American Spaces Support Funds Program

About this funding opportunity

The U.S. Department of State’s Embassy Harare, through its Public Diplomacy Section, announces and open competition to implement a program to provide administrative and programmatic support to the American Corner Gweru. The American Corner Gweru is a public space run jointly by the U.S. Embassy and Gweru Memorial Public Library. The program aims to find a qualified organization to manage and implement public diplomacy activities at this location. All proposals must include an American cultural component and show a clear connection to American experts, organizations, or institutions. The selected partner will organize interactive activities focused on technology access, entrepreneurship training, innovation events, sports activities, and cultural programs that reflect American values and support U.S. foreign policy goals in Zimbabwe. The purpose of this funding is to strengthen the Corner’s effectiveness by creating programs that help people better understand American perspectives, policies, and society. Project activities must take place in Zimbabwe and be directed at Zimbabwean audiences/participants.

Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement

Project Performance Period: Proposed projects should be completed in 18 months or less.

This notice is subject to availability of funding. The Public Diplomacy Section reserves the right to award less or more than the funds described under circumstances deemed to be in the best interest of the U.S. government, pending the availability of funds and approval of the designated grants officer.

Topic areas: Digital Society and E-Inclusion, Education and Training, Social Innovation and Community Development, Arts and Culture.

Funding amount

This cooperative agreement provides $10K-$14K in funding, up to $14K per award.

Deadline

Applications are due Aug 02, 2026. Confirm the exact closing time on the official program page before applying.

Who can apply

This opportunity is open to the following applicant types:

• Other
• NGOs

Eligibility

B. ELIGIBILITY

1. Eligible Applicants The following Zimbabwean organizations are eligible to apply:

• Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations For-profit entities, even those that may fall into the categories listed above, are not eligible to apply for this NOFO. Organizations may sub-contract with other entities, but only one, non-profit, non-governmental entity can be the prime recipient of the award. When sub-contracting with other entities, the responsibilities of each entity must be clearly defined in the proposal. For more information on the difference between sub-contract and sub-recipient, please refer to 2 CFR 200.331.

2. Cost Sharing or Matching Cost sharing is not required.

3. Other Eligibility Requirements All organizations must have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) issued via SAM.gov as well as a valid registration in SAM.gov. Please see Section D.3 for more information.

Individuals are not required to have a UEI or be registered in SAM.gov.

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.

Agency

American Spaces Support Funds Program is administered by U.S. Mission to Zimbabwe (ZWE), listed via Grants.gov.