AFCP 2020 Small Grants Competition

Awards $10,000 – $200,000 per recipient for city or township governments, county governments, ministries of culture, museums, non-governmental organizations, nonprofit, nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the irs, other legal entity, public agency, similar institutions and organizations, state governments, u.s.-based organizations subject to section 501(c)(3) of the tax code, closing Not stated.

City or township governmentsCounty governmentsMinistries of cultureMuseumsNon-governmental organizationsNonprofitNonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRSOther Legal EntityPublic AgencySimilar institutions and organizationsState governmentsU.S.-based organizations subject to Section 501(c)(3) of the tax codeEgyptArtsCultural preservation

In one sentence

AFCP 2020 Small Grants Competition awards $10,000 – $200,000 per recipient, open to city or township governments, county governments, ministries of culture, museums, non-governmental organizations, nonprofit, nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the irs, other legal entity, public agency,…

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)
$200,000
AFCP small grants range from a floor of $10,000 to a maximum of $200,000 per project.
Award floor
$10,000
Typical award
Not confirmed
Deadline
Not stated
Deadline type
fixed
Opens
Not stated
Status
Forecasted
Eligible entities
City or township governments · County governments · Ministries of culture · Museums · Non-governmental organizations · Nonprofit · Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS · Other Legal Entity · Public Agency · Similar institutions and organizations · State governments · U.S.-based organizations subject to Section 501(c)(3) of the tax code
Geography
Egypt
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
$200,000

Source wording: “AFCP small grants range from a floor of $10,000 to a maximum of $200,000 per project.

Who can apply?

entity

City or township governments, County governments, Ministries of culture, Museums, Non-governmental organizations, Nonprofit, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, Other Legal Entity, Public Agency, Similar institutions and organizations, State governments, U.S.-based organizations subject to Section 501(c)(3) of the tax code

Source field: entity types
state

Egypt

Source field: states
industry

Arts, Cultural preservation

Source field: industries
use

Conservation needs assessments and treatment, Conservation of ancient or historic buildings, Creation of safe environments for storage or display of collections, Documentation and audiovisual recording of traditional music, Documentation of cultural sites, Documentation of indigenous languages and dance forms, Inventory of collections for conservation purposes, Preservation of archaeological sites, Specialized training in care and preservation of collections, Training in preservation of traditional applied arts or crafts

Source field: use of funds
size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit
clause text

AFCP does not award grants to individuals, commercial entities, or to embassies or past award recipients which have not fulfilled the reporting requirements of previous AFCP awards. Eligible project applicants are described as reputable and accountable non-commercial entities that are registered and active in SAM.gov and able to demonstrate that they have the requisite experience and capacity to manage projects to preserve cultural heritage.

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

The deadline for submitting proposals is December 5, 2019.

What can the money be used for?

Conservation of ancient or historic buildingsPreservation of archaeological sitesDocumentation of cultural sitesConservation needs assessments and treatmentInventory of collections for conservation purposesCreation of safe environments for storage or display of collectionsSpecialized training in care and preservation of collectionsDocumentation and audiovisual recording of traditional musicDocumentation of indigenous languages and dance formsTraining in preservation of traditional applied arts or crafts

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: false

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?
$10,000 – $200,000 per recipient. The source states: “AFCP small grants range from a floor of $10,000 to a maximum of $200,000 per project.”.
Who is eligible to apply?
City or township governments, County governments, Ministries of culture, Museums, Non-governmental organizations, Nonprofit, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, Other Legal Entity, Public Agency, Similar institutions and organizations, State governments, U.S.-based organizations subject to Section 501(c)(3) of the tax code.
Which locations are eligible?
Egypt.
What can the funding be used for?
Conservation of ancient or historic buildings, Preservation of archaeological sites, Documentation of cultural sites, Conservation needs assessments and treatment, Inventory of collections for conservation purposes, Creation of safe environments for storage or display of collections, Specialized training in care and preservation of collections, Documentation and audiovisual recording of traditional music, Documentation of indigenous languages and dance forms, Training in preservation of traditional applied arts or crafts, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?
No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing: false
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.