# ECA Individual Grants (19.450)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/programs/19-450-eca-individual-grants/  
Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

ECA Individual Grants is run by Department of State. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $3.8 million in 202 grants, about $18,996 per award.

## Objectives

To provide individual assistance awards by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) to experts and other influential or distinguished persons in the United States, including U.S. academics and professionals, athletes and coaches and creative and performing artists, with funds appropriated to and authorized by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. These individual grants support interchanges between the United States and other countries that address issues of mutual interest consistent with the Fulbright-Hays Act. As authorized by the Fulbright-Hays Act, ECA seeks to “increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries by means of educational and cultural exchange; to strengthen the ties which unite us with other nations by demonstrating the educational and cultural interests, developments, and achievements of the people of the United States and other nations, and the contributions being made toward a peaceful and more fruitful life for people throughout the world; to promote international cooperation for educational and cultural advancement; and thus to assist in the development of friendly, sympathetic, and peaceful relations between the United States and other countries of the world.”

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $229,729 | 55 |
| 2022 | $2.5 million | 53 |
| 2023 | $820,978 | 51 |
| 2024 | $246,697 | 47 |
| 2025 | -$3,402 | 7 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Project Harmony Inc | Vermont | $2.1 million |
| Universidad del Valle de Guatemala |  | $233,000 |
| Sun Yat-Sen Management Education Foundation |  | $178,822 |
| Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees |  | $161,792 |
| Council on International Educational Exchange, Inc | Maine | $124,390 |
| Asociacion Empresarial Para El Desarrollo |  | $43,833 |
| Women in Business, Invest for the Future Ngo |  | $40,150 |
| Instituto Guatemalteco Americano Iga |  | $37,631 |
| American Advising Center |  | $26,000 |
| Patchwork Foundation |  | $23,234 |
| Greenlight Development Centre |  | $20,000 |
| Arts Council of Mongolia |  | $19,999 |
| Univerzita Palackeho V Olomouci |  | $17,806 |
| Instituto Cultural Dominico-Americano |  | $11,500 |
| American Councils for International Education: Actr/Accels, Inc. | District of Columbia | $8,899 |
| Centro Cultural Colombo Americano |  | $626 |