Closed · AFPRA-FY21-04 · CFDA 19.040 · Discretionary
Increasing Entrepreneurship amongst Cabo Verdean Artists through Virtual Concert Series “Kriolu Kafe”
Federal grant opportunity posted by U.S. Mission to Cape Verde, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $15K-$25K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- June 30, 2021
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
Increasing Entrepreneurship amongst Cabo Verdean Artists through Virtual Concert Series “Kriolu Kafe” is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to Cape Verde that offered $15,000 -- $25,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 13 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to Cape Verde.
- $15K-$25K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 19.040
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Increasing Entrepreneurship amongst Cabo Verd… is closed (last close June 30, 2021). The parent program page for CFDA 19.040 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. U.S. Mission to Cape Verde still indexes 13 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 June 30, 2021
Est. Total Funding
$25,000
Expected Awards
1
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The U.S. Embassy Praia of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program to increase entrepreneurship amongst Cabo Verdean artist through the virtual concert series “Kriolu Kafe.” Please follow all instructions below.Program Objectives: This program seeks to award a cooperative agreement for up to $25,000 to host four virtual concerts featuring Cabo Verdean and American artists via the “live” function on U.S. Embassy Praia’s Facebook and Instagram accounts. The purpose of this project is to promote mutual understanding between the U.S. and Cabo Verde through the arts, and to promote a series of entrepreneurship conferences for artists with speakers provided by U.S. Embassy Praia.U.S. Embassy created “Kriolu Kafe” in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic to show support for the local artist community and provide a mechanism to teach artists key entrepreneurship tenets, and how to critically think about how to sell their art in the global marketplace. This program has been very successful so far, and the Embassy expects that the concert series will continue to be successful in the future.Applicants are expected to manage all logistical requirements for the concert series including but not limited to professional lighting, sound and high-quality film production. Furthermore, applicants are expected to work with the Public Diplomacy (PD) Section at U.S. Embassy Praia to identify artistic talent and concert themes. The PD section reserves the right to approve all artistic and logistics decisions. The PD Section will pay for American artists separately, and will manage all logistics for any participating American artists in addition to providing no-cost venues.Applicants should budget for local contracting of lighting, sound and camera services, light food and beverage services for each concert. Furthermore, applicants should budget for three virtual entrepreneurship workshops and at least one in-person workshop if the COVID-19 pandemic permits. Line items may include but are not limited to rental of conference space, acquisition of conference services including coffee/tea service and lunch during each conference, honoraria and travel costs for local speakers and any technical support including costs for WIFI.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · AFPRA-FY21-04
Grants.gov marks Increasing Entrepreneurship amongst Cabo Verd… 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: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Other (O). This eligibility-code string dominates the U.S. Mission to Cape Verde book (13 peers, 93% of 14).
- 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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Parent Grant Program
USAID International Development Grants
U.S. Department of State
Agency Contact
U.S. Embassy Praia PD Grants Team
More from U.S. Mission to Cape Verde
What to do next
Increasing Entrepreneurship amongst Cabo Verd… 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 Cape Verde lists 13 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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