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Awards to Iowa Individuals and Groups to Recognize Outstanding Volunteer Service

Governor's Volunteer Awards (GVA)


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State
GrantWatch ID#
153510
Funding Source
Volunteer Iowa
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Geographic Focus
USA: Iowa
Important Dates
Deadline: 04/15/23 6:00 PM Save
Grant Description
Awards to Iowa individuals and groups to recognize outstanding volunteer service. Nominations are welcome on behalf of those that volunteer in the fields of mentoring, education, STEM, disaster response and recovery, diversity and inclusion, and Future Ready Iowa, as well as youth and state employees that volunteer. Nominations may be submitted by nonprofit organizations, government agencies, K-12 schools, NGOs, and IHEs on behalf of qualifying volunteers.

The Governor's Volunteer Award (GVA) program provides an easy way to honor the dedicated people who volunteer their time and talent to help an agency or organization deliver on its mission. There is no competitive selection process at the state level to decide who does or does not get an award; however, nominations are reviewed and approved by the participating state agency or Volunteer Iowa. By submitting the information, the person completing the form is verifying that the individual or group listed is deserving of this honor.

Award Types Available:

  • Individual Governor’s Volunteer Award: one person providing outstanding volunteer service
  • Individual Length of Service Award: one person who has served multiple years. Awarded for increments of five years, e.g., 5, 10, 15, etc.
  • Group Governor’s Volunteer Award: two or more people who volunteer together as a team
  • Group Length of Service Award (groups who have served multiple years. Awarded for increments of five years, e.g., 5, 10, 15, etc.

While not required as part of a nomination, nominators may select the following types of service for the GVAs:

  • Animal Welfare
  • Arts and Culture
  • Disaster Relief/Recovery: (e.g. COVID, natural disasters)
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Education
  • Environmental (e.g. cleanup, preservation/restoration)
  • Food Assistance
  • Future Ready Iowa
  • Health/Hospital
  • Housing
  • Mentoring
  • Senior Assistance
  • State Employees who volunteer
  • STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and/or Mathematics)
  • Youth who volunteer
  • Other
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Additional Eligibility Criteria
Nonprofits, charitable organizations, and government entities (city, county, state, and federal) may recommend an individual volunteer or group of volunteers who directly assisted the organization with a project, event, or activity, for a Governor's Volunteer Award.

Nominations are accepted from: City governments, community colleges, county governments, federal government units operating in Iowa, Iowa MENTOR certified programs, K-12 schools (public and parochial), national service programs operating in Iowa (AmeriCorps, AmeriCorps Seniors), nonprofit and charitable organizations, private colleges and universities, non-state government organizations. Staff of state government agencies must submit nominations through their agency's coordinator.

Recipients are not required to live in Iowa, but their service must have helped an Iowa organization and/or the people it serves.
Pre-Application Information
Deadline for nominations is Monday, April 15, 2023 at 6:00pm.

There is no competitive selection process at the state level to decide who does or does not get an award; however, nominations are reviewed and approved by the participating state agency or Volunteer Iowa. By submitting the information, the person completing the form is verifying that the individual or group listed is deserving of this honor.

A small handling fee per award helps to cover the cost of printing certificates, postage for the invitations, mementos, ceremony materials and the online nomination system.
Contact Information
Online Nomination Form: https://appengine.egov.com/apps/ia/icvs_award

For questions, contact the Governor's Volunteer Award program coordinator via email at info@volunteeriowa.org or by phone: 515.348.6225 (800.308.5987).
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