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SFOP0008966: Understanding the Environmental Harm Resulting from Criminal Organizations’ Activities and their Facilitators in Latin America and the Caribbean

Closed Closed July 25, 2022 Opportunity SFOP0008966

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Balanced Prosecution of Transnational Organized Crime Cases (OFOP0003790). Status: Closes November 9, 2026 (2 days left). It is in our archive of Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement notices from 2022.

Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement offered grants of up to $1.1 million (at least $1.1 million) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make one award. Applications closed on July 25, 2022.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed May 25, 2022. Checked November 7, 2026.

Other notices with this title

Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement has posted this title under other numbers: earlier or later rounds, or the same competition for another area. Each has its own dates and may change its rules.

NoticePostedDeadlineStatus
INL23CA0012-WHPREGIONAL-CTATE-013123January 31, 2023Closed March 17, 2023Closed

Key dates

PostedMay 25, 2022
DeadlineJuly 25, 2022

Who can apply

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

U.S.-based non-profit/non-governmental organizations (NGOs); U.S.-based educational institutions subject to section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. tax code; Foreign-based non-profits/non-governmental organizations (NGOs); Foreign-based educational institutions

Is this a realistic fit?

What the grant funds

The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a project to assess and quantify the environmental impacts of criminal organizations’ activities in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

Category: Law, Justice and Legal Services.

Who has won Trans-National Crime grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Trans-National Crime (19.705) awarded $352 million across 264 grant awards, an average of $1.3 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
National Center for State CourtsVirginia13$91.8 million
Wildlife Conservation SocietyNew York22$37.1 million
Traffic International16$19.0 million
World Wildlife Fund, Inc.District of Columbia6$13.6 million
The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime3$10.0 million

Top states: Virginia ($98.5 million), District of Columbia ($63.4 million), New York ($42.3 million), Florida ($13.4 million), Arizona ($3.5 million).

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, OFOP0003790, which is open now.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.

Questions people ask

Is SFOP0008966 still open?

No. It closed on July 25, 2022. A newer notice is open: OFOP0003790, closes November 9, 2026 (2 days left).

Who can apply for Understanding the Environmental Harm Resulting from Criminal Organizations’ Activities and their Facilitators in Latin America and the Caribbean?

Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

What is the deadline for Understanding the Environmental Harm Resulting from Criminal Organizations’ Activities and their Facilitators in Latin America and the Caribbean?

Closed July 25, 2022. 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 $1.1 million each.

Who has won Trans-National Crime grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were National Center for State Courts, Wildlife Conservation Society, Traffic International. The program made 264 awards worth $352 million in that time.

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