Sponsor a Preserve WV AmeriCorps Member
PAWV is Accepting Applications
*Updated 07/13/2026*
PAWV is currently seeking site sponsors to host Preserve WV AmeriCorps members for
12-month service terms (October 15, 2026 - October 14, 2027).
Positions can be full-time or part-time, and the start date can be flexible but must be by
January 16, 2027 for AmeriCorps to serve full-time.
Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis. There is no due date for the application, but please submit as soon as possible to be considered for the upcoming program year.
Click the Apply Now! button below to see the site sponsor application and to apply. You will be directed to a Google Form. For problems with this application format, please contact [email protected] for an alternative application method.
PAWV is currently seeking site sponsors to host Preserve WV AmeriCorps members for
12-month service terms (October 15, 2026 - October 14, 2027).
Positions can be full-time or part-time, and the start date can be flexible but must be by
January 16, 2027 for AmeriCorps to serve full-time.
Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis. There is no due date for the application, but please submit as soon as possible to be considered for the upcoming program year.
Click the Apply Now! button below to see the site sponsor application and to apply. You will be directed to a Google Form. For problems with this application format, please contact [email protected] for an alternative application method.
Full-time positions will be approximately 35-40 hours/week for a total of 1700 hours over one year, and part-time positions will be approximately 15-20 hours/week for a total of 900 hours over one year. Full-time AmeriCorps will receive a living stipend of $22,000/year, and half-time AmeriCorps will receive a living stipend of $12,000/year.
Preserve WV AmeriCorps is part of AmeriCorps State and National - a National Service initiative founded in the same spirit as AmeriCorps VISTA, the Peace Corps, and other service programs. The Preserve WV program is partially funded by an AmeriCorps grant from the AmeriCorps state agency, Volunteer West Virginia, as well as the AmeriCorps federal agency.
Through its Preserve WV AmeriCorps program, PAWV aids under-resourced nonprofit organizations and government agencies focused on historic preservation. During one year of service, AmeriCorps members help organizations grow and become more effective and efficient at carrying out services to the community. AmeriCorps members' primary objectives are twofold: to build the capacity of their sites while actively preserving West Virginia’s unique cultural heritage for the enjoyment and education of current and future generations.
The following is required for sites to sponsor an AmeriCorps:
1.) Sites must be under-resourced (four or less employees at your site or within your department) nonprofit organizations or government agencies with historic preservation and/or history-oriented missions. For sites with no paid staff, you must describe in the application how you will provide sufficient, consistent supervision to the member, and avoid mission creep and delays in responding to the member.
2.) Sites must own a historic property that they maintain, or lease/rent a historic building where they present programs.
3.) Site sponsor of a full-time AmeriCorps must pay a total cash match of $4,400, and to sponsor a half-time AmeriCorps, site sponsor must pay a total cash match of $2,200.
WHY SPONSOR A MEMBER?
AmeriCorps members are force multipliers. They build capacity for organizations to do more for more people. In Preserve WV AmeriCorps, members will be serving as the outreach engine for your organization/agency’s mission, increasing access and usage of heritage sites and historic resources, maintaining historic resources, and recruiting and managing volunteers. In Preserve WV AmeriCorps, members must improve historic resources, and other tasks may include, but are not limited to:
- Hands-on historic preservation and beautification projects
- Providing historic preservation technical assistance
- Volunteer recruitment, management, coordination, and training
- Program development and event coordination related to historic preservation and heritage tourism, including planning and publicizing the event, coordinating volunteers, and getting funds/donations/sponsorships for the event
- Doing outreach for the site – including in-person meetings, relationship building activities, social media, newsletters, brochures, website, etc.
- Creating educational materials and programming
- Identifying, surveying, and documenting historic properties
- Collections management – such as inventorying, accessioning, and/or properly storing museum artifacts and archival documents
- Giving tours of the site to the public, as well as developing tour content
- Creating organizational/site policies and plans – such as collections management, maintenance/weatherization, disaster preparedness, volunteer or docent handbooks, marketing/social media handbooks, historic district design guidelines, etc.
AMERICORPS BENEFITS
- AmeriCorps Living Allowance: $22,000/term for full-time position or $12,000/term for part-time position.
- The AmeriCorps education award payable toward tuition or federal student loans and issued to members upon successful completion of the service term commitment and required service hours
- West Virginia tuition waiver – for every 600 hours of service members complete, they will receive a tuition waiver for one semester at any West Virginia college or university
- Subsidized healthcare, if eligible (full-time members only)
- Subsidized child care, if eligible (full-time members only)
- The opportunity to be a part of something bigger than themselves.
