How much funding is available in total?

$4,932,500 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.

FederalClosing soonFixed dateBureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor

Emergency Assistance for Fundamental Freedom Defenders

Award ceiling: up to $4,932,500
Closes: Sep 8, 2026
Last verified: 2026-09-04

Awards up to $4,932,500 per recipient for others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing Sep 8, 2026.

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Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Other

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Emergency Assistance for Fundamental Freedom Defenders awards up to $4,932,500 per recipient, open to others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing Sep 8, 2026.

Record fields

Program pool (total): $4,932,500
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): $4,932,500
Award floor: $0
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Sep 8, 2026
Deadline type: Fixed date
Opens: Sep 1, 2026
Status: Closing soon
Eligible entities: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Geography: Not stated
Matching funds: No
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Application effort: Not confirmed
Use of funds: short-term emergency funding to enable them to continue their work pressing for democratic government and reform and respect for human rights
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

$4,932,500

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

$4,932,500

Who can apply?

level

federal

Derived from the source that published this record

entity

Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Source field: entity types

industry

Other

Source field: industries

demographic

individuals and organizations that face imminent threat due to their work to promote and defend fundamental freedoms

Source field: demographics

use

short-term emergency funding to enable them to continue their work pressing for democratic government and reform and respect for human rights

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

The following organizations are eligible to apply: -U.S.-based non-profit organizations/NGOs with or without 501(c)(3) status -Private, public, or state institutions of higher education -For-profit organizations or businesses -Foreign-based non-profit organizations/nongovernment organizations (NGO)

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

When does it close?

Sep 8, 20261 dayDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

1 categoryThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.

short-term emergency funding to enable them to continue their work pressing for democratic government and reform and respect for human rights

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

70 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Among open records stored under Other, 70 of 91 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:

25th percentile$26,650
Median$150,000
75th percentile$4,983,125

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.

Common questions

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How much can one applicant receive?: Up to $4,932,500 per recipient.
How much funding is available in total?: $4,932,500 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?: Sep 8, 2026.
Who is eligible to apply?: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification).
What can the funding be used for?: short-term emergency funding to enable them to continue their work pressing for democratic government and reform and respect for human rights, 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

Retrieved2026-09-04

MethodAutomated check

First seen2026-09-04

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