Caritas Antilles

Caritas Antilles is an international non-profit organization registered to receive federal grant awards from the U.S. government since August 20, 2018. The organization specializes in providing disaster risk reduction and resilience-building services in the Caribbean region. Through its federal grant awards, Caritas Antilles focuses on implementing programs that promote long-term economic growth, advance U.S. foreign policy objectives, and strengthen disaster preparedness and response capabilities in vulnerable communities across the Caribbean.

Caritas Antilles has received multiple federal grant awards from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to support its work in the region. In February 2024, the organization was awarded a $4,000,000 Project Grant under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program to implement a "Youth-Led Disaster Risk Reduction Program in the Caribbean." This three-year grant focuses on promoting disaster resilience and risk reduction efforts led by youth in the region, including the delivery of emergency relief, capacity building, and policy reform activities. Previously, in October 2020, Caritas Antilles received another Project Grant from USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance to provide support for building resilience and improving preparedness, mitigation, and response capacity in vulnerable communities of Dominica, Saint Lucia, Grenada, and Jamaica. Additionally, the organization has participated as a sub-grantee in disaster risk reduction activities funded by USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, working in collaboration with Catholic Relief Services to implement community small-grants and community-led disaster risk management activities.