Closed · DOS-DBN-202001 · CFDA 19.040 · Discretionary

Leveraging the Arts for Empowerment

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

$100K-$115K
Award range
Closed
Status
November 29, 2019
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

Leveraging the Arts for Empowerment is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to South Africa that offered $100,000 -- $115,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 71 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to South Africa.

$100K-$115K
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
19.040
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Leveraging the Arts for Empowerment is closed (last close November 29, 2019). The parent program page for CFDA 19.040 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. U.S. Mission to South Africa still indexes 71 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 November 29, 2019

Posted Oct 28 Closes Nov 29

Est. Total Funding

$115,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Consulate General Durban, South Africa of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to develop and implement a program that would leverage Durban cultural events to address skills shortages and unemployment in South Africa. This public-private partnership meets the U.S. Mission strategic goal to promote prosperity and good governance in South Africa with the goal of helping to close the skills gap and mitigate unemployment nationwide. In collaboration with the Consulate, the project would include recruitment of a U.S filmmaker, a published writer, a poet, and a dance troupe to travel to South Africa and provide training in professional skills such as scriptwriting, videography, storyboarding, storytelling, choreography, and performance. Beneficiaries of this program will also gain critical information about the business side of the creative industry. The U.S. experts will participate in four Durban cultural events between February and October 2020: • Time of the Writer • Durban International Film Festival • Jomba! Contemporary Dance Festival • Poetry Africa Applications should be emailed to DurbanGrants@state.gov.

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 4 doors

Leveraging the Arts for Empowerment bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (4 doors: Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Private institutions of higher education). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Other (O). 17 other U.S. Mission to South Africa listings share this eligibility-code string (24% of 72).

Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 13
Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 20
Private institutions of higher education

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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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 19.040

USAID International Development Grants

U.S. Department of State

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Agency Contact

For questions relating to Grants.gov, please call the Grants.gov Contact Center at 1-800-518-4726. For assistance with the requirements of this solicitation, please contact the U.S. Consulate General Grants Administrator: DurbanGrants@state.gov.

What to do next

Leveraging the Arts for Empowerment is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 19.040 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • USAID International Development Grants indexes 47 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • U.S. Mission to South Africa lists 71 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

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