Cooperative Agreement P17AC00217

The Guam Waterworks Authority (GWA) was awarded a $123,672 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875). The funding will support training for up to 15 GWA employees in financial management and water/wastewater operational capacity building through attendance at relevant industry conferences from August 2022 through September 2025. Conferences typically offered by...

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration awarded a $666,319 Cooperative Agreement to George Washington University (The) through the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Strategic Global Priorities (CFDA 19.522) to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse of refugee women and girls. This funding will support aid actors to implement scalable, evidence-based models for safer distributions of humanitarian assistance. As part of this award, George Washington...

The Word, A Storytelling Sanctuary, Inc. received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The funding will support personnel and marketing expenses from January 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023 to aid the organization's response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities...

The Corita Art Center (CAC) in Hollywood, California will receive $133,978 under a one-year Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to expand its outreach and education activities through various online and in-person programs. Funded through IMLS's National Leadership Grants program (CFDA 45.312), CAC will develop bilingual workbooks, activity packets, videos and livestreamed workshops to address issues exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, such as social...

The Goggle Works Center for the Arts was awarded a $289,700 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program to implement the "Como Crecemos (How We Grow)" project. The project will expand the Center's existing efforts serving Hispanic and Latinx audiences through designing inclusive exhibitions, programs, and communications. Key activities include two major exhibitions of works by conventionally marginalized artists and an outreach...

This Cooperative Agreement award for $159,000.00 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs supports efforts by the Asociacion Centro Cultural Costarricense-Norteamericano (CCCN), a nonprofit educational institution in Costa Rica, to organize the 2025 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Conference, launch the 2025 Promising Youth Artists Program, create an empowering art workshop, and participate in the Afrodescendent Parade to advance diversity,...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $157,899 Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) project grant to The Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW) to implement an educational program engaging local high school students enrolled in the English as a New Language program. The program will involve field trips and weekly in-school classes designed to help students improve their language skills through photography. The project will culminate in a student-produced public art...

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162) provides $149,700 to Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. over a 2-year period from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2026. The funding supports the continued development, assessment, and scaling of a general education course for entering freshmen focused on metro Atlanta content, including memoirs,...

The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $105,711 Project Grant under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to examine ways in which participation by deaf artists and individuals has been limited in public spheres. The grant recipient, a foreign entity doing business as the Federal Egov IAE Initiative - Generic Entity Identifier, will use the funding over the nine-month period from August 2022 to April 2023 to support research and analysis on this issue....

This Cooperative Agreement award of $199,038 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs supports the "Beyond Washington: Understanding the U.S. Heartland" program in 2025 and 2026, which aligns with the agency's ICS Goal 1.2. The non-profit organization Cultural Vistas, Inc. will administer this award, leveraging its expertise in international exchange programs, professional development, and cultural diplomacy initiatives to promote cross-cultural...