Project Grant SBR25025GR0001

This Project Grant award from the Inter-American Foundation provides $236,850 to Instituto Fazer Acontecer for their work reaching young leaders in low-income communities of Bahia State, Brazil through May 2024. The funding supports IFA's curriculum that engages youth in problem-solving and critical thinking to address local challenges, and involves young people in community development activities and youth-led microenterprises. The award is part of the IAF's COVID-19 response strategy under...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $124,200 Project Grant to Associacao Aventura De Construir (ADC) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean program (CFDA #85.750). The grant will support ADC's development of a training program for displaced Venezuelans migrants in Sao Paulo, Brazil to equip them with skills for employment and entrepreneurship in the food service sector. Specifically, ADC will offer migrants training in financial education,...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $132,358 Project Grant to the Coligacao DAS Entidades De Educacao E Cultura Brasil - Estados Unidos to implement improvements in technology, multimedia, design and strategic programming in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM), American culture and English language online learning at seven binational centers in Brazil. As authorized under the ECA – American Spaces program (CFDA 19.441), the...

This $125,000 project grant from the Executive Office of the President Inter-American Foundation will support Instituto De Estudos Sociais E Terapias Integrativas (IESTI) in their work to expand economic opportunities in tourism for residents of the historic district of São Luiz do Maranhão, Brazil through September 2025. IESTI will map local opportunities, train tourism service providers, and foster networking around culture and community-based tourism in partnership with area residents,...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $300,600 project grant to Associacao Casa Fluminense under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750) to strengthen marginalized communities' access to financial and technical support in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from September 15, 2022 to September 15, 2025. As the grantee, Casa Fluminense will award approximately 130 small grants totaling $300,600 to local organizations in urban Rio de Janeiro to fund priorities including economic...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded $103,040 to Coligacao DAS Entidades De Educacao E Cultura Brasil - Estados Unidos through the ECA – American Spaces federal grant program (CFDA 19.441) on September 30, 2022 to enhance English language learning, promote American culture and values, and improve strategic programming, technology, media, and facilities at seven binational centers in Brazil through December 31, 2023. As authorized by the Fulbright-Hays Act,...

The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $139,025.23 Project Grant to Associacao Grupo Mais Unidos, doing business as Grupo + Unidos, to support implementation of AWE-Brazil 2.0. The grant funds partial expenses for this effort from August 26, 2021 through August 31, 2022. The award is provided through the Department of State's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) which aims to inform and influence foreign publics to advance U.S. foreign policy goals and...

The Department of Labor awarded Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island Inc. a $230,000 project grant under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289) to develop and deliver a specialized teaching assistant training and job placement program. Over a two-year period from May 1, 2023 to April 30, 2025, Dorcas International will recruit 75 multilingual students for a unique 10-week experiential curriculum tailored with partner input to address...

Through a $500,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Consolidated And Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888), Casa Juana Coln, Apoyo Y Orientacin a la Mujer, Inc. (CASA JUANA COLN) will serve children and youth ages 11-18 in Comero, Puerto Rico over a 36-month project period. The funding supports CASA JUANA COLN's...

The Inter-American Foundation awarded a $125,000 project grant to Moradia E Cidadania under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to support community-led solutions for economic opportunities and autonomy among quilombola communities in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Working with quilombola women's associations, Moradia E Cidadania will develop sustainable agricultural practices, strengthen existing community organizations, and provide training in cooperative development, social...