USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas

The US Agency for International Development is awarding grants under the Foreign Assistance Program (CFDA 98.001) to support long-term economic growth, global health, and democracy and conflict prevention overseas, with recent awards spanning from January 2025 through December 2024 and earlier.

The program funds a broad range of overseas development activities across dozens of countries and regions. Recent awards demonstrate funding for food assistance ($30 million in June 2025), health systems strengthening and universal health coverage financing ($11.2 million in Ethiopia, $4.7 million in the Philippines), HIV and tuberculosis prevention and treatment ($18.9 million in Tanzania, $6.5 million in South Africa), disaster risk reduction and humanitarian response ($8 million in South Sudan, $13 million in Sudan), education and bilingual materials development ($2 million in Senegal), democracy and governance support ($16.8 million in Gabon, $13 million in Iraq), and climate-resilient agricultural and water management initiatives. Place of performance is worldwide, with administrative oversight at USAID.

Combined federal dollars obligated total $255.96 billion across 19,011 awards since 1996. The assistance-type mix is predominantly Cooperative Agreements (58 percent) with a substantial share of Project Grants (39 percent) and smaller portions of Block Grants and Formula Grants. Funding concentration is extreme: the main USAID entity accounts for 10,748 awards ($97.26 billion federal dollars), followed by the USAID Bureau for Global Health ($45.05 billion across 160 awards) and the Bureau for Management Office of the Assistant Administrator ($32.09 billion across 3,214 awards). An additional 101 distinct funding agencies contribute to the program. Award magnitude varies widely, from under $250 thousand to $25 million-plus, reflecting diverse activity scales.

Recent grant opportunities remain open with several due dates in late January through early February 2025, including HIV service integration into primary health care (Cooperative Agreement, due Feb 28, 2025); sustainable skills programs in South Africa (Cooperative Agreement, due Feb 18, 2025); and Iraq civic engagement (Cooperative Agreement, cancelled Jan 24, 2025). Many recent NOFOs and RFIs have been cancelled or paused as of late January 2025 following Executive Order on Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid; suspension notices cite ongoing agency review of foreign assistance activities.