How much can one applicant receive?

$1,000 – $100,000 per recipient. The source states: “Award floor is $1,000 and award ceiling is $100,000. Estimated total funding is $200,000.”.

How much funding is available in total?

$200,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.

Is matching funding required?

No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing is false.

OtherOpenDepartment of State, U.S. Mission to the United Nations-Geneva

U.S. Mission to the United Nations-Geneva, Small Grants Program

Awards $1,000 – $100,000 per recipient for civil society organizations, foreign public entities, nongovernmental organizations, not-for-profit educational institutions, not-for-profit organizations, other legal entity, public international organizations, think-tanks, un organizations, closing Not stated.

Official page

Civil society organizations Foreign public entitiesNongovernmental organizationsNot-for-profit educational institutionsNot-for-profit organizations Other Legal Entity Public International OrganizationsThink-tanksUN organizationsOther (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)

In one sentence

U.S. Mission to the United Nations-Geneva, Small Grants Program awards $1,000 – $100,000 per recipient, open to civil society organizations, foreign public entities, nongovernmental organizations, not-for-profit educational institutions, not-for-profit organizations, other legal entity, public…

Record fields

Program pool (total): $200,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): $100,000
Award floor is $1,000 and award ceiling is $100,000. Estimated total funding is $200,000.
Award floor: $1,000
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Not stated
Deadline type: unknown
Opens: Nov 10, 2022
Status: Open
Eligible entities: Civil society organizations · Foreign public entities · Nongovernmental organizations · Not-for-profit educational institutions · Not-for-profit organizations · Other Legal Entity · Public International Organizations · Think-tanks · UN organizations
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

$200,000

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

$100,000

Source wording: “Award floor is $1,000 and award ceiling is $100,000. Estimated total funding is $200,000.”

Who can apply?

entity

Civil society organizations, Foreign public entities, Nongovernmental organizations, Not-for-profit educational institutions, Not-for-profit organizations, Other Legal Entity, Public International Organizations, Think-tanks, UN organizations

Source field: entity types

industry

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

Source field: industries

use

Advancing gender across the range of Mission Geneva's priority areas, Mobilizing action on climate change, Monitoring and managing the response to humanitarian crises, Promoting human rights, including the protection of human rights defenders, Promoting transparency, accountability, and efficiency in the UN system, Strengthening global public health and global health security systems

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

Applications welcome from both individuals and organizations based in Geneva or abroad. For-profit organizations and commercial entities are not eligible. Applicants must have a presence in Geneva and/or carry out work in Geneva. Proposals subject to compliance with U.S. Federal and Public Diplomacy regulations and guidelines.

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

When does it close?

Not statedunknown deadline

Deadline not stated on this summary page. The full notice must be consulted for application deadline information.

What can the money be used for?

Promoting human rights, including the protection of human rights defendersMonitoring and managing the response to humanitarian crisesStrengthening global public health and global health security systemsMobilizing action on climate changePromoting transparency, accountability, and efficiency in the UN systemAdvancing gender across the range of Mission Geneva's priority areas

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 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?: $1,000 – $100,000 per recipient. The source states: “Award floor is $1,000 and award ceiling is $100,000. Estimated total funding is $200,000.”.
How much funding is available in total?: $200,000 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?: Civil society organizations, Foreign public entities, Nongovernmental organizations, Not-for-profit educational institutions, Not-for-profit organizations, Other Legal Entity, Public International Organizations, Think-tanks, UN organizations.
What can the funding be used for?: Promoting human rights, including the protection of human rights defenders, Monitoring and managing the response to humanitarian crises, Strengthening global public health and global health security systems, Mobilizing action on climate change, Promoting transparency, accountability, and efficiency in the UN system, Advancing gender across the range of Mission Geneva's priority areas, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?: No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing is false.

Provenance

Source pagegrants.gov

Retrieved2026-09-01

MethodAutomated check

First seen2026-09-01

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.