Closed · HRV2024NOFO001 · CFDA 19.900 · Discretionary

Upholding Democracy, Empowering Civil Society, the Judiciary, and Increasing Transparency in Croatia

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

$50K-$150K
Award range
Closed
Status
July 22, 2024
Close date
15
Expected awards

The verdict

Upholding Democracy, Empowering Civil Society, the Judiciary, and Increasing Transparency in Croatia is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to Croatia that offered $50,000 -- $150,000 across 15 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 9 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to Croatia.

$50K-$150K
award range
Closed
application status
15
expected awards
19.900
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Upholding Democracy is closed (last close July 22, 2024). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. U.S. Mission to Croatia still indexes 9 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 July 22, 2024

Posted Jun 21 Closes Jul 22

Est. Total Funding

$500,000

Expected Awards

15

Instrument

Grant

Description

Through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), the U.S. Embassy in Zagreb aims to support projects focused on increasing the capacity and resilience of civil society and advancing rule of law and transparency in Croatia. These projects should address the following areas: Monitoring and Advocacy: Assessing progress in democracy and transparency efforts, advocating for policy reforms, and increasing the capacity and resilience of civil society to counter anti-democratic trends. Capacity Building: Enhancing the capacity and resilience of civil society organizations to counter anti-democratic trends, conduct advocacy and research, and serve as effective watchdogs. Judicial Training and Reform: Providing specialized training for judges, prosecutors, and investigators to improve adjudication of human rights cases, enhance judicial independence, and strengthen the rule of law. Improving the capacity, accountability and independence of judges, prosecutors, investigators, oversight institutions and lawyers. Government Transparency: Increasing transparency in government operations, particularly in public procurement processes, and ensuring that information is freely available and accessible to the public. Empowering Citizens and Improving Access to Justice: Enhancing citizen participation in democracy and governance processes, strengthening whistleblower protections to encourage reporting of corruption and wrongdoing, and improving access to justice for all citizens, particularly marginalized communities. Raising public awareness about corruption. Applicants must clearly define their project goals and outcomes, set measurable project objectives, rationalize their methodology, and identify specific performance metrics. They are strongly encouraged to formulate sustainable, impactful projects aligning with their organizations' long-term goals, incorporating a robust public communication strategy. Proposals should address potential implementation challenges and detail strategies for risk mitigation. Eligible projects and applicants must maintain political neutrality, refraining from affiliations or endorsements of any political entities.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · HRV2024NOFO001

Grants.gov marks Upholding Democracy 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 Croatia book (9 peers, 90% of 10).

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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