Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Fund
- Award ceiling
- $3,000 – $9,000
- Closes
- Not stated
- Last verified
- 2026-10-16
Awards $3,000 – $9,000 per recipient for nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the irs, other than institutions of higher education.
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationHousing, Community & Economic Development
In one sentence
Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Fund awards $3,000 – $9,000 per recipient, open to nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the irs, other than institutions of higher education.
Record fields
- Program pool (total)
- $75,000Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
- Award ceiling (per project)
- $9,000
- Award floor
- $3,000
- Typical award
- Not confirmed
- Deadline
- Not stated
- Deadline type
- Not stated
- Opens
- Aug 31, 2021
- Status
- Forecasted
- Eligible entities
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Geography
- Not stated
- Matching funds
- No
- Disbursement
- Not confirmed
- Application effort
- Not confirmed
- Use of funds
- Education · Health · Development · Vocational training and income-generating activities
- 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
$75,000Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
$9,000Who can apply?
level
Derived from the source that published this record
entity
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Source field: entity typesindustry
Source field: industries
demographic
orphans and homeless children, people living with disabilities, victims of gender-based violence, women
Source field: demographicsuse
Development, Education, Health, Vocational training and income-generating activities
Source field: use of fundssize limit
Not confirmed
Source field: applicant size limitclause text
Not confirmed
We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.When does it close?
Not statedDeadline type Not stated
What can the money be used for?
4 categorysThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
EducationHealthDevelopmentVocational training and income-generating activities
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?
1 fieldEffort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.
- Application effort
- Not confirmed
- Disbursement
- Not confirmed
- Matching funds
- No
Who has received this funding?
840 awardsAwards on file for this programme, counted rather than modelled.
840 prior awards on file for this programme, largest first. Every row comes from the funder's own award listing; nothing here is estimated.
| Recipient | State | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $25,000 | 2018 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $24,000 | 2024 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $20,000 | 2021 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $20,000 | 2025 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $20,000 | 2024 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $20,000 | 2024 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $19,976 | 2023 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $17,500 | 2024 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $16,500 | 2023 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $16,500 | 2023 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $16,030 | 2023 |
| INITIATIVE HUMANITAIRE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT | Not stated | $16,000 | 2024 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $16,000 | 2024 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $16,000 | 2023 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $15,805 | 2023 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $15,000 | 2022 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $15,000 | 2022 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $15,000 | 2021 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $15,000 | 2021 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $15,000 | 2024 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $15,000 | 2022 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $15,000 | 2022 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $15,000 | 2024 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $15,000 | 2023 |
| MOUCECORE | Not stated | $15,000 | 2022 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $14,805 | 2021 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $14,706 | 2023 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $14,660 | 2024 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $14,550 | 2024 |
| EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE FOR RURAL WOMEN AND ADOLESCENTS | Not stated | $14,300 | 2024 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $14,300 | 2023 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $14,200 | 2023 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $14,200 | 2025 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $14,000 | 2024 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $14,000 | 2021 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $13,770 | 2024 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $13,711 | 2025 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $13,333 | 2023 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $13,333 | 2023 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $13,090 | 2023 |
| NYAHUNURE COMMUNITY TRUST | Not stated | $13,000 | 2023 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $12,500 | 2025 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $12,500 | 2022 |
| ADRA I ANGOLA | Not stated | $12,000 | 2024 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $12,000 | 2025 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $12,000 | 2023 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $12,000 | 2022 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $12,000 | 2024 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $11,685 | 2024 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $11,650 | 2024 |
| FATU YEALIE'S FOUNDATION | Not stated | $11,500 | 2025 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $11,500 | 2023 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $11,500 | 2025 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $11,500 | 2023 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $11,380 | 2023 |
