The Corporation for National and Community Service improves lives, strengthens communities, and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering.  As the nation’s largest grant maker in support of service and volunteering, the Corporation provides opportunities for nearly 2 million Americans of all ages and backgrounds to serve their communities each year through the Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, VISTA, NCCC, and Learn and Serve America programs, and it supports millions more through a variety of other initiatives.  Participants in Corporation programs and the community volunteers they help coordinate enable thousands of national and local nonprofit organizations, faith-based groups, schools, and municipal agencies to solve tough problems and meet local needs in education, the environment, public safety, disaster response, and other critical areas.