Project Grant 106026GO00001
- The U.S. Agency for Global Media awarded Radio Free Asia $53.5 million on October 1, 2025, under the International Broadcasting Independent Grantee Organizations program (CFDA 90.500) for planning and operational expenses related to international broadcasting in Asia through September 30, 2026. Radio Free Asia, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit, produces and distributes accurate, objective, and balanced news, information, and programming across multiple multimedia platforms—traditional...
- The US Agency for Global Media awarded Open Technology Fund $10 million on October 1, 2025, under the International Broadcasting Independent Grantee Organizations program (CFDA 90.500) to support planning and operations expenses related to international broadcasting in the Middle East through September 30, 2026. Open Technology Fund, a Washington DC-based nonprofit, delivers multimedia communication services across traditional broadcasting, digital platforms, podcasts, and video reports designed...
- The US Agency for Global Media awarded a $167,796,576 project grant to Middle East Broadcasting Networks, Inc., doing business as Middle East Broadcasting, on November 30, 2021. The grant funding will support planning and operations expenses related to international broadcasting in the Middle East under the agency's International Broadcasting Independent Grantee Organizations program (CFDA #90.500). The program aims to promote freedom and democracy and enhance understanding through multimedia...
- The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $108,450 Project Grant to Europejskie Radio DLA Bialorusi SP. Z O.o. to support increasing access of Belarusian society to independent news via daily news programs from September 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. This award was made under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia/European Stability Initiative Public Diplomacy Programs, CFDA 19.900) to provide civil society and democracy...
- The Open Technology Fund received a $61,405,706 project grant award from the U.S. Agency for Global Media on July 21, 2022. The grant funding will support planning and operations expenses related to international broadcasting in the Middle East under the Agency's International Broadcasting Independent Grantee Organizations program (CFDA #90.500). This program aims to promote freedom and democracy overseas through accurate, objective multimedia communication and programming about the United...
- The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $149,224 Project Grant to Europejskie Radio DLA Bialorusi SP. Z O.o. to support the program "Increasing Access of Belarusian Society to Independent Information through a Daily News Program Petarda" from July 1, 2021 to January 31, 2022. The grant funding will support the delivery of independent news and information to Belarusian citizens through a daily radio program. This aligns with the stated purpose of the...
- The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $700,000 Project Grant to Stichting Radio Zamaneh under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (CFDA 19.345) federal grant program. The two-year award running from August 2022 to August 2024 will support Radio Zamaneh's efforts to fully recognize the rights and individual agency of people living with disabilities and better provide for their full participation in society through targeted...
- The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1,975,305 two-year Project Grant under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) to empower independent media in the Eurasia region affected by the Ukraine war. The grant will fund production of quality news content by local media to inform domestic audiences and diaspora communities abroad through September 2024. The DRL grant program supports open...
- The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $248,210 Project Grant to the Regional Cooperation Council Secretariat to support participation on the United States Board with the Regional Cooperation Council from September 2022 through December 2022. This award falls under the EUR-Other federal grant program (CFDA 19.878), which aims to promote democratic and free market transitions in former communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia. The key...
- The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $2.5 million cooperative agreement to the International Research and Exchanges Board Inc. (IREX) under the Regional Democracy Program (CFDA 19.221) for the period of August 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024. IREX will support democracy and human rights in Iran through this funding by delivering programs and services that promote civic engagement, independent media, and education exchange initiatives in the Near East region, as...
The US Agency for Global Media awarded RFE/RL Inc., doing business as Radio Free Europe, $165.186 million in project grant funding on October 1, 2025, under the International Broadcasting Independent Grantee Organizations program (CFDA 90.500) to support planning and operational expenses related to international broadcasting in Eastern Europe through September 30, 2026. RFE/RL Inc. is a tax-exempt nonprofit that produces and distributes multimedia international broadcasting services—including news, information, and current-affairs content across radio, digital platforms, podcasts, and video formats—to Eastern European and related regions with limited press freedom. The organization operates exclusively as a federal grant recipient and holds no federal contracts. Place of performance is Washington, DC. The International Broadcasting Independent Grantee Organizations program funds three existing nonprofit grantees to provide objective, balanced alternative news sources to overseas audiences. Grantees must obligate and spend awarded funds within the fiscal year unless the Board of Governors approves carry-forward. RFE/RL Inc. is one of three organizations eligible under this assistance listing; the others are Radio Free Asia and Middle East Broadcasting Networks. Annual audits are required, and grantees must maintain business records and procurement documentation for three years from submission or until all open litigation, claims, and audits are resolved.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $28.1m | 7/1/26 | ||
| Not listed | $20.3m | 5/6/26 | ||
| Not listed | $22.3m | 2/19/26 | ||
| Not listed | $22.3m | 2/19/26 | ||
| Not listed | $11.4m | 1/13/26 |