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USAFCP2025: U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation Grants Program

Closed Closed April 30, 2025 Opportunity USAFCP2025 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$500,000
• Award floor$25,000
• Total funding$6.0 million
• Expected awards30
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement, Grant

Key dates

Who can apply

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

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

Foreign Institutions of Higher Education, Foreign-Based Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Foreign Public Entities (where permitted), Public International Organizations and Governmental Institutions, U.S. Institutions of Higher Education, U.S. Non-Profit Organizations (IRS section 501(c)(3))

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 U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) helps protect historic buildings, archaeological sites, museum collections, and traditional cultural expressions like indigenous languages and crafts around the world. Contact individual U.S. embassies for program availability and application deadlines as they vary from country to country. Refer to the USAFCP 2025 Notice of Funding Opportunity PDF on the Related Documents tab for details, including embassy contact information. Eligible countries: Sub-Saharan Africa: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Republic), Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. East Asia & the Pacific: Brunei Darussalam, Burma, Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, Kiribati, Laos, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam. Europe & Eurasia: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Georgia, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Türkiye, Ukraine. Middle East & North Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen. South & Central Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. Western Hemisphere: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, The Bahamas, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela.

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Applying now

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