Instituto Cultural Dominico-Americano

Instituto Cultural Dominico-Americano (doing business as Dominico Americano) is a minority-owned, Hispanic American-owned non-profit educational institution and private university based in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic that operates as a federal grant recipient delivering English-language education, public diplomacy, cultural exchange, and youth engagement programs through the U.S. Department of State. The organization functions exclusively as a prime grant recipient with no federal contract work; all 59 awards in the source are federal grants managed directly by the organization.

Instituto Cultural Dominico-Americano's customer base concentrates entirely within the State Department across five bureaus. The Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs leads with 23 awards (39% of total awards), followed by the Bureau of Public Affairs with 15 awards (25%), and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs with 11 awards (19%). The Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs and the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs account for the remaining two awards. These three leading bureaus account for 86% of the organization's recent grant portfolio. Combined dollars obligated across all 59 awards total $2.4 million, indicating small to modest individual grant sizes characteristic of public diplomacy and cultural exchange programming.

Recent grant work spans English-language instruction, educational exchange administration, and youth development. Representative active grants include a March 2026 award from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to support the Santo Domingo EducationUSA advising center (ultimate completion December 31, 2027), a July 2025 grant from the same bureau to support the American Film Festival and furnishing of a student plaza at the binational center with stage, digital totems, and lighting equipment (completion December 31, 2027), a September 2024 award from the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs to expand English for Specific Purposes coursework for journalists (completion December 31, 2025), and a September 2023 grant to develop and implement a three-day robotics bootcamp for sixty female university students and twenty educators (completion September 30, 2025). The organization also received terminated grants aligned with executive order changes, including an environmental education project (Eco Cine Solar, terminated February 24, 2025) and a Fulbright alumni reentry seminar (terminated March 11, 2025).

Activity has declined sharply after peaking at eight awards in 2023; the organization received only three awards in 2024, two in 2025, and one in 2026 year-to-date. Seven awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, creating potential recompete opportunity across English education, EducationUSA advising, and youth engagement programming. The organization has no subcontractor relationships or parent vehicle positions; all work is performed directly as a prime recipient at the Santo Domingo binational center and language school.