With a quick turnaround, we needed swift, steady action to urge your Senators to sign the annual Peace Corps funding letter. You delivered.
We had less than a week.
But in that time, well over 6,000 messages were sent to members of the United States Senate, asking them to sign the annual Peace Corps Funding letter, which was authored this year by Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ).
On the afternoon of May 22, Senator Booker submitted the letter – addressed to leaders of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee for State/Foreign Operations – requesting $479 million for the Peace Corps in Fiscal Year 2026—an increase from the current funding level of $430.5 million. The $479 million request is equal to the recommendation made by the Senate Appropriations Committee last year.
Visit the National Peace Corps Action Center to thank your Senator if they signed the letter – or to encourage them to support the Peace Corps going forward.
The Senate action followed earlier, similar action in the House of Representatives, where 126 lawmakers signed the House letter.
Who signed the Senate letter?
Below is the list Senators who signed this year’s Peace Corps Funding Letter for Fiscal Year 2026. (THIS LETTER IS NOW CLOSED).
DEADLINE to sign on: 4:00 PM (ET) Thursday, May 22nd, 2025
SIGNATURES as of 4:00 PM (ET), May 22, 2025: 35
SIGNATURES NEEDED to match last year’s letter: 5
Arizona: Kelly
California: Padilla, Schiff
Connecticut: Blumenthal, Murphy
Delaware: Coons
Georgia: Warnock
Hawaii: Hirono
Illinois: Duckworth
Maine: King
Maryland: Van Hollen
Massachusetts: Markey, Warren
Michigan: Peters, Slotkin
Minnesota: Smith
Nevada: Cortez Masto, Rosen
New Hampshire: Hassan, Shaheen
New Jersey: Booker (author), Kim
New Mexico: Heinrich, Lujan
New York: Gillibrand
Oregon: Merkley, Wyden
Rhode Island: Reed, Whitehouse
Vermont: Sanders, Welch
Virginia: Kaine, Warner
Washington: Cantwell
Wisconsin: Baldwin