Conflict and Stabilization Operations (19.121)
Conflict and Stabilization Operations (Assistance Listing 19.121) is run by the Department of State. It awarded $13.3 million in 9 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $1.5 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $1.2 million. Half of the 9 awards fell between $443,925 and $1.5 million, and they ranged from $202,437 to $5.5 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$13.3 million
- Grant awards9
- Typical award$1.2 million
- Awarded in FY 2025$496,015
- Size rank1422 of 1824
- Type of assistanceCooperative agreements, project grants
Key findings
- Annual funding fell from $553,000 in fiscal 2021 to $496,015 in fiscal 2025.
- It is the 1422nd largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 8 largest recipients received 103% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 5 states and territories.
What the program funds
The Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations (CSO) is part of the Under Secretariat for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights (J) within the Department of State (DOS). CSO's mission is to strengthen U.S. national security by breaking cycles of violent conflict and mitigating crisis in priority countries. Guided by local dynamics, CSO acts quickly to devise sustainable solutions to address the full spectrum of conflict, from prevention to crisis response to stabilization. Building more effective partnerships with capable implementing organizations with experience in conflict prevention and stabilization activities is integral to the CSO mission and as such, CSO seeks to identify qualified partners, facilitators and implementers from among private and nonprofit entities. Funding may be made available for flexible, rapid, targeted, and high-impact awards to organizations to prevent, mitigate and/or respond to conflict situations and stabilize countries around the world.
Open opportunities
No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.
Rules from the program listing
Who can apply
CSO recommends applicants view the open application on www.grants.gov for more information.
What the money can and cannot pay for
Some examples of past CSO activities include: Burma: CSO is supporting efforts to increase trust between the Burmese government and ethnic minorities by developing locally-owned programs, including mine-risk education, survivor assistance, and non-technical surveys. Kenya: CSO is working with the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi and other partners to prevent the sort of violence that occurred after the 2007 elections. The goal is to promote free, fair, and peaceful elections that will help ensure Kenya's stability and prosperity. To help achieve this goal, our team is focusing on hotspots and is working alongside Kenyan groups such as Champions of Peace. Sierra Leone: CSO piloted a project from June 2012-January 2013 to strengthen the role of women in conflict mitigation and prevention during the 2012 election cycle in Sierra Leone. The project focused on boosting the involvement of women in conflict prevention and non-violence advocacy at the national and sub-national levels and developing relationships between women and local election authorities to build and strengthen early warning and response networks in the lead up to and during the elections. Honduras: CSO is working to improve security in Honduras by reforming the security sector and visibly reducing violence. CSO works with local partners to increase public confidence in government institutions as well as to decrease impunity by supporting civil society and government institutions to reform the security sector.
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Deadlines
Deadlines do not apply
Award range and average, in the agency's words
CSO recommends applicants view the open application on www.grants.gov for more information.
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Conflict and Stabilization Operations (19.121) awarded$13.3 million across 9 grant awards, an average of $1.5 million per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Nations Development Programme | New York | 2 | $8.0 million |
| Secretariado Nacional de Pastoral Social-Caritas Colombiana | 1 | $1.5 million | |
| Un Women | New York | 1 | $1.4 million |
| Fundacion Instituto Para La Construccion de La Paz | 1 | $1.2 million | |
| University of Notre Dame Du Lac | Indiana | 1 | $567,238 |
| Center for International Private Enterprise, Inc. | District of Columbia | 1 | $443,925 |
| Karuna Center for Peacebuilding, Inc | Massachusetts | 1 | $370,323 |
| Public International Law & Policy Group | Virginia | 1 | $202,437 |
Who usually wins
Nonprofits received 5.1% of the money, colleges and universities 4.3%.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 5 | $12.1 million | 91% |
| Nonprofits | 3 | $681,959 | 5.1% |
| Colleges and universities | 1 | $567,238 | 4.3% |
By state
1 state has a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards. It is New York.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 3 | $9.4 million |
| Indiana | 1 | $567,238 |
| Massachusetts | 1 | $370,323 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | $257,288 |
| Virginia | 1 | $199,803 |