Project Grant 7200ME19FA00005

This $262,500 Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration will support the development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the ten-parish Northwest Louisiana region through December 2024. The Coordinating & Development Corporation will convene local public and private sector stakeholders to create an economic roadmap aimed at diversifying and...

The U.S. Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $282,000 Project Grant under the Middle East Partnership Initiative (CFDA 19.500) to the Financial Services Volunteer Corps (FSVC), a non-profit organization, to implement a 12-month program strengthening the open budget process in Iraq. The grant, awarded on November 1, 2024, will enable FSVC to provide technical assistance, training, and capacity building services to local government entities, civil society organizations,...

The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) awarded a $1 million Project Grant to the Washington Area Community Investment Fund, Inc. (WACIF) through the MBDA Business Center federal grant program. The grant will support WACIF in providing business consulting and training services to minority women entrepreneurs from September 2022 to August 2023. As the MBDA seeks to promote minority-owned businesses as engines of economic growth, this award aims to fund business development centers that...

The Northwest Regional Development Commission (NWRDC) was awarded $420,000 under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302) administered by the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration. The project grant will support NWRDC's development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for a seven-county region of northwest Minnesota through March 2025. As part of this federal planning program, the CEDS process...

The National Institute of Minority Economic Development (NIMED) received a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Office of Entrepreneurial Development under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance program (CFDA 59.043). This federal grant award, with a performance period from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025, enables NIMED to provide comprehensive entrepreneurial development services to support minority and women-owned small businesses in North...

The National Institute of Minority Economic Development (NIMED) received a $150,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Women's Business Ownership Assistance program (CFDA 59.043) to assist minority and women-owned small businesses in North Carolina. This funding will enable NIMED, a non-profit organization and community development corporation, to provide training, counseling, and other services aimed at removing discriminatory barriers these businesses face in...

The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) awarded $1 million under the MBDA Business Center federal grant program (CFDA #11.805) to the Women's Business Enterprise Council South (WBC South) on September 1, 2022. The grant will support WBC South in delivering entrepreneurship and business development services to minority women business owners through August 31, 2023. Specifically, WBC South will provide business counseling, training, mentoring, and networking opportunities to promote the...

This $100,000 Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs under the Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs (CFDA 19.017) federal grant program, aims to enhance climate resilience and improve agricultural water management in Iraq. The grant recipient, the foreign-owned non-profit organization Action Contre La Faim (ACF), will deliver a range of humanitarian assistance and development services...

The Seed Foundation received a $3.2 million cooperative agreement award from the Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Program for Near East (CFDA 19.519) to prevent gender-based violence and protect, empower, and support survivors and vulnerable populations in Iraq from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2022. The award will fund programs to assist refugee, conflict-affected, and internally displaced populations in Iraq, with a...

The National Institute of Minority Economic Development (NIMED) was awarded a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Office of Entrepreneurial Development under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance program (CFDA 59.043). This award, with a performance period from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2025, will enable NIMED to provide comprehensive entrepreneurial development services to support minority and women-owned small businesses in the...