This grant is designed to cultivate leadership within Cuban civil society by providing professional development opportunities for young, emerging leaders and professionals. The program aims to host three to four small cohorts in a third country for intensive training sessions, each lasting between three months to a year. The core purpose of this initiative is to equip participants with essential skillsets required for fostering grassroots civil society and strengthening Cuban democracy. Training will encompass vital areas such as effective communications for disseminating democratic ideals, presenting human rights and democracy-building concepts to diverse audiences, and establishing or expanding community-level organizations. This effort seeks to empower future leaders to drive democratic progress in Cuba.
Opportunity ID: 327447
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | SFOP0007037 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Building Leaders for Cuban Civil Society |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Community Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 19.750 — Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) Grant Programs (including Energy and Climate Partnership for the Americas) |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 02, 2020 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jun 02, 2020 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 27, 2020 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 27, 2020 |
| Archive Date: | – |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $1,234,567 |
| Award Ceiling: | $1,234,567 |
| Award Floor: | $1,234,567 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | U.S.-based non-profit/non-governmental organizations subject to section 501(c) (3) of the U.S. tax code; Overseas non-governmental non-profit organizations; Foreign Public Entities and Public International Organizations (PIO); U.S.-based institutions of higher education, and accredited overseas universities. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs |
| Description: | The Building Leaders in Cuban Civil Society Project will support the participation of cohorts of young emerging leaders from Cuban civil society in a professional development project, ideally for three to six months, but no longer than one year per cohort. The project will bring three to four small cohorts of civil-society leaders and/or young professionals to a third country for in-depth training in required skillsets for fostering grassroots civil society in Cuba as a means of developing the skills needed to build up Cuban democracy. Such skills may include, but are not limited to, communications for spreading democratic ideals, presenting democracy-building and human rights ideas to audiences, and starting or growing community-level organizations related to democracy-building. |
| Link to Additional Information: | Link to Opportunity in SAMS Domestic |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
WHAGrants@state.gov
Email:- |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
Related Documents
Folder 327447 Full Announcement-NOFO -> NOFO Cuba Final 6 2.pdf
Folder 327447 Full Announcement-NOFO -> Budget Guidelines.pdf
Folder 327447 Full Announcement-NOFO -> PSI Cuba 2020.pdf
Folder 327447 Full Announcement-NOFO -> BUDGET TEMPLATE.pdf
Folder 327447 Other Supporting Documents-NOFO Questions & Answers -> Q & A – 23 JUL 2020.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | WHAGrants@state.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19.750 | SFOP0007037 | Building Leaders for Cuban Civil Society | PKG00261997 | Jun 02, 2020 | Jul 27, 2020 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
327447 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
327447 SF424A-1.0.pdf
327447 SF424B-1.1.pdf
327447 BudgetNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
327447 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
Optional forms
327447 SFLLL_1_2-1.2.pdf
327447 AttachmentForm_1_2-1.2.pdf
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