How much can one applicant receive?

Up to $20,000 per recipient. The source states: “Award ceiling is $20,000 per grant”.

Is matching funding required?

No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing is not required

OtherForecastedFixedU.S. Mission to China (Department of State)

Small Grant Program in the People's Republic of China

Awards Up to $20,000 per recipient for individual, individuals, nonprofit, nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the irs, other than institutions of higher education, not for profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations, other legal entity, public and private educational institutions, closing Not stated.

Official page

Individual Individuals Nonprofit Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationNot for profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizationsOther Legal Entity Public and private educational institutions Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)

In one sentence

Small Grant Program in the People's Republic of China awards up to $20,000 per recipient, open to individual, individuals, nonprofit, nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the irs, other than institutions of higher education, not for profit organizations, including think tanks and civil…

Record fields

Program pool (total): Not confirmed
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): $20,000
Award ceiling is $20,000 per grant
Award floor: Not confirmed
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Not stated
Deadline type: fixed
Opens: Not stated
Status: Forecasted
Eligible entities: Individual · Individuals · Nonprofit · Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education · Not for profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations · Other Legal Entity · Public and private educational institutions
Geography: Not stated
Matching funds: No
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Application effort: Not confirmed
Currency: USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle

Not stated

Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive

$20,000

Source wording: “Award ceiling is $20,000 per grant”

Who can apply?

entity

Individual, Individuals, Nonprofit, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Not for profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations, Other Legal Entity, Public and private educational institutions

Source field: entity types

industry

Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)

Source field: industries

use

Civil engagement, Education, Environmental protection, Good governance, Human rights, Multilateral economic engagement, Rule of law

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

Eligibility is limited to entities qualified to receive U.S. grants and able to develop and implement programs in the People's Republic of China. For-profit/commercial entities will not be considered. Proposals for the establishment of projects/programs in Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan will not be considered.

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

Not statedfixed deadline

Estimated application due date

What can the money be used for?

Civil engagementHuman rightsGood governanceRule of lawEnvironmental protectionEducationMultilateral economic engagement

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

Application effort: Not confirmed
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Matching funds: No
Cost sharing is not required

Who has received this funding?

No award records yet

We hold no prior awards for this programme. That is a gap in what we have connected, not a finding that the programme has never funded anyone — check the official page, which may list past recipients.

Common questions

Every answer below is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.

How much can one applicant receive?: Up to $20,000 per recipient. The source states: “Award ceiling is $20,000 per grant”.
Who is eligible to apply?: Individual, Individuals, Nonprofit, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Not for profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations, Other Legal Entity, Public and private educational institutions.
What can the funding be used for?: Civil engagement, Human rights, Good governance, Rule of law, Environmental protection, Education, Multilateral economic engagement, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?: No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing is not required

Provenance

Source pagegrants.gov

Retrieved2026-08-31

MethodAutomated check

First seen2026-08-31

The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.