The Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, within the U.S. Department of State, awarded a $211,372 Project Grant under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025) to Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, a for-profit organization, to support the conservation of ancient stone sculptures at the pre-Columbian site of Tiwanaku in Bolivia. The 2-year grant, awarded on October 1, 2023, will fund activities such as conservation, documentation, and stabilization of the cultural...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025) provides $211,000.00 to support the conservation of ancient stone sculptures at the pre-Columbian site of Tiwanaku in La Paz Department, Bolivia. The award, with a performance period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025, is made to the for-profit organization Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, which specializes in delivering a range of goods and services to U.S....
This federal Project Grant award of $325,000 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025) program supports the conservation of the 17th-century Purified Virgin Chapel of Canincunca in Cusco, Peru. The award, granted on September 4, 2024, will fund activities to preserve this historically and culturally significant chapel through the end of the project period on December 30, 2027. The non-profit...
The U.S. Department of State awarded a $125,000 Project Grant under the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025) program to Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, a for-profit organization, for the preservation of ancient San rock art in the Matobo region of Zimbabwe. The 5-year grant, awarded on September 30, 2023, will support conservation, documentation, inventory, preventive care, restoration, and stabilization activities to preserve this important cultural heritage site and...
This $505,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025) program. The grant will fund the rebuild and restoration of five types of tangible cultural heritage structures intrinsically linked to intangible cultural heritage that are an integral part of High Atlas agricultural livelihoods in Morocco. The project will be implemented by The Global Diversity Foundation, Inc. and is...
The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $494,047.54 Project Grant to Fundacion Erigaie through the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation program (CFDA 19.025). The grant will support Fundacion Erigaie's work to develop a primary phase of preventive conservation focused on a detailed record and diagnosis of the Chiribiquete National Park in Colombia from September 2021 through August 2024. The U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation aims to support...
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $120,100 Project Grant to Fundacion Ciudad Mundo, a non-profit, woman-owned organization based in Bolivia. The grant, under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program, will fund the organization's efforts to organize, coordinate, and manage the College Horizons Scholarships program in the city of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The program aims to provide academic and professional development opportunities,...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs, under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025) program, provides $200,000 to secure and preserve important archaeological and ethnographic artifact collections from the Jebel Barkal and Kerma regions of Sudan. The award aims to protect these culturally significant artifacts from looting and destruction, ensuring they are safeguarded for posterity. The project will be...
This federal Project Grant award of $249,866.00 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025) is to implement the preservation of libraries and archives in Iraq. The key objectives are to build capacity for preventive conservation, climate change adaptation, and effective outreach. The project will be implemented by The Heritage Management Organization Inc., a non-profit organization, from September...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025) program, will fund the conservation of the Lumbini Museum collection in Lumbini, Nepal. The $244,966 award, with a performance period from September 30, 2024 to November 30, 2026, will enable The Buddha Foundation, a non-profit organization in Nepal, to undertake preservation activities for this culturally...