IRS opens LITC grant application period May 15

The Internal Revenue Service will begin taking applications for 2026 Low Income Taxpayer Clinic matching grants from qualified organizations this Thursday, May 15, through July 14.

Organizations may request up to $200,000 for the 2026 grant year. For every dollar of funding awarded by the IRS, a taxpayer clinic must provide a dollar in matching funds, and it must provide services for free or at a nominal fee.

For 2026, the IRS is looking to obtain LITC coverage for Hawaii, Kansas, Montana and West Virginia.

Florida, Nevada and South Dakota are also only partially covered by LITCs; uncovered counties in these states include:

• Florida: Brevard, Citrus, Glades, Hamilton, Hardee, Hendry, Hernando, Highlands, Indian River, Lafayette, Lake, Madison, Martin, Nassau, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole, St. Johns, St. Lucie, Sumter, Suwannee, Taylor and Volusia.
• Nevada: Carson City, Churchill, Douglas, Elko, Esmeralda, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lincoln, Lyon, Mineral, Nye, Pershing, Storey and White Pine.
• South Dakota: Aurora, Beadle, Bennett, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brown, Brule, Buffalo, Butte, Campbell, Charles Mix, Clark, Clay, Codington, Corson, Custer, Davison, Deuel, Dewey, Douglas, Edmunds, Fall River, Faulk, Grant, Gregory, Haakon, Hamlin, Hand, Hanson, Harding, Hughes, Hutchinson, Hyde, Jackson, Jerauld, Jones, Kingsbury, Lake, Lawrence, Lincoln, Lyman, McCook, McPherson, Meade, Mellette, Miner, Minnehaha, Moody, Oglala Lakota, Pennington, Perkins, Potter, Sanborn, Shannon, Spink, Stanley, Sully, Todd, Tripp, Turner, Union, Walworth, Yankton and Ziebach.

The IRS is “especially interested” in applications from organizations providing services in underserved areas. 
More information is available in IRS Publication 3319, “2026 Grant Application Package and Guidelines.” The LITC Program Office will have a webinar about LITCs and the application process on May 22 from 1-3 p.m. EST. Details are on the LITC Grants website.