Project Grant SEC30024GR0006

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) under the ECA - American Spaces program (CFDA 19.441) provides $109,537 to support the modernization and furnishing of the American Center in Pilsen, Czechia. The funding will be used to align the American Center's look and feel with the ECA's American Spaces branding standards and to provide programming such as intensive English language courses for youth minorities. The award...

This Project Grant award of $131,153 from the Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs supports the renovation of spaces at seven Binational Centers in Argentina. The grant funds proposals submitted by the centers to upgrade their facilities so they resemble American Spaces, as part of the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040). This federal grant program aims to advance U.S. foreign policy goals through informing and influencing foreign publics and strengthening...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $140,183 cooperative agreement to Future Society Center to fund management of American Corners operations, strategic programming, and technology purchases for expansion of American Corners in Georgia from September 30, 2021 through April 30, 2023. This award supports the ECA - American Spaces program (CFDA 19.441), which authorizes the establishment of cultural and information centers worldwide to provide free public...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has awarded a $123,999 Cooperative Agreement (Award ID: SCI80024CA0011) to Fundacion Instituto Chileno Norteamericano De Cultura De Santiago, a non-profit organization in Chile. The award will be used to lead and manage the Chile American Spaces (AS) network, engaging with emerging voices and established opinion leaders through annual strategic planning, no-cost public programming on American Spaces pillars and shared...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $975,531.70 Project Grant to Spaces to support the official U.S. presentation at the 18th International Architecture Biennale in Italy. The grant was awarded under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges program (CFDA 19.415) to fund the exhibition from September 16, 2022 through June 30, 2024. The Citizen Exchange activities supported by this program include international cultural...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $112,914 Project Grant to Alianza Cultural Uruguay Estados Unidos De America through the ECA – American Spaces program (CFDA 19.441). The grant funding will support 260 new and existing English and STEM course scholarships at the Binational Center in Uruguay from May 2021 through August 2022. As authorized by the Fulbright-Hays Act, the American Spaces program provides free and open access to U.S. resources and...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs awarded a $122,000 Cooperative Agreement to Kazakhstan Amcorners Network, OO, a non-profit organization, to support effective programming within the American Spaces network in Kazakhstan over a 12-month period from September 16, 2024 to September 16, 2025. This award, funded through the CFDA 19.040 Public Diplomacy Programs, aims to improve the administrative and operational capacities of American Spaces coordinators in...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $257,874 Project Grant under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to Fundacion Centro Cultural Colombo Americano De Cali (Centro Cultural Colombo Americano De Cali) to expand the College Horizons Outreach Program (CHOP) within Colombia. The CHOP program provides high-quality English instruction, mentoring, academic advising, and workshops on U.S. culture and values to high-achieving Afro-Colombian students. This...

The U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance awarded a $1.5 million cooperative agreement to Lubuto Library Partners of Zambia under the Foreign Assistance to American Schools and Hospitals Abroad program. The award will support a construction/renovation and commodities project to be completed by September 30, 2026. Under the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad program, which provides assistance to schools and libraries outside the U.S. founded or...

The Economic Development Administration awarded a $6.25 million project grant to the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles, Inc. under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program. The funding will support renovating and equipping a warehouse used as an entertainment workforce training facility with a soundstage. Renovations will create a state-of-the-art space for real-world training in various entertainment industry positions. The project aims to expand a paid workforce training program and...