Closed · 72043825RFA00001 · CFDA 98.001 · Discretionary

Business Excellence for Sustainability and Transparency (BEST) Phase II Activity

Federal grant opportunity posted by Philippines USAID-Manila, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$10M-$10M
Award range
Closed
Status
February 12, 2025
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

Business Excellence for Sustainability and Transparency (BEST) Phase II Activity is a closed discretionary listing from Philippines USAID-Manila that offered $10,000,000 -- $10,000,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 60 other opportunities from Philippines USAID-Manila.

$10M-$10M
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
98.001
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Business Excellence for Sustainability and Tr… is closed (last close February 12, 2025). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Philippines USAID-Manila still indexes 60 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 February 12, 2025

Posted Nov 22 Closes Feb 12

Est. Total Funding

$10,000,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The USAID Business Excellence for Sustainability and Transparency (BEST) Phase II Activity will further advance key elements of the original activity and incorporate new elements to improve long-term sustainability of the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector. BEST Phase II will work more closely with Mongolian government entities and civil society organizations (CSOs), providing training and capacity building so they can more effectively advise SMEs. In addition, BEST Phase II will include a component to work with SMEs directly to improve their energy efficiency and environmental sustainability to improve their overall competitiveness. Similar to BEST, the goal of BEST Phase II is to build the capacity of SMEs so they can more powerfully serve as an engine for Mongolia’s economic growth and diversification. Best Phase II will Improve capacity of Mongolian institutions;Improve corporate governance of SMEs; andImprove energy efficiency and environmental sustainability of SMEs.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · 72043825RFA00001

Grants.gov marks Business Excellence for Sustainability and Tr… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Unrestricted / see official listing). 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 Philippines USAID-Manila book (32 peers, 52% of 61).

Code 99
Unrestricted / see official listing

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

Howard Weston Grantor

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