# Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation 2025 Grants Program

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/pd-lusaka-afcp-fy2025-ambassadors-fund-for-cultural-preservation-2025-grants/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/357324

> U.S. Mission to Zambia offered grants of up to $500,000 (at least $25,000) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make about 3 awards. Applications closed on December 27, 2024.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | PD-LUSAKA-AFCP-FY2025 |
| Agency | U.S. Mission to Zambia |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | December 27, 2024 |
| Award ceiling | $500,000 |
| Award floor | $25,000 |
| Expected awards | 3 |
| Total funding | not stated |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 19.025 |

## Who can apply

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

Government ministries of culture or similar NGOsMuseumsHigher learning institutions

## What the grant funds

The U.S. Embassy in Lusaka and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) at the U.S. Department of State are pleased to announce the 2025 call for proposals for the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) Grants Program. Since its inception in 2001, the AFCP has helped preserve archeological sites, historic monuments, museum collections, and other forms of cultural expression in Zambia and around the world. The application process involves two rounds. The first round includes submission of project ideas in the form of concept notes, due to the U.S. Embassy in Lusaka on December 27, 2024. In the second round, the Embassy will invite shortlisted applicants to submit a full project application, due on March 28, 2025. Funding awards will range from $25,000 to $500,000 per project. The U.S. Department of State anticipates funding 25 to 35 projects worldwide from eligible countries. For Round 1: concept notes should be submitted electronically to LusakaPASGrants@state.gov no later than December 27, 2024. No hard copies will be accepted. Failure to include any of the requirements or follow the CHARACTER LIMITS will result in the application being deemed ineligible. For any inquiries regarding the submission process, please send inquiries to LusakaPASGrants@state.gov. FUNDING AREAS The AFCP Grants Program supports the preservation of archaeological sites, historic buildings and monuments, museum collections, and forms of traditional cultural expression, such as indigenous languages and crafts. Appropriate project activities may include the following: 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.

## Questions people ask

### Is PD-LUSAKA-AFCP-FY2025 still open?

No. It closed on December 27, 2024.

### Who can apply for Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation 2025 Grants Program?

U.S. Mission to Zambia accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation 2025 Grants Program?

Closed December 27, 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 $500,000 each.

### 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.