How much funding is available in total?

$35,000 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.

FederalClosedFixed dateU.S. Mission to El Salvador

Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund 2026 El Salvador

Award ceiling: $5,000 – $35,000
Closes: May 8, 2026
Last verified: 2026-09-24

Awards $5,000 – $35,000 per recipient for for profit organizations other than small businesses, closing May 8, 2026.

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For profit organizations other than small businessesBusiness & Commerce

In one sentence

Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund 2026 El Salvador awards $5,000 – $35,000 per recipient, open to for profit organizations other than small businesses, closing May 8, 2026.

Record fields

Program pool (total): $35,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): $35,000
Award floor: $5,000
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: May 8, 2026
Deadline type: Fixed date
Opens: Apr 7, 2026
Status: Closed
Eligible entities: For profit organizations other than small businesses
Geography: Not stated
Matching funds: No
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Application effort: Not confirmed
Use of funds: Security · Economic prosperity · Education and skill development in fields of economic importance to El Salvador and the United States · Community building to disincentivize criminality and illegal immigration · Leadership aligned with U.S. interests · Workshops, training sessions, networking events, mentorship, collaborative programs
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

$35,000

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

$35,000

Who can apply?

level

federal

Derived from the source that published this record

entity

For profit organizations other than small businesses

Source field: entity types

industry

Business & Commerce

Source field: industries

demographic

Alumni of U.S. government-funded or sponsored exchange programs

Source field: demographics

use

Community building to disincentivize criminality and illegal immigration, Economic prosperity, Education and skill development in fields of economic importance to El Salvador and the United States, Leadership aligned with U.S. interests, Security, Workshops, training sessions, networking events, mentorship, collaborative programs

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit

clause 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?

May 8, 2026ClosedDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

6 categorysThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.

SecurityEconomic prosperityEducation and skill development in fields of economic importance to El Salvador and the United StatesCommunity building to disincentivize criminality and illegal immigrationLeadership aligned with U.S. interestsWorkshops, training sessions, networking events, mentorship, collaborative programs

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

What comparable notices state

5 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Sample too small. 5 open records stored under Business & Commerce state an award ceiling, and no figures are shown below 10. Three records do not have a middle, and a median drawn from them would be read as a benchmark.

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?: $5,000 – $35,000 per recipient.
How much funding is available in total?: $35,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
When is the application deadline?: May 8, 2026.
Who is eligible to apply?: For profit organizations other than small businesses.
What can the funding be used for?: Security, Economic prosperity, Education and skill development in fields of economic importance to El Salvador and the United States, Community building to disincentivize criminality and illegal immigration, Leadership aligned with U.S. interests, Workshops, training sessions, networking events, mentorship, collaborative programs, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?: No. The source states that no matching funds are required.

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Provenance

Source pagegrants.gov

Retrieved2026-09-24

MethodAutomated check

First seen2026-09-24

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