Project Grant F17AP00131

The American Institute For Resource And Human Development, Inc., a minority-owned nonprofit organization, received a $141,130 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Overseas Programs - Group Projects Abroad program (CFDA 84.021). The grant funds the development and delivery of a short-term curriculum development seminar for American educators focused on "Understanding the Interplay of Environment and Culture Through Everyday...

The federal Project Grant award of $600,000.00 from the National Park Service's Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) will support the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) in making a sub-award to the City of Oakland Park for improvements at J. Dewey Hawkins Landing. The project, awarded on August 1, 2025, will develop and enhance public outdoor recreation facilities and amenities at the site to benefit the general public. The Land and...

This $194,869 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs will provide a 2.5-year English and leadership program for indigenous and Afro-Ecuadorian youth. The program, administered by the Ecuadorian non-profit organization Fundacion De Las Americas Para El Desarrollo Partners Of The Americas (Fudela), aims to help the participants continue their education, gain more professional opportunities, and become agents of positive change in their...

The Inter-American Foundation awarded a $142,880 project grant to Jovenes Articulando Territorios AC under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) federal grant program. The grant funds a youth leadership and entrepreneurship program in Chiapas, Mexico from August 2022 to August 2025. The program aims to encourage indigenous Tseltal and Tsotsil young people to stay in school, start businesses based on local resources and culture, and build local leadership skills. It promotes...

The State of South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks Wildlife Division received a $159,474 project grant award from the National Park Service through the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program. The grant will support installation of an inclusive playground and sidewalks at the Roundup Complex in Belle Fourche, South Dakota to improve accessibility to new outdoor recreation facilities. Work under the award will be completed by May 2026. The Outdoor Recreation Acquisition,...

This $309,298 Cooperative Agreement award, made by the Bureau of Land Management (CFDA 15.243 Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands), supports the Higher Education Coordinating Commission in Oregon to build upon the Western Oregon Tribal Youth Corps project piloted in 2020. The award will provide paid workforce development opportunities for tribal youth throughout Oregon, focused on conservation and natural resource management work on public lands. Key activities include habitat...

This $705,805 federal Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (OREI) program is aimed at increasing racial diversity in the organic agriculture sector. The award to the Organic Center, Inc. will develop and distribute innovative professional development and culturally relevant curricula, including inspirational films, to 18 faculty members and 8 student...

The State of South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks Wildlife Division received a $151,180 project grant award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service National Office through the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program. The grant will support the installation of a playground and sidewalk in Heritage Park in Crooks, South Dakota to provide new outdoor recreation facilities. The project is expected to be completed by May 31, 2026. The Outdoor Recreation...

The Law Enforcement Against Drugs and Violence (LEAD) organization, through its Youth L.E.A.D. Program Enhancement Project, will use $394,000 in funding from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA #16.753) to expand LEAD programming in New Jersey. Activities will include implementing new curricula, enhancing instruction to improve teaching methods, and conducting program...

This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will support the Transnational Dialogues in Afro-Latin American and Afro-Latinx Studies Institute. Administered by the University of Pittsburgh under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163), the $175,000 award will fund a two-week residential-hybrid program from June 6-17, 2022. The Institute aims to explore transregional, transnational, and interdisciplinary scholarship and curricula...