Closed · AF-ESF-CY2019-GR-SSH-06010701 · CFDA 19.022 · Other

Ambassador's Special Self Help Program

Federal grant opportunity posted by U.S. Mission to Tanzania, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$2K-$10K
Award range
Closed
Status
July 1, 2019
Close date
8
Expected awards

The verdict

Ambassador's Special Self Help Program is a closed other listing from U.S. Mission to Tanzania that offered $2,000 -- $10,000 across 8 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 18 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to Tanzania.

$2K-$10K
award range
Closed
application status
8
expected awards
19.022
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Ambassador's Special Self Help Program is closed (last close July 1, 2019). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. U.S. Mission to Tanzania still indexes 18 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 July 1, 2019

Posted Jun 10 Closes Jul 1

Est. Total Funding

$50,000

Expected Awards

8

Instrument

Grant

Description

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam announcesan open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry outprojects through the Ambassador’s Special Self Help (SSH) Small Grants Program. Economic Empowerment The Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Fund welcomes innovative and unique incomegenerating activities within a community that improve the livelihood of disadvantaged populations, including people with disabilities, orphans, elderly, or victims of sexual exploitation or trafficking. The proposed activity should provide a benefit for the community-at-large. Advancement of Women and Girls The Embassy encourages proposals that support women’s economic or social empowerment, women’s employment, and marketable skills. Emphasis will be given to the expansion of women owned businesses that train, employ, and empower women and girls. Children / Youth Ambassador's Special Self Help grants may also support community programs benefiting children and youth. Community-led activities covering a broad range of youth services including sustainable nutrition programs and innovative youth empowerment initiatives are welcome. · The organization will have to provide ongoing project reports. U.S. Embassy staff will make periodic visitsto the project site. · Recipient communities must demonstrate their substantial commitment by either contributing to the project financially or providing labor orsupplies (in kind contribution) to carry out the project. · Proposed projects must be well planned and ready to be implemented and must be easily self-sustaining when thegrant is completed. Projects must be completed in less than one year. · The organization must obtain approval from the local development committee, district and/or authorities,local village and/or district councils before submission of the proposal to the U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam. Please refer to the link below for the complete NOFO and application package: Auth

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · AF-ESF-CY2019-GR-SSH-06010701

Grants.gov marks Ambassador's Special Self Help Program with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Community Development (CD). This eligibility-code string dominates the U.S. Mission to Tanzania book (11 peers, 58% of 19).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

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.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Agency Contact

Cristen Barnes Grants Coordinator

What to do next

Ambassador's Special Self Help Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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