This federal Project Grant award, provided 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, supports the physical conservation, inventory, and documentation of written and audio-visual archival materials in Lebanon. The $200,000 award will fund activities such as storing archives and conducting digital conservation, inventory, and documentation of archival materials, as well as increasing access to...
This $505,000 federal Project Grant award, provided 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, will support the rebuild and restoration of five types of tangible cultural heritage structures in Morocco's High Atlas region that are intrinsically linked to the area's intangible cultural heritage and agricultural livelihoods. The project will be carried out by the non-profit organization The...
This federal Project Grant award of $249,866 was provided 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 be used to implement a project to preserve libraries and archives in Iraq, with a focus on building capacity for preventive conservation, climate change adaptation, and effective outreach. The project will be carried out by the non-profit organization The Heritage Management...
This $245,000 federal Project Grant award 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) will address threats to the structural integrity of historic architecture and improve inclusive site access at the Ksar of Douiret in Tunisia. The grant recipient, the American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR), a non-profit organization specializing in cultural heritage preservation in the Near East and...
The federal Project Grant award in the amount of $196,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation program (CFDA 19.025). The award supports cultural heritage preservation activities in the La Paz Department, Bolivia with a period of performance from July 15, 2024 to January 15, 2026. The grant funding will be used to protect and preserve archaeological sites, historic buildings, museum...
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...
The Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs awarded $250,637 to the Aga Khan Foundation under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025) Project Grant. The grant will support the Aga Khan Foundation's project "CONSERVATION OF 16TH CENTURY ETHNOGRAPHIC OBJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MUGHAL EMPEROR HUMAYUN IN NEW DELHI" from September 30, 2021 through March 31, 2023. As part of the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation program, which...
The World Monuments Fund, Inc. received a $199,995 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of African Affairs on October 1, 2021 to complete the project by December 31, 2022. The project involves documentation, stabilization, and restoration planning for the Old Fourah Bay College building in Freetown, Sierra Leone. This award was made under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025), which aims to support the preservation of cultural heritage...
The U.S. Department of State, through the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025) program, awarded a $300,000 project grant to the University of Durham in the United Kingdom. The grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, supports the post-disaster recovery and preservation of the remains of the ancient extramural sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Cyrene, Libya. The University of Durham, a non-profit educational institution, will provide specialized analytical, research,...
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...