Grants for Unrestricted - Community Development

This funding opportunity supports non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and individuals in Bulgaria and beyond to develop projects that strengthen U.S.-Bulgarian ties through public diplomacy initiatives in areas like education, culture, and technology.

This funding opportunity supports community-based arts programs designed to enhance the health and well-being of military personnel, veterans, and their families through creative engagement.

This program provides funding to organizations that support innovative initiatives aimed at empowering under-served entrepreneurs in North Carolina, particularly those in rural areas, women, and minorities.

This grant provides financial support to fire departments, EMS units, and rescue companies in Pennsylvania to enhance their training and equipment for responding to emergencies related to unconventional gas well operations.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to organizations that help individuals from underserved communities access training and career opportunities in Massachusetts' growing clean energy sector.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for Maryland-based organizations to plan and develop resilient energy systems that enhance sustainability and community resilience against climate impacts.

This initiative seeks input from various stakeholders, including businesses, researchers, and government entities, to enhance the recycling and reuse of products and materials, ultimately promoting environmental sustainability and economic resilience.

This initiative provides funding and resources to low-performing schools in Colorado to improve student achievement through targeted support and collaboration with local education agencies.

This funding opportunity is designed to assist Virginia communities in improving their flood preparedness and resilience against climate change impacts through vulnerability assessments and action-oriented projects.

This program provides funding to public and non-profit organizations in Texas to support sustainable community forestry initiatives that promote healthy urban and community forests.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to nonprofit organizations, especially faith-based groups, to improve their security measures against targeted violence and hate crimes.

This grant provides funding for individuals and organizations to evaluate the effectiveness of tobacco control initiatives in New York State, aiming to reduce tobacco use and improve public health.

This program provides an opportunity for project sponsors to receive expert feedback on their water quality restoration or protection project ideas before applying for funding to address nonpoint source pollution.

This program provides funding to not-for-profit organizations to improve healthcare access and collaboration among providers in rural communities facing unique health challenges.

This program provides funding to small and medium-sized manufacturing companies and water/wastewater treatment facilities to implement energy efficiency improvements and reduce emissions, while also creating job opportunities in disadvantaged communities.

This funding opportunity supports innovative projects that promote internet freedom through technology development, research, and digital security, with a focus on first-time applicants and underrepresented groups.

The "Mitigation of FGM and Child Marriage Practices in the North and South of Sierra Leone" grant is aimed at gathering information and feedback from local Sierra Leone organizations to help design a program that combats Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting and Child Marriage in the Northern and South-Eastern regions of the country.

This funding opportunity is designed for national laboratories to collaborate with industry stakeholders in the chemicals, concrete, and metals sectors to develop and implement strategies that accelerate the commercialization of technologies aimed at reducing industrial carbon emissions.

This grant provides funding to civil society organizations and non-governmental groups in Uganda to strengthen media, promote civic education, and engage youth in governance processes.

The United States Government, represented by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in the Republic of Peru, is designing an activity that aims to provide a demand-driven mechanism to help USAID empower local organizations that are current partners or prospective partners to effectively mobilize development funding and manage it to global standards, while successfully delivering strong development outcomes. According to USAID regulations, a local entity is: an individual, company or organization that (1) is legally organized under the laws of one of the above countries; (2) has its principal place of business or operations in one of the above countries; (3) is majority owned by individuals who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of the above countries; and (4) is managed by a governing body the majority of whom are citizens or lawful permanent residents of the above countries. This Request for Information (RFI) is not restricted to any organization category.This RFI has the following purposes:Gather ideas, strategies, and/or approaches on how to facilitate the empowerment of local organizations, thus contributing to the locally-led development in Peru.Request capability statements from interested entities capable of performing the work described in the RFI.USAID is conducting market research to collect information from local and foreign organizations with knowledge and experience in capacity building of different types of organizations (public, private, civil society, non-government organizations, etc.) focused on organizational strengthening. USAID/Peru plans to use the information gathered through this RFI to assist in designing an activity that aims to provide a demand-driven mechanism, empowering both current and prospective partners to effectively mobilize development funding and manage it to global standards, while successfully delivering strong development outcomes.Peru is one of USAIDs priority Missions for localization efforts. RFIs are a tool that USAID uses for market research. If findings of this RFI demonstrate local capacities are available, USAID might choose to restrict the solicitation to local organizations. It is anticipated this will be an acquisition instrument.This is not a request for applications or proposals. USAID/Peru is interested in understanding the critical factors involved in carrying out local capacity strengthening of local entities to improve the performance of a local system to produce locally valued and sustainable development outcomes.