Project Grant 72061522FA00012

The International Research and Exchanges Board Inc., doing business as IREX, was awarded a $6.7 million cooperative agreement by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges (19.415) program. The award supports IREX's Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Fellowship Program through May 31, 2024. Under the award, IREX will deliver entrepreneurial leadership curriculum, events, and...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Rural Energy for America Program (CFDA 10.868) to Red Lion Wapello Schools Solar, LLC on September 19, 2023. The grant funding will support the installation of a renewable energy system, such as solar panels, to promote energy efficiency and expand the use of renewable energy in this rural community. The two-year project period runs through September 19, 2025. The Rural Energy...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $216,823 Project Grant under the Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants (REDLG) program (CFDA 10.854) to the Union Electric Membership Corporation, a rural electric cooperative in North Carolina. The funding will be used to stimulate economic development and job creation in underserved rural regions through project feasibility studies, start-up costs, business incubator projects, and other reasonable expenses designed to...

The Edgecombe-Martin County Electric Membership Corporation was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service under the Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants (REDLG) program (CFDA 10.854). The two-year grant, awarded May 11, 2021, will support rural economic development and job creation projects including feasibility studies, start-up costs, and incubator projects to foster rural development in North Carolina. The REDLG program aims to promote...

The Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration awarded a $3.2 million cooperative agreement to Alight under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa (CFDA 19.517) to deliver the LIVELIHOOD, ECONOMIC, ACCOUNTABLE AND PROTECTIVE SOLUTIONS (LEAPS) TO IMPROVE THE WELL-BEING AND RESILIENCE OF REFUGEES AND HOST COMMUNITIES IN UGANDA project. Through this award, Alight will contribute to the basic needs of refugees and conflict victims across Uganda by implementing...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Housing Service awarded a $300,000 Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants (REDLG) program project grant to Agralite Electric Cooperative in Minnesota. The grant, with a performance period from August 1, 2024 to August 1, 2026, will support economic development and job creation initiatives in rural communities served by the electric cooperative. Funding can be used for project feasibility studies, start-up costs, business incubator projects,...

This cooperative agreement award of $1,277,856 from the Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs supports WorldChicago's Young Transatlantic Innovation Leaders Initiative (YTILI) program through December 2024. The funding supports WorldChicago, doing business as the International Visitors Center of Chicago, in delivering the YTILI program for $1,050,000 through December 31, 2022. The YTILI program is conducted under the agency's Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs -...

This Project Grant award of $14,199,335.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service was provided through the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) to Seneca Telephone Company, doing business as Rally Networks. The funding will be used to facilitate broadband deployment in the rural area of Seneca, MO 64865 over the project period from May 18, 2023 to May 18, 2025. The goal of the ReConnect Program is to expand broadband service to rural areas without sufficient...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $300,000 Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants (CFDA 10.854) project grant to Randolph Electric Membership Corp, a non-profit electric cooperative in Asheboro, North Carolina. The grant, awarded on March 4, 2025, with a performance period ending on March 4, 2027, will support the cooperative's efforts to foster rural economic development and job creation in its service area. Specifically, the funding can...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $157,946 REAP (Rural Energy for America Program) grant to Tilak8 LLC, a for-profit organization located in Fort Payne, Alabama. The grant, awarded on September 9, 2024, is for the company's renewable energy system project, with a performance period running through September 9, 2026. The REAP program, authorized under CFDA 10.868, provides financial assistance to agricultural producers and rural small businesses...