Project Grant SCE20024GR0079

The federal Project Grant award SSL20024GR0017, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs under the Fiscal Transparency Innovation Fund (CFDA 19.662) program, is intended to strengthen fiscal transparency and public participation in the budget process in Sierra Leone. The $308,874 award to the Institute for State Effectiveness, a non-profit organization, will fund the development of performance and budgetary monitoring systems to provide citizens with access and...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor program (CFDA 19.345), aims to support civil society in Sri Lanka to address challenges and opportunities arising from the political transition by advancing respect and protection of human and political rights. The $740,740 grant, awarded on August 15, 2023, will be implemented by The Asia Foundation, a...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $2,959,500.00, was issued on Sep 30, 2024 by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs under CFDA program 19.108. The award supports civil society and governance initiatives in South Asia. Key activities include strengthening civil society, supporting human rights, combating trafficking in persons, promoting youth leadership, and advancing climate action across the region. A sub-award of this grant, valued at an...

This $512,386 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.070 Computer and Information Science and Engineering) supports the development of tools to secure the publication, authentication, and distribution of laws and other legal information, in order to protect the reliability and trustworthiness of digital legal systems that are critical to democracy. Key products and services to be delivered include: Long-term solutions for securely distributing, archiving, and accessing...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Fiscal Transparency Innovation Fund (CFDA 19.662) provides $485,121.00 to strengthen the capacity of the Government of the Republic of Mozambique (GRM) to implement transparent supervision of the extractive industry. The award will support the operationalization of a national e-reporting platform to enhance fiscal transparency and accountability in Mozambique's extractive sector. The 2-year project period runs from October 1,...

This $112,829.18 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) aims to improve public sector transparency and accountability in Croatia. Key activities include enhancing access to information, raising awareness on the rule of law, and strengthening whistleblower protections through research, advocacy, and policy proposals. The award supports civil society and democracy building...

This Project Grant award from the Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs, under the Africa Regional Democracy Fund (CFDA 19.225), seeks to strengthen fiscal transparency in Burundi. The $100,000 award, made on October 2, 2023, will fund efforts to promote citizen participation in financial debates, conduct sensitization campaigns, strengthen audit institutions, and develop and disseminate key budgetary documents. The project aims to advance democratic processes and promote strong...

This federal Formula Grant award of $118,045.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living under the Voting Access for Individuals with Disabilities-Grants for Protection and Advocacy Systems (CFDA 93.618) program. The award was made to Virgin Islands Advocacy Inc., a minority-owned non-profit organization located in the U.S. Virgin Islands, to support voter registration, ballot access, polling place accessibility, and voter education for...

This National Science Foundation award provides $260,201 to Wesleyan University under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) for a project titled "Collaborative Research: EAGER: Cross-Platform Election Advertising Transparency Initiative" from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The university will build infrastructure to acquire, process, integrate, label, and distribute digital election advertising data from two large online platforms. This centralized...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $133,000 Project Grant under the Africa Regional Democracy Fund (CFDA 19.225) to Accountability Lab Mali, a foreign-owned non-profit organization. The goal of this 12-month project is to contribute to strengthening democracy in the northern regions of Mali through the Civic Action Teams (CivACTs) platform, which serves as a citizen feedback, dialogue, and community voice mechanism. The project brings together local leaders to...