Closed · MEPILOCALGRANTS2021 · CFDA 19.500 · Discretionary

MEPI Local Grants 2021

Federal grant opportunity posted by Assistance Coordination, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$50K-$300K
Award range
Closed
Status
August 1, 2021
Close date
30
Expected awards

The verdict

MEPI Local Grants 2021 is a closed discretionary listing from Assistance Coordination that offered $50,000 -- $300,000 across 30 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 114 other opportunities from Assistance Coordination.

$50K-$300K
award range
Closed
application status
30
expected awards
19.500
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

MEPI Local Grants 2021 is closed (last close August 1, 2021). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Assistance Coordination still indexes 114 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 1, 2021

Posted May 24 Closes Aug 1

Est. Total Funding

$2,800,000

Expected Awards

30

Instrument

Grant

Description

The MEPI Local Grants Program seeks projects that build links between and among citizens, civil society, government, and the private sector, and are responsive to emerging opportunities at the local level in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The program supports projects that align with U.S. foreign policy goals and promote U.S. interests in the region, enhancing stability, and increasing prosperity across MENA. These grants are designed to support two priority areas of the MEPI Strategic Framework: Participatory Governance: Enable citizens and civil society to effectively engage with government officials to increase responsiveness to citizen needs. Enhance citizens’ ability to actively participate in their governments and develop a more informed citizenry. Enable government officials’ engagement with, and responsiveness to, their citizens to resolve issues of shared concern. Economic Reform: Enable citizens, policy makers, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector with the skills and resources to provide economic opportunity, foster economic growth, and promote improved business enabling environments. Please refer to the full notice for country-specific project priority areas.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · MEPILOCALGRANTS2021

Grants.gov marks MEPI Local Grants 2021 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 Other (O). This eligibility-code string dominates the Assistance Coordination book (69 peers, 60% of 115).

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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What to do next

MEPI Local Grants 2021 is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants