This $109,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025) program. The grant funds the conservation and preservation of the ancient Thuparama Image House, a historic architectural masterpiece located at the Polonnaruwa World Heritage Site in Sri Lanka. The grant aims to preserve this cultural, historical, and sacred landmark for future generations. The project will be...
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...
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $325,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025) to support the conservation of the 17th-century Purified Virgin Chapel of Canincunca in Cusco, Peru. The project, awarded to the non-profit organization Asociacion Sempa, will preserve this historic cultural site over a performance period from September 2024 to December 2027. The grant requires the awardee to fully background...
This $275,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) will support the development of a comprehensive framework to enhance the resilience and sustainability of the historic collections at the Jakarta History Museum and Jakarta Maritime Museum. Key activities include setting up a digital cataloging system and providing staff training. The grant will enable the awardee, Miscellaneous...
This Project Grant award of $200,000 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025) is intended to secure and preserve important archaeological and ethnographic artifacts from Jebel Barkal and Kerma in Sudan to protect them from looting and destruction. The award has an initial performance period from October 1, 2024 to February 27, 2025. The grantee for this project is Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, a...
The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $494,047.54 Project Grant to Fundacion Erigaie through the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation program (CFDA 19.025). The grant will support Fundacion Erigaie's work to develop a primary phase of preventive conservation focused on a detailed record and diagnosis of the Chiribiquete National Park in Colombia from September 2021 through August 2024. The U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation aims to support...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs, is funded through the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (CFDA 19.025) program. The $240,000 award supports a project in Kenya that will include the restoration of collapsed ruins, fencing of the site perimeter, construction of a new boardwalk, staff housing, repairs to visitor and staff washrooms, a rainwater reservoir, an entry gate, and an exhibition gallery. The project aims...
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...
This $136,320 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) is intended to further cultivate a profound appreciation for genuine artistic values, particularly among younger generations, and to nurture their discerning aesthetic sensibilities. The award was granted on September 25, 2024 and is set to be completed by January 31, 2025. The project is being implemented by Miscellaneous Foreign...
The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Miyamoto Global Disaster Relief under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation program (CFDA 19.025). The two-year award, made on September 1, 2021 and concluding on August 31, 2023, will support the development of guidelines and capacity building for seismic retrofits of cultural heritage buildings in Lebanon. The U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation aims to preserve...