Project Grant SEC75024GR0009

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CFDA 19.415 - Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges) provides $3,080,000 to Family Health International (FHI 360) to implement the Sports Visitor and Sports Envoy programs. These programs aim to address U.S. foreign policy goals and promote key U.S. values related to education, community engagement, and diversity through sports-based people-to-people...

This $1,200,000 Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, aims to leverage soccer as a common language to foster dialogue, cooperation, and cross-cultural understanding between 350 Palestinian and 350 Israeli youth. The "Game Changers" activity will create shared spaces on the soccer field to teach values of tolerance and coexistence, build cross-cultural knowledge and...

This $2,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.726 Juvenile Mentoring Program) will support the expansion of the U.S. Soccer Foundation's "Soccer for Success" program. This early intervention, sports-based youth development and mentoring program aims to promote protective factors, mitigate risk factors, increase confidence, and improve the health and well-being of youth participants ages 6-13 in...

This $550,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs aims to leverage the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup in Mexico to catalyze sustainable community development, enhance human rights awareness, and expand soccer access and development. The award spans from 2024 to 2026 and was recently amended to exclude diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) activities in alignment with Executive Orders 14145, 14167, and 14171. The project will be carried...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges (CFDA 19.415) federal grant program, provides $1,563,308.00 to the University of Tennessee to implement FY 2024 Global Sports Mentoring Program (GSMP) professional development exchanges. The purpose is to address U.S. foreign policy by increasing opportunities for girls, women, people with disabilities, and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) was originally intended to form stronger ties between the U.S. and Canada through coaches exchanges, leadership programs, and youth sports programming in the lead up to the 2026 FIFA World Cup. However, the award has been terminated, effective immediately, as it no longer aligns with agency priorities. The original award amount was...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded $206,763.80 under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa federal grant program (CFDA 19.021) to support two linked sports diplomacy programs implemented from June to October 2022. Palestine: Sports For Life received funding to conduct the 2022 U.S. Sports Envoy Program throughout the Palestinian Territories and host a third round of the U.S.-Palestinian Youth Summer Camp. The programs aimed to promote public...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded $114,764.10 to Lead Morocco under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program to organize "She Plays Football," a capacity building program for female coaches and young female athletes. The program will provide soccer techniques, health and body awareness training, and soft skills development in Morocco from June 2022 through December 2022. The Public Diplomacy Programs aim to support U.S. foreign...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $374,120 Project Grant under CFDA 85.750 "IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs" to Corporacion De La Pasion (SSPAS), a non-profit organization in El Salvador. The grant, with a performance period from Sep 18, 2024 to Sep 18, 2027, supports SSPAS' efforts to create inclusive job opportunities and enhance employment retention for marginalized youth in the San Salvador metropolitan area. SSPAS provides vocational training, builds emotional...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded $300,000 to Fundación Segundo Montes (FSM) through April 2023 under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean federal grant program (CFDA No. 85.750). FSM will assist young people ages 18-26 in El Salvador's Morazán department by training them in leadership and strengthening youth-led organizations and microenterprises. Specifically, FSM will support communities in Meanguera, Jocoaitique and San Fernando...