The Service Forward Fund

Your contribution helps unite people across the nation to support youth success, civic engagement, disaster response, workforce development, and more. Together, we accelerate solutions to complex challenges and create lasting change.

About the Fund

The Service Forward Fund, part of America’s Service Commissions (ASC), is a collaborative philanthropic initiative that connects donors with ASC’s national-state-local network for broad impact and local results. ASC convenes and supports commissions in their existing day-to-day work, leads states of all shapes and sizes around innovation, and provides the technical support and expert resources to keep commissions on top of and ahead of national and state policies and events.

How It Works

Streamlined Administration
ASC helps funders navigate complex systems and align resources across states. By leveraging its expertise and national-state-local network ASC’s streamlined approach accelerates the development and replication of high-impact solutions—by aligning grantmaking practices, program outcome reporting, elevation of impact communications—ensuring that resources are effectively channeled to create measurable change.

Strategic Investment
The fund pools resources to invest in State Service Commissions—recognized leaders in movement-building, capacity-building, and service innovation.

Multilayered Impact
Our public-private investment model strengthens service infrastructure, builds cross-sector partnerships, cultivates leadership, and promotes innovation nationwide through partners of The Service Forward Fund.

Scalable Innovation
By centralizing funds at ASC, successful innovations in one region can quickly expand to new communities across the country, leveraging decades of collaboration and shared best practices.

Get Involved

Ready to make a difference? Contact us to learn more about The Service Forward Fund and how you can participate.