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DOS-JTF-2022: Notice of Funding Opportunity – Julia Taft Fund (PGO)

Closed Closed February 17, 2022 Opportunity DOS-JTF-2022 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$50,000
• Award floor$12,500
• Total funding$50,000
• Expected awards4
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits.

• Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa awards averaged $1.4 million; this notice allows up to $50,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (72% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

PROJECT DESCRIPTION Julia Taft Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration - PRM's Taft Refugee Fund is intended to meet gaps in assistance by issuing grants of up to $50,000 to national or local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for quick impact projects to meet critical needs not addressed by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), International Organization for Migration (IOM), or other international organizations (IOs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). This fund is intended primarily to support projects that assist refugees, refugee returnees, migrants, statelessness, and other marginalized people within refugee, returnees, and migrant populations. Projects could range from income generating activities to capacity building programs. The fund seeks to meet gaps in ongoing refugee programs that can be filled locally through projects of up to $50,000. Projects proposed should not exceed $12,500 (about 4.2 million UM) B. FEDERAL AWARD INFORMATON Length of performance period: 3 to 12 months Number of awards anticipated: Four (04) Type of Funding: Fiscal Year 2022 JTF Anticipated program start date: October 1, 2022 Funding Instrument Type: Grant. Program Performance Period: One year after signing. C. ELIGILIBITY INFORMATION 1. Eligible Applicants The Program and Grants Office (PGO) encourages applications from locally registered civil society entities such as, national and local non-governmental organizations, associations, cooperatives, or groups with refugee or returnee programming experience. The Taft Fund is intended for projects that include a target beneficiary base of at least 50 percent refugees or returned refugees. Embassy is also interested in supporting projects that address issues related to statelessness, assistance to marginalized groups within refugee, returnee, and migrant populations using the Taft Fund. Applicants are only allowed to submit one proposal per organization. If more than one proposal is submitted from an organization, all proposals from that institution will be considered ineligible for funding. In order to be eligible to receive an award, all organizations must have a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number from Dun & Bradstreet, as well as a valid registration on www.sam.gov. Please see Section F.3 for information on how to obtain these registrations.

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