Deadline: 15 February 2019
Applications are open for Ambassador’s Fund Grant Program (AFGP) which is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and managed by TDEA. AFGP is soliciting grant proposals from eligible organisations and private sector entities in Pakistan.
The AFGP aims to enhance the Ambassador’s outreach to private sector and community groups to achieve shared objectives and continue to expand and strengthen the relationship between the United States and the people of Pakistan.
Objectives
- To work with communities to empower vulnerable populations, encourage social entrepreneurship, develop small-scale energy solutions, promote culture and the arts, and improve disaster preparedness
- To provide men and women with equal access to the AFGP through outreach, extension, and participation, emphasizing the importance of gender equality
- To create relationships with nontraditional partners to implement projects that foster sustainable grassroots development through the support of local development initiatives that especially benefit vulnerable populations including women, disabled, religious and ethnic minorities, transgender people, poor and other disenfranchised groups
- To expand US government (USG) support to community-based organizations, particularly those working on issues of gender equality and women’s rights in specific regions to address geographic gaps in programming
Priority Areas
- Empowering Vulnerable Populations
- Encouraging Social Entrepreneurship
- Developing Small-Scale Energy Solutions
- Promoting Culture and the Arts
- Improving Disaster Preparedness
Budget Information & Duration
- Budget: Until March 31, 2018, the AFGP will consider grant applications with budgets up to a maximum of PKR 25 lakh (2.5 million). As of April 1, 2018, the AFGP will consider grant applications with budgets up to a maximum of PKR 50 lakh (5 million).
- Duration: Grant projects may be for a time duration of up to 12 months. Time extensions are unlikely.
Location: Grant projects may be in any of the four provinces, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and/or Gilgit Baltistan (G-B).
Eligibility Criteria
- Legally registered Pakistani non-governmental organizations (NGOs), women’s organizations, community-based organizations (CBOs), non-government academic research and training institutions, professional and business associations, trade unions, media entities, civic advocacy organizations and civil society networks (if they are legally registered) are eligible to apply.
- Private sector (for-profit) entities are welcome to apply for grants, but fees (profit) will not be paid under any AFGP grant. Organizations that have not previously received funding from donors or implemented donor-funded projects are welcome to apply for an AFGP grant.
Ineligible:
- Government of Pakistan (GOP) institutions and quasi-public/parastatal entities will not be considered for direct awards. However, NGOs may apply in partnership with government entities. Individuals are ineligible for AFGP grants, as are political parties, public international organizations, foreign-based organizations, faith-based organizations whose objectives are discriminatory and/or serve religious purposes, and informal alliances without legal status.
- In addition, to be eligible for an AFGP grant, organizations must not be:
- directly affiliated with USAID or Trust for Democratic Education and Accountability (TDEA) or any of their directors, trustees, officers or employees;
- on any of the various prohibitive or restrictive lists of the GOP, USG and/or the United Nations;
- an organization that has had any previous award terminated by TDEA or USAID on performance grounds under any project; or
- an organization (or its key personnel) convicted at any time by a court of competent jurisdiction for a crime punishable by a fine of more than PKR 50,000 or imprisonment or both.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
Eligible Country: Pakistan
For more information, please visit USAID.