Business & Economic Development · Active
USAID International Development Grants · DOS · High-volume · mega band
USAID International Development Grants (CFDA 19.040) - federal assistance administered by U.S. Department of State (DOS), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.
- $500K–$10M
- Typical award range
- 47
- Indexed opportunities
- 2
- Open now
- DOS
- Administering agency
The verdict
According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, USAID International Development Grants ranks #37 of 504, #1 of 5 within DOS, and #11 of 42 among Business & Economic Development programs by listed funding ceiling. Across 504 active programs, 47.041 leads by opportunity count (319, funding-ceiling rank #249) ≠ 66.054 leads by funding ceiling ($7.0 billion, opportunity rank #326). CFDA 19.040 is an active Business & Economic Development program with 47 indexed Grants.gov opportunities. Of the 20 most recent listings shown here, 2 are open for application.
- $500K–$10M
- typical award range (SAM.gov)
- January 1
- next application deadline
- $500,000
- largest award ceiling indexed
- 8%
- of the catalog is Business & Economic Development
USAID International Development Grants · top-third ceiling among high-volume books (#132/502)
USAID International Development Grants clears 370 of 502 published ceilings (74th percentile), an upper-band catalog maximum, not a promised award.
USAID International Development Grants vs programs with listed funding ceilings
Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling
$10,000,000 Top 26% higher than 74% of 502 programs
Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling
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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2026-08-03
SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate
CFDA 19.040 · DOS VOL-STEADY · #37/504
VOL-STEADY · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · NOFO-OPEN · CEIL-TENS-M · ELIG-NPO · BOOK-FULL · LISTING-LIVE
- VOL-STEADY 47 indexed
- TOP-DECILE #37/504
- PHOTO-FINISH Minority Health and H… · 93.307
- NOFO-OPEN 2 open of 20 listed
- CEIL-TENS-M $500K–$10M
- ELIG-NPO Nonprofit
- BOOK-FULL 20 listed / 47 indexed
- LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing
Nearest Grants.gov-volume peer outside Business & Economic Development: Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA 93.307) (±1 indexed rows)
Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 19.040
VOL-STEADY · #37/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±1 row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.
Engineering Grants · busiestNSF Small Business… · nearMinority Health and… · nearUSAID International… · this listingMedical Library Ass… · nearNSF Small Business… · nearPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole
Funding posture
Hottest mega-dollar solicitation lane
USAID International Development Grants sits in the hot×mega corner: 47 indexed Grants.gov rows and a mega SAM.gov ceiling ($500,000 to $10.0 million). Both competition density and dollar capacity are elevated versus the catalog median; read open listings first, then ceiling peers.
Assistance Listing text · DOS
Grants supporting economic growth, democracy, health, and humanitarian assistance in developing countries.
Nonprofit-only applicant desk · Business & Economic Development
The printed eligibility set for USAID International Development Grants is nonprofit-only. Government, campus, and for-profit doors are absent from the Assistance Listing row.
Predominantly grants (G) · CFDA 19.040
61% of the 2,004 indexed listings under CFDA 19.040 are grants (G), the SAM.gov-coded mechanism USAID International Development Grants typically uses to move money. 5% of the indexed listings require applicant cost-sharing.
- Estimated funding, indexed listings with a reported figure
- $280.1 million across 1,383 listings (avg $203,000)
- Expected awards, indexed listings with a reported count
- 80,098 across 1,566 listings
Figures are computed from the full indexed Grants.gov book for CFDA 19.040, not the 10 listings shown below; a listing missing a field is excluded from that field's total, not counted as zero.
Mostly archived listings · CFDA 19.040
Only 2 of 2,004 indexed listings under CFDA 19.040 are open (0%); the book is mostly archived. Reported award ceilings swing from $1 to $5.5 million (5500000×); treat any single listing's ceiling as a local bound, not the program's typical award. Listings span 21 funding-activity codes; the plurality is Other (O, 49%).
- Open vs archived (indexed book)
- 2 open · 2,002 archived
- Median reported award ceiling
- $50,000 (1,989 listings with a ceiling)
- Dominant Grants.gov funding-activity code
- Other (O)
Open counts use the same posted+close_date rule as the rest of PlainGrants; funding-activity codes are the Grants.gov category_of_funding field (first code when several are joined). Ceiling median is over positive reported ceilings only.
DOS · administering agency
U.S. Department of State
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Grants.gov opportunities · CFDA 19.040 2 Open
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Showing 10 of the 20 most recent listings (47 indexed).
What to do next
CFDA 19.040: 47 indexed opportunities · 2 open on the recent slice.
- Start with the open listing OFOP0001473 (closes January 1, 2099) before you compare distant categories. Open listing
- U.S. Department of State (DOS) administers 5 Assistance Listings in this extract. Agency catalog
- Nearest peer by listed ceiling: H-1B Technical Skills Training Grants (17.804). Compare program
SAM.gov ceilings are catalog maximums, not guaranteed awards; verify every deadline on Grants.gov before submitting.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure on PlainGrants is rendered directly from SAM.gov Assistance Listings data, no number is typed in by an editor. This grant program's figures are rendered directly from SAM.gov Assistance Listings data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data issue on this page.
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