Closed · EMBASSY-DHAKA-AFCP-FY25 · CFDA 19.025 · Discretionary

U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) 2025 Grants Program

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

$25K-$500K
Award range
Closed
Status
January 14, 2025
Close date
2
Expected awards

The verdict

U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) 2025 Grants Program is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to Bangladesh that offered $25,000 -- $500,000 across 2 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 15 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to Bangladesh.

$25K-$500K
award range
Closed
application status
2
expected awards
19.025
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservati… is closed (last close January 14, 2025). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. U.S. Mission to Bangladesh still indexes 15 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 January 14, 2025

Posted Nov 14 Closes Jan 14

Expected Awards

2

Instrument

Grant

Description

The AFCP Grants Program supports the preservation of archaeological sites, historic buildings and monuments, museum collections, and forms of traditional cultural expression, such as indigenous languages and crafts.Appropriate project activities may include:•Anastylosis: Reassembling a site from its original parts.•Conservation: Treating or otherwise addressing damage or deterioration to an object or site.•Consolidation: Reconnecting elements of an object or site.•Documentation: Recording the condition and important features of an object, site, or tradition in analog or digital format.•Inventory: Listing of objects, sites, or traditions by location, feature, age, or other unifying characteristic.•Preventive Conservation: Addressing conditions that threaten or damage a site, object, collection, or tradition.•Restoration: Replacing missing elements to recreate the original appearance of an object or site, usually appropriate for fine arts, decorative arts, and historic buildings.•Stabilization: Reducing the physical disturbance or increasing the stability of an object or site.SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING SITES AND OBJECTS HAVING A RELIGIOUS CONNECTION: The establishment clause of the U.S. Constitution permits the government to include religious objects and sites within an aid program under certain conditions. For example, an item with a religious connection (including a place of worship) may be the subject of a cultural preservation grant if the item derives its primary significance from, and is nominated solely on the basis of, architectural, artistic, historical, or other cultural (not religious) criteria.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · EMBASSY-DHAKA-AFCP-FY25

Grants.gov marks U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservati… 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 Bangladesh book (6 peers, 38% of 16).

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

Dhaka Grants Administration Team Public Diplomacy Section U.S. Embassy - Dhaka +880255662000

What to do next

U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservati… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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