- The experience of bringing history to life and transforming communities across West Virginia
WHAT TO EXPECT IF SELECTED AS A SITE SPONSOR?
- Paying a cash match to be used toward the required program match. PAWV will invoice the organization/agency for this grant match payment. It is nonrefundable and typically requested in four installments unless otherwise discussed with the program director.
- Doing local recruitment through your organization/agency’s usual networks for applicants to fill the member role(s) at your site (and, optimally, to fill member roles at other sites in the program as well).
- Conducting mandatory, second-round interviews with promising applicants.
- Providing an office space and all necessary service materials such as a desk and access to a site-provided computer with internet access and with appropriate computer programs for the member’s duties.
- Training in site duties so that each member can fulfill their expected duties at the site.
- Reimbursing the AmeriCorps for site-related travel, site-related expenses, and site-specific training by the next pay period (subject to the organization/agency’s policies).
- Serving as the communications conduit and keeping your staff, volunteers, and members informed regarding PAWV and AmeriCorps updates, policies, and deadlines.
- Serving as an ambassador for PAWV and Preserve WV AmeriCorps with your funders and community stakeholders.
- Assigning a site supervisor to provide day-to-day supervision, direction, and support for your site’s AmeriCorps member(s).
SITE SUPERVISOR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Meeting with the AmeriCorps regularly and providing tasks, objectives, and feedback to complete projects that benefit the site and the community.
- Being a first point of contact to deal with disciplinary issues, harassment, or other grievances.
- Attending mandatory orientations (up to two) and other training webinars required by PAWV.
- Reviewing and approving members’ timesheets.
- Completing evaluation forms of your member(s) mid-way through the year and at the end of the year.
- Gathering relevant data from the site and submitting timely reports to PAWV, when requested, through data collection forms (typically using Google Forms).
PRESERVE WV PROGRAM RESPONSIBILITIES
- Conducting a national recruitment strategy to identify a high caliber pool of applicants for the Preserve WV AmeriCorps roles.
- Reviewing applications, contacting applicants, and conducting initial, first-round interviews (typically by phone) with promising candidates.
- Administering payroll for each AmeriCorps in addition to payroll taxes and workers compensation insurance.
- Managing the finances of the grant and submitting monthly expenditure reports to Volunteer West Virginia.
- Serving as the program’s point of contact for Volunteer West Virginia and for AmeriCorps Headquarters.
- Advocating for your organizations/agencies in our work with state agencies and national organizations.
- Providing site supervisors and AmeriCorps with initial training regarding the Preserve WV program, AmeriCorps, etc. during its mandatory Orientation.
- Ensuring the highest possible compliance and effectiveness through monitoring, training, and support to host sites and members.
AMERICORPS PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
As outlined in 45CFR § 2520.65 and the 2012 AmeriCorps Provisions IV.D.3, staff and members may not engage in certain prohibited activities while charging time to the AmeriCorps program, accumulating service or training hours, or otherwise performing activities supported by the AmeriCorps program or AmeriCorps National.
Prohibited Activities Include:
a. Attempting to influence legislation;
b. Organizing or engaging in protests, petitions, boycotts, or strikes;
c. Assisting, promoting, or deterring union organizing;
d. Impairing existing contracts for services or collective bargaining agreements;
e. Engaging in partisan political activities, or other activities designed to influence the outcome of an election to any public office;
f. Participating in, or endorsing, events or activities that are likely to include advocacy for or against political parties, political platforms, political candidates, proposed legislation, or elected officials;
g. Engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship services, providing instruction as part of a program that includes mandatory religious instruction or worship, constructing or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship, maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted to religious instruction or worship, or engaging in any form of religious proselytization;
h. Providing a direct benefit to--
i. A business organized for profit;
ii. A labor union;
iii. A partisan political organization;
iv. A nonprofit organization that fails to comply with the restrictions contained in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 related to engaging in political activities or substantial amount of lobbying except that nothing in these provisions shall be construed to prevent participants from engaging in advocacy activities undertaken at their own initiative; and
v. An organization engaged in the religious activities described in paragraph 3 above unless AmeriCorps National assistance is not used to support those religious activities;
i. Conducting a voter registration drive or using AmeriCorps National funds to conduct a voter registration drive.
j. Providing abortion services or referrals for receipt of such services; and
k. Such other activities as the AmeriCorps Federal Agency may prohibit.
