Cooperative Agreement AID263A1300005

The Malta Chamber of Commerce will manage the 2022 Academy of Women Entrepreneurs through a $109,300 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. This grant was awarded under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives by informing and influencing foreign publics and expanding relationships between people. Specifically, the Malta Chamber of Commerce will deliver an academy...

The Maureen And Mike Mansfield Foundation will receive $135,585 to implement a women's empowerment program through the U.S. Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs' Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant award. Fifteen university students from Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the United States will participate in virtual and in-person meetings from September 16, 2022 through November 30, 2023. The Public Diplomacy Programs aim to support U.S. foreign policy...

Madonna University was awarded a $100,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education to support overseas group projects abroad through July 2024. The funding supports the University's Fulbright-Hayes Group Project Abroad (GPA) program under the Overseas Programs - Group Projects Abroad federal grant program (CFDA 84.021). The GPA program will contribute to the development and improvement of modern foreign language and area studies in the U.S....

Fundacion Sila M. Calderon, Inc. was awarded a $150,000 Project Grant from the Small Business Administration's Office of Entrepreneurial Development under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance (CFDA 59.043) federal grant program. This two-year continuation award, made on September 30, 2022 and running through September 29, 2024, will fund the organization to assist small businesses owned and controlled by women through training and counseling. The grant aims to remove discriminatory barriers...

This $111,070 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs supports Emprender Futuro, a non-profit organization in Bolivia, to execute the Mujeres 360 program. The Mujeres 360 program includes the Women and Technology Forum, the Mujeres 360 Training Program, and the Mujeres 360 Tech Bootcamp. These initiatives are delivered under the Department of State's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to advance U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives,...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $493,825 Project Grant to empower women in Belarus to continue their active engagement in the peaceful democratic transition of the country. The grant period runs from October 1, 2022 through November 30, 2024. The funding supports the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). This program funds targeted democracy and human rights initiatives globally to...

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded $129,029.75 under the Africa Regional Democracy Fund (CFDA 19.225) federal grant program to the Shamwari Yemwanasikana Trust for a project concluding on September 30, 2022. The project aims to influence policymakers in Zimbabwe to make more democratic and informed decisions regarding the needs of girls and young women. It will empower girls and young women to hold national leadership accountable and advocate for their demands. The...

The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $117,070 Project Grant to the Asociacion Centro Cultural Costarricense-Norteamericano through the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to engage young audiences in Costa Rica through the coproduction of an original musical theatre play titled "Revolutionary Women." The play will tell the story of extraordinary U.S. and Costa Rican women from October 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021. The Public Diplomacy Programs...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges (CFDA 19.415) federal grant program, will fund a program supporting the United States' goal of advancing women's economic empowerment. The $370,930 award, effective from September 13, 2024, to December 31, 2025, was granted to Vital Voices Global Partnership Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program provides $1,500,000.00 to Fundacion Para La Educacion Ricardo Ernesto Maduro in Honduras for the "Teaching at the Right Level Activity". The award, with a period of performance from November 22, 2024 to November 22, 2027, will support education initiatives that advance U.S. foreign policy objectives in Honduras. The funding...