Yosemite Volunteer Outreach | P19AS00145

Opportunity Information: Apply for P19AS00145

The Yosemite Volunteer Outreach opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number P19AS00145) is a discretionary National Park Service (NPS) notice indicating the agency's intent to make an award for a specific, pre-identified project rather than soliciting new proposals from the public. It is issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, and was created on May 9, 2019. Importantly, the announcement is explicitly labeled as a Notice of Intent to Award and states that it is not a request for applications, meaning there is no open competition, no application package to submit, and no closing date for applicants because the recipient and project pathway have effectively been determined in advance.

The planned funding mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which typically implies that NPS expects to have substantial involvement in the project during performance (for example, coordinating activities, providing direction, or collaborating on implementation), as opposed to a standard grant where the recipient usually operates more independently. The funding activity categories listed are Employment, Labor and Training and Environment, reflecting that the project centers on volunteer engagement and outreach tied to park-related environmental stewardship and public service activities.

The notice describes the project as "Volunteer Program Outreach" under Task Agreement Number P19AC00419 with Conservation Legacy. In practical terms, this signals that NPS intends to fund project activities through an existing or planned task agreement arrangement with that partner organization, and the public notice requirement is being met by publishing this intent. The opportunity is associated with CFDA number 15.931 (a catalog identifier used for federal assistance programs), which helps categorize the funding within federal assistance listings.

Financially, the award ceiling is listed as $32,665, and the expected number of awards is one, reinforcing that this is a single-recipient, targeted award rather than a competitive funding round. While the posting includes an "Eligible Applicants" field (noting nonprofits that do not have 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education), that eligibility language is largely procedural here because the notice is not inviting applications and the award is intended to be made without full and open competition.

Overall, this posting functions as a transparency notice: NPS is informing the public that it plans to direct up to $32,665 via a cooperative agreement for Yosemite-related volunteer outreach activities through Conservation Legacy under a specified task agreement, with no competitive application process.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the employment, labor and training, environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Yosemite Volunteer Outreach" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.931.
• This funding opportunity was created on May 09, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by This is not a request for applications.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $32,665.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.

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