To provide emergency humanitarian assistance in order to alleviate critical food insecurity, health and wash needs of vulnerable populations in cuba and mitigate the impacts of extreme fuel shortages

The Department of State awarded a $40 million Cooperative Agreement to Samaritans Purse on August 1, 2026, under the International Disaster and Humanitarian Response program (CFDA 19.045) to provide emergency humanitarian assistance in Cuba, alleviating critical food insecurity, health and WASH needs of vulnerable populations, and mitigating the impacts of extreme fuel shortages. The award runs through July 31, 2027, with place of performance at 1173 Delaware Street, Denver, Colorado.

Samaritans Purse, a nonprofit humanitarian organization headquartered in Boone, North Carolina, operates exclusively as a federal grant recipient delivering emergency relief, food security, health services, and water and sanitation programs. The organization holds no federal contracts and performs no subcontract work, functioning as a 100% prime recipient across its 85 federal awards obligating $454 million over twenty-three years. The Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) funds this award as part of a concentrated customer relationship; Samaritans Purse's recent PRM grant pipeline includes assistance initiatives in Lebanon, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Jamaica.