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AFMDG-SSH-21-01: Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Program – Small Grants

Closed Closed June 15, 2021 Opportunity AFMDG-SSH-21-01 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$10,000
• Award floor$3,000
• Total funding$100,000
• Expected awards10
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Nonprofit community organizations, nongovernmental organizations and community associations.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past General Department of State Assistance awards averaged $810,812; this notice allows up to $10,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The U.S. Embassy in Antananarivo of the U.S. Department of State Office announces an open competition for registered NGO and associations interested in submitting applications to carry out projects through the Ambassador’s Special Self Help (SSH) Small Grants Program. The Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Program provides small grants to assist community development projects that improve basic economic or social conditions in local communities across Madagascar and the Comoros. The program aims to encourage self-reliance within local communities by assisting them with the resources they need to move from a good idea to taking action. The community organization often makes a significant contribution to the project in the form of labor, land, materials, or money. Eligibility is restricted to local NGOs, community associations, and cooperatives. Funding will be distributed, pending Congressional Funding Approval, no later than September 30th. Grants generally range from $3,000 to $10,000 U.S. dollars and must be completed within one year. The most successful project proposals will: • demonstrate a clear impact that will benefit a large number of people, especially women, within one year; • be initiated and administered at a local level and include a significant contribution from the community in the form of labor, land, materials, or money; • list multiple key members and a brief biographical sketch that includes their experience and responsibility to the organization and the project; • be within the ability of the local community to manage and maintain on a sustainable basis; • contribute, whenever possible, to income-generating or self-sustaining activities; • respect human rights, including disability rights, gender equality, and environmental norms. The following are costs/activities that the SSH program does not support. Proposals that include these items in their budget will not be considered for funding.

Category: Other.

Applying now

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