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Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Western Hemisphere (19.518)

Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Western Hemisphere (Assistance Listing 19.518) is run by the Department of State. It awarded $445 million in 200 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $2.2 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.

The typical award was $2.1 million. Half of the 200 awards fell between $1.3 million and $3.0 million, and they ranged from $4,920 to $6.2 million.

Key findings

What the program funds

Provide life-saving assistance to refugees, forcibly displaced persons, stateless persons, and vulnerable migrants in countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

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

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

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Funding history and past recipients

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Western Hemisphere (19.518) awarded$445 million across 200 grant awards, an average of $2.2 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Pan American Development Foundation, Inc.District of Columbia30$67.9 million
Hias IncMaryland20$57.4 million
Save the Children Federation, Inc.Connecticut12$31.8 million
Jesuit Refugee Service USADistrict of Columbia10$28.8 million
World Vision Inc.Washington10$28.4 million
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, Inc.Georgia8$23.3 million
Fondazione A.V.S.I.8$18.8 million
Americares Foundation, Inc.Connecticut4$18.0 million
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) - Stiftelsen Flyktninghjelpen5$17.7 million
Mercy CorpsOregon4$17.5 million
Heartland Alliance International, Inc.Illinois4$15.6 million
Blumont Global Development, Inc.Virginia4$14.2 million
International Rescue Committee, Inc.New York6$12.8 million
Order of Malta Worldwide Relief Malteser International Americas, Inc.New York4$12.3 million
Stichting Zoa3$10.4 million
Secretariado Nacional de Pastoral Social-Caritas Colombiana4$10.2 million
Centro de Desarrollo y Autogestion5$8.8 million
Medical Teams International, IncOregon3$8.0 million
Caritas Brasileira4$7.7 million
Solidarites International1$6.2 million

Top states: District of Columbia ($105 million), Maryland ($57.4 million), Connecticut ($49.8 million), Washington ($28.4 million), Oregon ($25.5 million), New York ($25.1 million), Georgia ($23.3 million), Virginia ($19.2 million), Illinois ($15.6 million), California ($2.9 million).

Who usually wins

Nonprofits received 78% of the money, state and local governments 0.4%.

Recipient typeAwardsAmountShare
Nonprofits128$346 million78%
Other71$96.9 million22%
State and local governments1$2.0 million0.4%

By state

Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.

Grants by recipient's state, fiscal 2021 to 2025
StateAwardsAmount
District of Columbia46$105 million
Maryland20$57.4 million
Connecticut16$49.8 million
Washington10$28.4 million
Oregon7$25.5 million
New York10$25.1 million
Georgia8$23.3 million
Virginia7$19.2 million
Illinois4$15.6 million
California2$2.9 million
Massachusetts1$1.3 million

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.