# MEPI Local Grants 2024

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/dfop0014385-mepi-local-grants-2024/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/354058

> Assistance Coordination offered grants of up to $200,000 (at least $50,000) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make about 15 awards worth $2.1 million in total. Applications closed on June 18, 2024.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | DFOP0014385 |
| Agency | Assistance Coordination |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | June 18, 2024 |
| Award ceiling | $200,000 |
| Award floor | $50,000 |
| Expected awards | 15 |
| Total funding | $2.1 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 19.500 |

## Who can apply

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

Eligible applicants include local civil society organizations, non-profit organizations, community groups, non-governmental organizations, professional associations, private sector organizations, and universities based in the Middle East and North Africa region, specifically Algeria, Bahrain, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and West Bank and Gaza.

## What the grant funds

Advancing stability and prosperity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is critical to the achievement of the United States’ foreign policy. There are many challenges, however, which hinder efforts to improve transparent governance, provide inclusive economic opportunities, and encourage civic engagement. Two thirds of the population feel that economic hardship and corruption plague their countries, with trust in government decreasing since 2015. The Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Local Grants Program’s mission is to sustain the United States’ commitment to strengthen direct partnerships with local actors to promote prosperity and participatory governance. Its objectives are to support civil society organizations in (1) developing, promoting, and implementing locally-designed solutions to self-identified environmental, economic, or social problems through civic engagement or economic participation; (2) fostering inclusive economic growth that reaches marginalized communities, youth, and women; (3) advancing participatory governance through promoting citizens’ engagement and decision-makers’ willingness to work with citizen groups and civil society organizations (CSOs); (4) improving civil society’s representation of the needs of citizens through collective action on the local level; (5) working towards gender parity in economics and/or politics; (6) increasing youth engagement in meaningful economic and civic activities; and (7) fostering innovative approaches to solving social, economic, or political issues.

## Questions people ask

### Is DFOP0014385 still open?

No. It closed on June 18, 2024.

### Who can apply for MEPI Local Grants 2024?

Assistance Coordination accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for MEPI Local Grants 2024?

Closed June 18, 2024. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $200,000 each. About $2.1 million in total across about 15 awards.

### Who has won Middle East Partnership Initiative grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were American University of Beirut, Lebanese American University, The American University in Cairo. The program made 80 awards worth $115 million in that time.