LBN-PDS-2025-AFCP: Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation - Lebanon 2025
Closed
This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of U.S. Mission to Lebanon notices from 2024.
U.S. Mission to Lebanon offered grants of up to $500,000 (at least $25,000) to nonprofits, colleges and universities and state and local governments. It expected to make one award worth $500,000 in total. Applications closed on January 3, 2025.
From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed November 25, 2024. Checked November 7, 2026.
- Award ceiling$500,000
- Award floor$25,000
- Total funding$500,000
- Expected awards1
- Cost sharingNot required
- Funding typeGrant
Key dates
| Posted | November 25, 2024 |
|---|---|
| Deadline | January 3, 2025 |
| Archived by Grants.gov | February 2, 2025 |
Who can apply
This opportunity was open to nonprofits, colleges and universities and state and local governments.
- State governments
- City or township governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
Is this a realistic fit?
- Past U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation awards averaged $214,800; this notice allows up to $500,000 per award.
- No cost sharing or match is required.
What the grant funds
The State Department established the AFCP in 2001 at the request of Congress. At the time, the Senate noted that preserving cultural heritage offers an opportunity to showcase a different aspect of America — one that is non-commercial, non-political, and non-military. AFCP projects support U.S. foreign policy and public diplomacy (PD) goals and can contribute to the development of civil society, promote cultural diversity and good governance, create economic opportunity, and help foster political stability. Appropriate project activities may include: · Anastylosis: Reassembling a site using its original parts. · Conservation: Addressing damage or deterioration to an object or site. · Consolidation: Connecting or reconnecting elements of an object or site. · Documentation: Recording the condition and important features of an object, site, or tradition in analog or digital format. · Inventory: Listing objects, sites, or traditions by location, feature, age, or other unifying characteristics. · Preventive Conservation: Addressing conditions that threaten or damage a site, object, collection, or tradition. · Restoration: Replacing missing elements to recreate the original appearance of an object or site, usually appropriate for fine arts, decorative arts, and historic buildings. · Stabilization: Reducing the physical disturbance of an object or site.
Who has won U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation grants before
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (19.025) awarded $23.8 million across 111 grant awards, an average of $214,800 per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Monuments Fund, Inc. | New York | 11 | $3.1 million |
| Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees | 18 | $2.9 million | |
| The American Center of Research, Incorporated | Virginia | 1 | $1.6 million |
| The William Foxwell Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem | 1 | $1.6 million | |
| Asociacion Martin Chambi | 1 | $475,299 |
Applying now
This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.
The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.
Questions people ask
Is LBN-PDS-2025-AFCP still open?
No. It closed on January 3, 2025.
Who can apply for Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation - Lebanon 2025?
U.S. Mission to Lebanon accepted applications from nonprofits, colleges and universities and state and local governments.
What is the deadline for Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation - Lebanon 2025?
Closed January 3, 2025. 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 $500,000 each. About $500,000 in total for one award.
Who has won U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation grants before?
The largest recipients over five fiscal years were World Monuments Fund, Inc., Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, The American Center of Research, Incorporated. The program made 111 awards worth $23.8 million in that time.
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