Project Grant SAM10019GR0069

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $3,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program to promote human rights and fundamental freedoms in Armenia. The goal of the 5-year "Promoting Human Rights in Armenia Activity" is to prevent and respond to human rights violations and enhance rights protections. The award recipient, East-West Management Institute Inc., a New York-based non-profit organization, will...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $125,000.00, was granted by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900). The goal is to enhance English proficiency among Armenian youth aged 16 to 35, with at least 70% from Nagorno-Karabakh, and to offer capacity-building activities that expand career opportunities. The project will be implemented by the non-profit organization Project Harmony Inc., which...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $925,348 Cooperative Agreement to Florida State University (FSU) under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900). The project aims to enhance entrepreneurship education in Armenia, in partnership with the Armenian State University of Economics (ASUE), by developing faculty skills and creating innovative curricula in STEM, social, and sustainable entrepreneurship. Key activities include: Transforming...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900) provides $111,900.00 to the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA) to build a pipeline of journalists capable of producing quality reporting in Armenia and contributing to regional peace and integration into the global network of journalists. The award period runs from September 10, 2024 to February 26, 2025. The project...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $245,500 Project Grant to Co-Plan Instituti Per Zhvillimin E Habitatit, a non-profit organization in Albania, under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900). The grant, which runs from January 1, 2025 to February 28, 2025, is intended to strengthen and consolidate Albania's robust activism and advocacy culture by empowering and elevating the voices of community activists and facilitating meaningful...

This $3,600,000.00 Cooperative Agreement award under the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) Foreign Assistance to American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) program (CFDA 98.006) will provide funding to the American University of Armenia Corporation for a construction/renovation and commodities project. The project aims to enhance educational and healthcare infrastructure and resources at the awardee's overseas facilities, in alignment with the ASHA program's objectives of...

This $3,325,164 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, aims to enhance the enabling environment for civil society in Kyrgyzstan. The 5-year project, which commenced on October 1, 2024, has four key objectives: 1) Strengthen civil society organizations' (CSOs') domestic legitimacy, 2) Enhance CSOs' resilience to changing contexts, 3) Advance trust-based relationships and...

This $850,000 Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding/Congressional Directed Spending Award was provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development under the Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous Grants program (CFDA 14.251). The award was granted on August 13, 2024 to the Pikesville Armory Foundation, Inc. located in Pikesville, MD. The award will fund a wide...

This $100,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs supports the second phase of the Women Empowerment Centers Azerbaijan project implemented by the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) from October 2024 to October 2025. The grant will fund activities to enhance women's entrepreneurship and business skills in Baku and rural Azerbaijan, building on the prior phase of the project in partnership with CIPE. The project is funded...

This Project Grant award of $476,530 from the Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund will support Act! (Albany Community Together!), Inc. in delivering financial products, financial services, development services, loan loss reserves, and capital reserves to eligible markets and target populations as defined in 12 C.F.R. 1805. The funding will allow Act! (Albany Community Together!), Inc. to build its financial capacity to lend to low-income communities and...