US Mission in Ethiopia

The U.S. Agency for International Development Ethiopia is a civilian sub-agency that funds and procures development assistance, humanitarian programs, and technical services in support of USAID's mission in Ethiopia.

USAID Ethiopia operates a dual portfolio—both contracting and grant-making—with meaningful activity on each side. The contracting portfolio spans 434 awards totaling $1.28 billion in combined potential value since 2006, with $755.7 million obligated to date. Contract volume has declined in recent years: 28 awards in 2021, 25 in 2022, 40 in 2023, 22 in 2024, and 3 year-to-date in 2025. The contractor base remains highly fragmented, with 142 distinct primes across the all-time portfolio. Over the last five years, a mix of undisclosed domestic awardees (22 awards), miscellaneous foreign entities, and individual primes account for only 51 percent of recent award count. By potential value, however, Research Triangle Institute dominates with $94.9 million across 2 awards, followed by Dexis Interactive LLC ($20 million, 1 award) and Tetra Tech, Inc. ($9.6 million, 1 award); these three and related domestic awardees account for just 10 percent of combined recent potential value—a structural signal that USAID Ethiopia transacts heavily through undisclosed entities and foreign awardees whose values are not fully reported in source data. Virtually all contract awards carry no set-aside designation (99 percent); only 2 HUBZone awards appear across the portfolio.

The grant portfolio is similarly active, with 132 awards obligating $2.47 billion in federal dollars since late 2007. Grant volume has remained modest and episodic: 8 awards in 2021, 5 in 2022, 13 in 2023, 11 in 2024, and 2 year-to-date in 2025. The recipient base spans 87 distinct organizations. Cooperative Agreements dominate the assistance mix at 86 percent of awards, with Project Grants comprising the remainder. Among recent recipients by award count, Project Hope, Research Triangle Institute, and Family Health International each hold 2 awards; concentration is highly fragmented at 24 percent of recent awards across the top five recipients. By federal dollars, Family Health International leads with $121.2 million across 2 awards, followed by JSI Research & Training Institute Inc. ($58.6 million, 1 award) and Save The Children Federation, Inc. ($27.2 million, 1 award)—together representing only 10 percent of recent federal dollars obligated.

No recent contract opportunities or grant opportunities are recorded in current source data.