| NTCHISI EVANGELICAL CHURCHES CONSORTIUM FOR SOCIAL SERVICES | Not stated | $11,312 | 2025 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $11,213 | 2023 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $11,150 | 2024 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $11,075 | 2024 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $11,000 | 2024 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $10,909 | 2024 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $10,900 | 2025 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $10,888 | 2025 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $10,882 | 2022 |
| VANA FAMILY TRUST | Not stated | $10,774 | 2023 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $10,754 | 2024 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $10,700 | 2024 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $10,675 | 2022 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $10,634 | 2021 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $10,599 | 2024 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $10,574 | 2024 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $10,477 | 2024 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $10,453 | 2025 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $10,443 | 2023 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $10,435 | 2024 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $10,347 | 2023 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $10,236 | 2023 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $10,209 | 2024 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $10,200 | 2024 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $10,197 | 2023 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $10,094 | 2023 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | Not stated | $10,090 | 2022 |
| ADRA I ANGOLA | Not stated | $10,000 | 2025 |
| ADRA I ANGOLA | Not stated | $10,000 | 2022 |
| AFFIRMATIVE ACTION INITIATIVE FOR WOMEN | Not stated | $10,000 | 2022 |
| AFRICA MASKENT | Not stated | $10,000 | 2025 |
| ARBSOURCE, LLC | Not stated | $10,000 | 2022 |
| ASSOCIACAO OLHAI FUTURO DA CRIANCA | Not stated | $10,000 | 2023 |
| ASSOCIATION JEKA BAARA | Not stated | $10,000 | 2022 |
| ASSOCIATION NOMADE AGNA | Not stated | $10,000 | 2022 |
| ASSOCIATION POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT ET LA PAIX AU NORD DU MALI | Not stated | $10,000 | 2025 |
| CARE FOR LIFE INC | Not stated | $10,000 | 2024 |
| CARITAS DIOCESANA DE NACALA | Not stated | $10,000 | 2025 |
| CENTRO MULTIFUNCIONAL IR. MARIA DIONICE | Not stated | $10,000 | 2025 |
| CENTRO MULTIFUNCIONAL IR. MARIA DIONICE | Not stated | $10,000 | 2022 |
| CITIZEN CONCERNED | Not stated | $10,000 | 2023 |
| ESMABAMA | Not stated | $10,000 | 2024 |
| FONDATION SAHEL | Not stated | $10,000 | 2023 |
| GAIA VACCINE FOUNDATION | Not stated | $10,000 | 2023 |
| GIC GEDEVKE | Not stated | $10,000 | 2022 |
Recipient names as published by the California Grants Portal.
What comparable notices state
26 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.
Among open records stored under Housing, Community & Economic Development, 26 of 44 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:
- 25th percentile$137,500
- Median$1,000,000
- 75th percentile$2,812,500
A statistical estimate, not a prediction. It describes what a set of notices has published in this catalogue on the day you read it, and says nothing about what this programme will award. Records stating no ceiling are excluded rather than counted as zero, and the programme pool — what a funder has across every applicant — is a different column and is never mixed in.
Who has won this programme before?
840 awardsAwards under the same assistance listing, not under this notice.
840 federal awards on file under assistance listing 19.220, the programme this notice is published under. These are not awards made under this notice — a listing covers every year the programme runs, and awards under an open notice do not exist yet.
- $25,000MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEESlocation not stated · FY2018
- $24,000MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEESlocation not stated · FY2024
- $20,000MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEESlocation not stated · FY2024
- $20,000MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEESlocation not stated · FY2024
- $20,000MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEESlocation not stated · FY2025
Common questions
6 questionsEvery answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.
- How much can one applicant receive?
- $3,000 – $9,000 per recipient.
- How much funding is available in total?
- $75,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
- Who is eligible to apply?
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
- What can the funding be used for?
- Education, Health, Development, Vocational training and income-generating activities, as classified by the source.
- Is matching funding required?
- No. The source states that no matching funds are required.
- Has this programme funded anyone before?
- 840 prior awards are on file for this programme, made by U.S. Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Recipients, amounts and fiscal years are listed on this page.
AI summary of the source text
Optional. Every core field on this record is already above, free and complete.
AI summary of the source text
Studio reads this record’s stored eligibility and materials text and breaks it into separate points, each quoting the exact words it came from. It never writes application prose, never guesses at a field the source did not state, and never estimates anyone’s chances.
Included with Studio
Sign inWhat else is open
Also open from U.S. Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo
- Promoting Human Rights For Vulnerable Children in Haut-KatangaCloses Not statedAwards up to $395,000
Also open under assistance listing 19.220
A listing names the programme; a notice names one round of it. These are other rounds open now, not other years of this one.
- U.S. Embassy Praia Ambassador’s Special Self-Help (SSH) ProgramCloses Not statedAwards $3,000 – $10,000
Provenance
Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-10-16
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-08-31
Assistance listing19.220
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.