ probe record (all paths 404 — an absence, not a surface)
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
url: mcp/americorps-mcp.yml
note: 'Renamed from MCPServer 2026-09-03 (roadmap#247): the manifest self-describes as status: candidate — a tool list derived
from the published API contracts, not an existing server. The scorer already read the manifest and reported mcp_server
correctly; the MCPServer type was crediting the artifact-type surfaces with a server that does not exist.'
- type: LLMsTxt
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- type: Conformance
url: conformance/americorps-conformance.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
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- type: Lifecycle
url: lifecycle/americorps-lifecycle.yml
- type: StatusPage
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name: Tyler Data & Insights (Socrata) platform status — covers the High Compliance US region this portal runs in
- type: Conventions
url: conventions/americorps-conventions.yml
- type: DataModel
url: data-model/americorps-data-model.yml
- type: Security
url: security/americorps-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
url: security/americorps-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: AgentSkill
url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Plans
url: plans/americorps-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
url: rate-limits/americorps-rate-limits.yml
- type: Features
data:
- name: AmeriCorps State and National
description: Program engaging more than 75,000 Americans in intensive service through nonprofits, schools, public agencies,
and community organizations addressing critical needs across all 50 states.
- name: AmeriCorps VISTA
description: Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) program placing members with nonprofits and public agencies to build
capacity and fight poverty.
- name: AmeriCorps NCCC
description: National Civilian Community Corps residential service program for young adults completing team-based service
projects on environmental and disaster relief efforts.
- name: AmeriCorps Seniors
description: Programs engaging adults 55 and older in volunteer service through RSVP, Foster Grandparents, and Senior
Companions programs.
- name: Evidence Exchange Open Data
description: Research and evaluation data portal (data.americorps.gov) providing SODA API access to program effectiveness
studies, member outcome data, and ROI analyses.
- name: Volunteer Generation Fund
description: Grant program supporting organizations that recruit, manage, and support volunteers to meet critical community
needs.
- type: UseCases
data:
- name: Program Evaluation Research
description: Accessing AmeriCorps program evaluation reports and impact data via the SODA API to conduct independent research
on national service effectiveness.
- name: Grant Management and Reporting
description: Partners and grantees accessing program data and reporting resources to manage AmeriCorps grants and measure
member outcomes.
- name: Volunteer Engagement Analytics
description: Analyzing volunteer engagement patterns, member satisfaction data, and civic participation trends using AmeriCorps
open datasets.
- name: Policy and Advocacy Research
description: Accessing return-on-investment studies, evidence snapshots, and program outcome data to support policy development
and advocacy for national service.
- type: Integrations
data:
- name: Socrata Open Data API
description: Standard Socrata SODA API integration enabling applications to query, filter, and aggregate AmeriCorps program
data programmatically.
- name: OData Endpoints
description: OData V2 and V4 endpoints enabling connection to Microsoft Excel, Tableau, Power BI, and other business intelligence
tools.
- name: eGrants Grant Management System
description: AmeriCorps eGrants system for grantee organizations to submit applications, manage awards, and report on
AmeriCorps program activities.
created: '2024-11-21'
modified: '2026-09-02'
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
email: info@apievangelist.com
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HTTP 200. No dead pointer was found and none was removed. Repo-relative artifact pointers are not fetched; they are verified
to exist on disk and to parse.
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