Priority Grant Competition
Inactive
- Assistance listing
- 91.005
- Grant awards
- 37 $12,136,255 in federal obligations
Program facts
- Assistance types
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- Cooperative Agreement
- Project Grant
Program details come from SAM.gov Assistance Listings. Updated . Grant award figures come from USAspending.gov.
About this program
The United States Institute of Peace funds peacebuilding projects managed by nonprofit organizations, including educational institutions, research institutions, and civil society organizations, under CFDA 91.005, with the most recent grant award on August 16, 2024.
The program has disbursed 37 awards totaling $12.1 million in federal funding since October 2018, with consistent activity over the past five years averaging roughly 4–5 awards per year. The portfolio shows an uptick in 2024 with 7 awards and maintains steady output. The assistance-type mix is predominantly Project Grants, which comprise 92 percent of awards (34 grants), with Cooperative Agreements making up 8 percent (3 grants).
Funded activities span climate-fragility and environmental peacebuilding, transitional justice and reconciliation, conflict prevention and multilateral engagement, human rights education, youth-focused peacebuilding initiatives, and media and storytelling for peace. Recent grants have targeted specific geographies and challenges: fostering media freedom in Afghanistan through unrestricted reporting ($460 thousand, awarded August 2024); innovation in human rights pedagogy for countries with armed conflict legacies ($130 thousand, June 2024); escaping ethnic divisions in deeply divided societies ($77 thousand, May 2024); and democracy training field experiments in South Sudan ($99 thousand, March 2024). One outlier Cooperative Agreement supporting the Sudan Conflict Observatory was awarded $5 million in October 2023, substantially larger than the typical project-grant range of $75 thousand to $300 thousand.
USIP is the sole funding agency under this program, accounting for all 37 awards and $12.1 million in federal obligations. Non-federal cost-sharing totaled approximately $300 thousand across the portfolio, indicating minimal match requirements.
No current grant opportunities are listed in the source. The most recent posted opportunities data is not provided; contact USIP directly or monitor grants.gov for upcoming NOFO announcements under CFDA 91.005.
Objective and description
- Objective
USIP grants increase the breadth and depth of the Institute's work by supporting peacebuilding projects managed by nonprofit organizations including educational institutions, research institutions, and civil society organizations.
Grant awards
Latest 10 of 37 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Top recipients by federal obligations
| Rank | Recipient | Federal obligations | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Mitre Corporation | $5,000,000 | 41% |
| 2 | Afrobarometer LBG | $2,533,378 | 21% |
| 3 | Eye Media Group LLC | $460,000 | 4% |
| 4 | United Nations Univ | $426,068 | 4% |
| 5 | Centre For The Study Of Violence And Reconciliation | $301,204 | 2% |
| 6 | Oregon State University | $299,995 | 2% |
| 7 | Brandeis University | $298,416 | 2% |
| 8 | The Environmental Law Institute | $281,709 | 2% |
| 9 | Institute For Peace And Security Studies, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia | $190,000 | 2% |
| 10 | American University | $149,721 | 1% |
10 of 36 recipients listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Federal obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Federal obligations |
|---|---|
| FY2024 | $8,568,246 |
| FY2022 | $1,261,208 |
| FY2020 | $1,077,676 |
| FY2019 | $355,992 |
| FY2018 | $873,133 |
Quick answers
What is Assistance Listing 91.005?
Assistance Listing 91.005 is Priority Grant Competition, a federal grant program run by United States Institute of Peace. It is inactive.
What is the CFDA number for Priority Grant Competition?
Its CFDA number is 91.005: Assistance Listing numbers were called CFDA numbers before 2018.
How much funding has Assistance Listing 91.005 awarded?
37 grant awards under 91.005 have obligated $12,136,255 in federal funds to 36 recipients.
Who receives the most funding from 91.005?
The recipients obligated the most under Priority Grant Competition are The Mitre Corporation ($5,000,000), Afrobarometer LBG ($2,533,378) and Eye Media Group LLC ($460,000).
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