Closed · 7200AA19APS00009 · CFDA 98.001 · Discretionary

Blended Finance: Leveraging Private Capital and Supporting Entrepreneurs to Achieve Education Development Outcome in Sub-Saharan Africa

Federal grant opportunity posted by Agency for International Development, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$10M-$40M
Award range
Closed
Status
August 11, 2019
Close date
4
Expected awards

The verdict

Blended Finance: Leveraging Private Capital and Supporting Entrepreneurs to Achieve Education Development Outcome in Sub-Saharan Africa is a closed discretionary listing from Agency for International Development that offered $10,000,000 -- $40,000,000 across 4 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 753 other opportunities from Agency for International Development.

$10M-$40M
award range
Closed
application status
4
expected awards
98.001
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Blended Finance: Leveraging Private Capital a… is closed (last close August 11, 2019). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Agency for International Development still indexes 753 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed August 11, 2019

Posted Apr 11 Closes Aug 11

Expected Awards

4

Instrument

Other

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

Through the Blended Finance: Leveraging PrivateCapital and Supporting Entrepreneurs to Achieve Education Development Outcomein Sub-Saharan Africa Addendum, USAID invites Concept Papers that focus on mobilizing finance and stimulating innovation in the education sector through partnershipswith theprivate sector that support areas relevant to USAID’s 2018 Education Policy in selected Sub-Saharan African countries.USAID is particularly interested in working with financial intermediaries tosupport entrepreneurs that provide direct and ancillary education services thatbenefit disadvantaged populations. The objective of this Addendum is to increase access to quality education through public-private partnerships known as Global Development Alliances.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · 7200AA19APS00009

Grants.gov marks Blended Finance: Leveraging Private Capital a… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Unrestricted / see official listing). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Other. Funding-activity code maps to Education (ED). This eligibility-code string dominates the Agency for International Development book (340 peers, 45% of 754).

Code 99
Unrestricted / see official listing

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Agency Contact

Sharon M. Baker Supervisory Agreement Officer, M/OAA/E3

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