Closed · AF-TZ-SSH-GR-2020 · CFDA 19.345 · Discretionary

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
April 1, 2020
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Program is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to Tanzania that offered $2,000 -- $10,000. 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
19.345
CFDA program
18
other opportunities from U.S. Mission to Tanzania

Archived opportunity record

Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Program is closed (last close April 1, 2020). 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 April 1, 2020

Posted Jan 16 Closes Apr 1

Est. Total Funding

$50,000

Instrument

Grant

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

The Ambassador’s Special Self-Help (SSH) program started in 1964 in Togo and quickly spread across the continent as a grass-roots assistance program that allows U.S. embassies to respond quickly to local requests for small community-based development projects. The SSH program across Africa received $2 million in 2019 through the Africa Regional Economic Support Fund. The Ambassador’s Special Self-Help (SSH) Program started in Tanzania in 1965. It is distinct from the larger-scale assistance carried out locally by the U.S. government. This program focuses on providing targeted grants to assist small-scale ($2,000-$10,000), short-term (less than 12 months), community-driven development projects that improve economic and social conditions at the local level. Each project is expected to: · Improve basic economic or social conditions at the community or village level; · Support high-impact, quick-implementation activities that benefit a large number of people within one year without requiring further SSH assistance; · Involve a significant local contribution in cash, labor, or material, and be within the ability of the local community to operate and maintain; · Be in direct response to the initiative and aspirations of the local community (the local sponsors of the project, who will also be its prime beneficiaries); and · Not initiate, continue, or supplement technical assistance programs.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · AF-TZ-SSH-GR-2020

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. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Other (O). 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.

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Agency Contact

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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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