Closed · SCAKAB-23-GR-006-SCA-05032023 · CFDA 19.501 · Discretionary

Empowering Women for Economic Progress

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

$250K-$500K
Award range
Closed
Status
June 23, 2023
Close date
2
Expected awards

The verdict

Empowering Women for Economic Progress is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to Afghanistan that offered $250,000 -- $500,000 across 2 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 100 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to Afghanistan.

$250K-$500K
award range
Closed
application status
2
expected awards
19.501
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Empowering Women for Economic Progress is closed (last close June 23, 2023). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. U.S. Mission to Afghanistan still indexes 100 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 23, 2023

Posted May 17 Closes Jun 23

Est. Total Funding

$1,000,000

Expected Awards

2

Instrument

Grant

Description

This funding opportunity is intended to support women in Afghanistan who face significant challenges and barriers to economic progress, including limited access to employment opportunities, capital, financial services, and education. Empowering women in Afghanistan for economic progress requires a comprehensive approach that addresses the complex challenges facing women and girls in the country. PDS seeks proposals for projects that should address at least one or more of the following areas to help empower women in Afghanistan: Entrepreneurship and Employment: Supporting women to start and run their own businesses, to join other women-led enterprises, or to acquire the skills necessary to start or participate in women-led enterprises, with the goal of creating employment opportunities for women, improving access to capital for women, maintaining the visibility of women in the workforce and economy, maintaining the visibility of women’s contributions to economic growth, and creating pathways for products and services offered by women-led enterprises to domestic and/or export markets.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · SCAKAB-23-GR-006-SCA-05032023

Grants.gov marks Empowering Women for Economic Progress 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 U.S. Mission to Afghanistan book (91 peers, 90% of 101).

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

Grants Management Team Public Diplomacy Section US Mission to Afghanistan

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What to do next

Empowering Women for Economic Progress is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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