PGO’s Julia Taft Fund: Grants for Critical Refugee and Migrant Support

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Julia Taft

Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration – PRM’s Taft Refugee Fund is intended to meet gaps in assistance by issuing grants of up to $50,000 to national or local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for quick impact projects to meet critical needs not addressed by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), International Organization for Migration (IOM), or other international organizations (IOs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). This fund is intended primarily to support projects that assist refugees, refugee returnees, migrants, statelessness, and other marginalized people within refugee, returnees, and migrant populations. Projects could range from income generating activities to capacity building programs.  The fund seeks to meet gaps in ongoing refugee programs that can be filled locally through projects of up to $50,000. Projects proposed should not exceed $12,500 (about 4.2 million UM)

B. FEDERAL AWARD INFORMATON

Length of performance period: 3 to 12 months

Number of awards anticipated: Four (04)

Type of Funding: Fiscal Year 2022 JTF

Anticipated program start date: October 1, 2022

Funding Instrument Type: Grant.

Program Performance Period: One year after signing.

C. ELIGILIBITY INFORMATION

1. Eligible Applicants

The Program and Grants Office (PGO) encourages applications from locally registered civil society entities such as, national and local non-governmental organizations, associations, cooperatives, or groups with refugee or returnee programming experience. The Taft Fund is intended for projects that include a target beneficiary base of at least 50 percent refugees or returned refugees. Embassy is also interested in supporting projects that address issues related to statelessness, assistance to marginalized groups within refugee, returnee, and migrant populations using the Taft Fund. Applicants are only allowed to submit one proposal per organization. If more than one proposal is submitted from an organization, all proposals from that institution will be considered ineligible for funding. In order to be eligible to receive an award, all organizations must have a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number from Dun & Bradstreet, as well as a valid registration on www.sam.gov. Please see Section F.3 for information on how to obtain these registrations. Pease note that beginning April 4, 2022, the federal government will stop using the DUNS number to uniquely identify entities. At that point, entities doing business with the federal government will use a Unique Entity Identifier created in SAM.gov. This transition allows the government to streamline the entity identification and validation process, making it easier and less burdensome for entities to do business with the federal government. Any entity (contractor, corporation, partnership, organization, or individual) wishing to do business with the federal government under a Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) based contract, or anyone applying for federal grants, cooperative agreements, or other forms of federal financial assistance through Grants.gov, must be registered in SAM.gov. Current SAM.gov registrants have already been assigned their Unique Entity Identifier and can view it within SAM.gov; there is no further action required. The Unique Entity Identifier is located below the DUNS Number on the entity registration record. After April 4, 2022, entities registering in SAM.gov will no longer have to go to Dun & Bradstreet and acquire a DUNS number. Please note that all applicants must have a valid and functional bank account, must have registered for them to be eligible to apply. Applicants missing the above information will not be considered.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Julia Taft

Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration – PRM’s Taft Refugee Fund is intended to meet gaps in assistance by issuing grants of up to $50,000 to national or local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for quick impact projects to meet critical needs not addressed by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), International Organization for Migration (IOM), or other international organizations (IOs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). This fund is intended primarily to support projects that assist refugees, refugee returnees, migrants, statelessness, and other marginalized people within refugee, returnees, and migrant populations. Projects could range from income generating activities to capacity building programs.  The fund seeks to meet gaps in ongoing refugee programs that can be filled locally through projects of up to $50,000. Projects proposed should not exceed $12,500 (about 4.2 million UM)

B. FEDERAL AWARD INFORMATON

Length of performance period: 3 to 12 months

Number of awards anticipated: Four (04)

Type of Funding: Fiscal Year 2022 JTF

Anticipated program start date: October 1, 2022

Funding Instrument Type: Grant.

Program Performance Period: One year after signing.

C. ELIGILIBITY INFORMATION

1. Eligible Applicants

The Program and Grants Office (PGO) encourages applications from locally registered civil society entities such as, national and local non-governmental organizations, associations, cooperatives, or groups with refugee or returnee programming experience. The Taft Fund is intended for projects that include a target beneficiary base of at least 50 percent refugees or returned refugees. Embassy is also interested in supporting projects that address issues related to statelessness, assistance to marginalized groups within refugee, returnee, and migrant populations using the Taft Fund. Applicants are only allowed to submit one proposal per organization. If more than one proposal is submitted from an organization, all proposals from that institution will be considered ineligible for funding. In order to be eligible to receive an award, all organizations must have a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number from Dun & Bradstreet, as well as a valid registration on www.sam.gov. Please see Section F.3 for information on how to obtain these registrations. Pease note that beginning April 4, 2022, the federal government will stop using the DUNS number to uniquely identify entities. At that point, entities doing business with the federal government will use a Unique Entity Identifier created in SAM.gov. This transition allows the government to streamline the entity identification and validation process, making it easier and less burdensome for entities to do business with the federal government. Any entity (contractor, corporation, partnership, organization, or individual) wishing to do business with the federal government under a Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) based contract, or anyone applying for federal grants, cooperative agreements, or other forms of federal financial assistance through Grants.gov, must be registered in SAM.gov. Current SAM.gov registrants have already been assigned their Unique Entity Identifier and can view it within SAM.gov; there is no further action required. The Unique Entity Identifier is located below the DUNS Number on the entity registration record. After April 4, 2022, entities registering in SAM.gov will no longer have to go to Dun & Bradstreet and acquire a DUNS number. Please note that all applicants must have a valid and functional bank account, must have registered for them to be eligible to apply. Applicants missing the above information will not be considered.