AmeriCorps members may not engage in the above activities directly or indirectly by recruiting, training, or managing others for the primary purpose of engaging in one of the activities listed above. Individuals may exercise their rights as private citizens and may participate in the activities listed above on their initiative, on non-AmeriCorps time, and using non-AmeriCorps funds. Individuals should not wear the AmeriCorps logo while doing so.
Additional Prohibited Activities Include:
∙ Participating in any fundraising activity that has not been pre-approved by PAWV, or that is for the organization/agency’s operating budget, general fund, or AmeriCorps site sponsor grant match.
∙ Writing or otherwise working on applications for federal grants.
∙ Replacing paid staff members (even temporarily, such as while a staff member is out sick).
∙ Duplicating existing staff tasks.
PAWV is committed to providing the best possible support and management to its site sponsors and to AmeriCorps members.
Preserve WV AmeriCorps is part of AmeriCorps State and National - a National Service initiative founded in the same spirit as AmeriCorps VISTA, the Peace Corps, and other service programs. The Preserve WV program is partially funded by an AmeriCorps grant from the AmeriCorps state agency, Volunteer West Virginia, as well as the AmeriCorps federal agency.
Through its Preserve WV AmeriCorps program, PAWV aids under-resourced nonprofit organizations and government agencies focused on historic preservation. During one year of service, AmeriCorps members help organizations grow and become more effective and efficient at carrying out services to the community. AmeriCorps members' primary objectives are twofold: to build the capacity of their sites while actively preserving West Virginia’s unique cultural heritage for the enjoyment and education of current and future generations.
The following is required for sites to sponsor an AmeriCorps:
1.) Sites must be under-resourced (four or less employees at your site or within your department) nonprofit organizations or government agencies with historic preservation and/or history-oriented missions. For sites with no paid staff, you must describe in the application how you will provide sufficient, consistent supervision to the member, and avoid mission creep and delays in responding to the member.
2.) Sites must own a historic property that they maintain, or lease/rent a historic building where they present programs.
3.) Site sponsor of a full-time AmeriCorps must pay a total cash match of $4,400, and to sponsor a half-time AmeriCorps, site sponsor must pay a total cash match of $2,200.
WHY SPONSOR A MEMBER?
AmeriCorps members are force multipliers. They build capacity for organizations to do more for more people. In Preserve WV AmeriCorps, members will be serving as the outreach engine for your organization/agency’s mission, increasing access and usage of heritage sites and historic resources, maintaining historic resources, and recruiting and managing volunteers. In Preserve WV AmeriCorps, members must improve historic resources, and other tasks may include, but are not limited to:
- Hands-on historic preservation and beautification projects
- Providing historic preservation technical assistance
- Volunteer recruitment, management, coordination, and training
- Program development and event coordination related to historic preservation and heritage tourism, including planning and publicizing the event, coordinating volunteers, and getting funds/donations/sponsorships for the event
- Doing outreach for the site – including in-person meetings, relationship building activities, social media, newsletters, brochures, website, etc.
- Creating educational materials and programming
- Identifying, surveying, and documenting historic properties
- Collections management – such as inventorying, accessioning, and/or properly storing museum artifacts and archival documents
- Giving tours of the site to the public, as well as developing tour content
- Creating organizational/site policies and plans – such as collections management, maintenance/weatherization, disaster preparedness, volunteer or docent handbooks, marketing/social media handbooks, historic district design guidelines, etc.
AMERICORPS BENEFITS
- AmeriCorps Living Allowance: $22,000/term for full-time position or $12,000/term for part-time position.
- The AmeriCorps education award payable toward tuition or federal student loans and issued to members upon successful completion of the service term commitment and required service hours
- West Virginia tuition waiver – for every 600 hours of service members complete, they will receive a tuition waiver for one semester at any West Virginia college or university
- Subsidized healthcare, if eligible (full-time members only)
- Subsidized child care, if eligible (full-time members only)
- The opportunity to be a part of something bigger than themselves.
- The experience of bringing history to life and transforming communities across West Virginia
WHAT TO EXPECT IF SELECTED AS A SITE SPONSOR?
- Paying a cash match to be used toward the required program match. PAWV will invoice the organization/agency for this grant match payment. It is nonrefundable and typically requested in four installments unless otherwise discussed with the program director.
- Doing local recruitment through your organization/agency’s usual networks for applicants to fill the member role(s) at your site (and, optimally, to fill member roles at other sites in the program as well).
- Conducting mandatory, second-round interviews with promising applicants.
- Providing an office space and all necessary service materials such as a desk and access to a site-provided computer with internet access and with appropriate computer programs for the member’s duties.
- Training in site duties so that each member can fulfill their expected duties at the site.
