Project Grant SPE50024GR0009

This $194,869 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs will provide a 2.5-year English and leadership program for indigenous and Afro-Ecuadorian youth. The program, administered by the Ecuadorian non-profit organization Fundacion De Las Americas Para El Desarrollo Partners Of The Americas (Fudela), aims to help the participants continue their education, gain more professional opportunities, and become agents of positive change in their...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $350,000 Cooperative Agreement to Cultural Vistas, Inc. to manage all aspects of the Young Pacific Leaders Conference in 2025. This award is funded under the Department of State's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), which supports cultural, educational, professional, and scientific exchanges to promote mutual understanding and advance U.S. foreign policy goals. Through this Cooperative Agreement, Cultural...

The Universidad Del Pacifico in Peru received a $130,000 project grant award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to design and implement the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs. Through this award made under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants (CFDA 19.022) program, the university will deliver soft skills training, mentoring sessions, and host a nation-wide congress for graduates of the entrepreneurship academy. The...

Partners of the Americas, Inc. was awarded a $830,492 project grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to support the organization's FY 2022 Traditional Public Private Partnership Program. Funded under the agency's Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges program (CFDA 19.415), the award will support Partners of the Americas' exchange activities from June 2022 through October 2023. As described under the CFDA, the project aims to...

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) program supports two separate, single-country, three-week youth exchange programs in Summer 2025. The $865,292 award to World Learning Inc. focuses on the themes of entrepreneurship, digital citizenship, and climate/environmental sustainability. The purpose of this no-cost amendment is to update the...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement to Cultural Vistas, Inc., a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., to manage all aspects of the Young Pacific Leaders Alumni Roadshow in 2025. This award is funded under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), which supports U.S. foreign policy goals by informing and influencing foreign publics and expanding bilateral relationships through cultural, educational,...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a Project Grant of $1,080,020.00 to the American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL), a non-profit organization, on August 30, 2023. The grant is provided under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges (CFDA 19.415) and supports ACYPL's program to promote ties between emerging foreign leaders in policymaking and politics and their American counterparts. The program aims to strengthen...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $685,717 cooperative agreement to Great Lakes Community Action Partnership under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges federal grant program (CFDA 19.415). The award will fund leadership development and professional skills training programs through May 2024 to strengthen participants and provide emerging leaders opportunities to collaborate, share ideas and strategies on pressing...

The Inter-American Foundation awarded a $142,880 project grant to Jovenes Articulando Territorios AC under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) federal grant program. The grant funds a youth leadership and entrepreneurship program in Chiapas, Mexico from August 2022 to August 2025. The program aims to encourage indigenous Tseltal and Tsotsil young people to stay in school, start businesses based on local resources and culture, and build local leadership skills. It promotes...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), will provide $150,000 to the Centro Colombo Americano De Medellin, a nonprofit educational organization in Colombia. The funding will support a 2-year program to provide 40 Afro-descendant and indigenous university students in Colombia with intensive English language training, leadership development, cultural immersion, and community service...