- Reimbursing the AmeriCorps for site-related travel, site-related expenses, and site-specific training by the next pay period (subject to the organization/agency’s policies).
- Serving as the communications conduit and keeping your staff, volunteers, and members informed regarding PAWV and AmeriCorps updates, policies, and deadlines.
- Serving as an ambassador for PAWV and Preserve WV AmeriCorps with your funders and community stakeholders.
- Assigning a site supervisor to provide day-to-day supervision, direction, and support for your site’s AmeriCorps member(s).
SITE SUPERVISOR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Meeting with the AmeriCorps regularly and providing tasks, objectives, and feedback to complete projects that benefit the site and the community.
- Being a first point of contact to deal with disciplinary issues, harassment, or other grievances.
- Attending mandatory orientations (up to two) and other training webinars required by PAWV.
- Reviewing and approving members’ timesheets.
- Completing evaluation forms of your member(s) mid-way through the year and at the end of the year.
- Gathering relevant data from the site and submitting timely reports to PAWV, when requested, through data collection forms (typically using Google Forms).
PRESERVE WV PROGRAM RESPONSIBILITIES
- Conducting a national recruitment strategy to identify a high caliber pool of applicants for the Preserve WV AmeriCorps roles.
- Reviewing applications, contacting applicants, and conducting initial, first-round interviews (typically by phone) with promising candidates.
- Administering payroll for each AmeriCorps in addition to payroll taxes and workers compensation insurance.
- Managing the finances of the grant and submitting monthly expenditure reports to Volunteer West Virginia.
- Serving as the program’s point of contact for Volunteer West Virginia and for AmeriCorps Headquarters.
- Advocating for your organizations/agencies in our work with state agencies and national organizations.
- Providing site supervisors and AmeriCorps with initial training regarding the Preserve WV program, AmeriCorps, etc. during its mandatory Orientation.
- Ensuring the highest possible compliance and effectiveness through monitoring, training, and support to host sites and members.
AMERICORPS PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
As outlined in 45CFR § 2520.65 and the 2012 AmeriCorps Provisions IV.D.3, staff and members may not engage in certain prohibited activities while charging time to the AmeriCorps program, accumulating service or training hours, or otherwise performing activities supported by the AmeriCorps program or AmeriCorps National.
Prohibited Activities Include:
a. Attempting to influence legislation;
b. Organizing or engaging in protests, petitions, boycotts, or strikes;
c. Assisting, promoting, or deterring union organizing;
d. Impairing existing contracts for services or collective bargaining agreements;
e. Engaging in partisan political activities, or other activities designed to influence the outcome of an election to any public office;
f. Participating in, or endorsing, events or activities that are likely to include advocacy for or against political parties, political platforms, political candidates, proposed legislation, or elected officials;
g. Engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship services, providing instruction as part of a program that includes mandatory religious instruction or worship, constructing or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship, maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted to religious instruction or worship, or engaging in any form of religious proselytization;
h. Providing a direct benefit to--
i. A business organized for profit;
ii. A labor union;
iii. A partisan political organization;
iv. A nonprofit organization that fails to comply with the restrictions contained in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 related to engaging in political activities or substantial amount of lobbying except that nothing in these provisions shall be construed to prevent participants from engaging in advocacy activities undertaken at their own initiative; and
v. An organization engaged in the religious activities described in paragraph 3 above unless AmeriCorps National assistance is not used to support those religious activities;
i. Conducting a voter registration drive or using AmeriCorps National funds to conduct a voter registration drive.
j. Providing abortion services or referrals for receipt of such services; and
k. Such other activities as the AmeriCorps Federal Agency may prohibit.
AmeriCorps members may not engage in the above activities directly or indirectly by recruiting, training, or managing others for the primary purpose of engaging in one of the activities listed above. Individuals may exercise their rights as private citizens and may participate in the activities listed above on their initiative, on non-AmeriCorps time, and using non-AmeriCorps funds. Individuals should not wear the AmeriCorps logo while doing so.
Additional Prohibited Activities Include:
∙ Participating in any fundraising activity that has not been pre-approved by PAWV, or that is for the organization/agency’s operating budget, general fund, or AmeriCorps site sponsor grant match.
∙ Writing or otherwise working on applications for federal grants.
∙ Replacing paid staff members (even temporarily, such as while a staff member is out sick).
∙ Duplicating existing staff tasks.
PAWV is committed to providing the best possible support and management to its site sponsors and to AmeriCorps members.
For more information
If you have any questions, contact Danielle Parker, PAWV Executive Director, at [email protected] or 304-642-0693. Email preferred.