How much can one applicant receive?

$5,000 – $15,000 per recipient. The source states: “Award floor: $5,000. Award ceiling: $15,000. Expected number of awards: 5.”.

Is matching funding required?

No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost-sharing is not mandatory for projects, but highly encouraged.

OtherClosedUnited States Mission to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva

Small Grants Program

Awards $5,000 – $15,000 per recipient for civil society/non-governmental organizations, educational institutions, governmental institutions, individuals, non-profit institutions, other legal entity, registered not-for-profit organizations, think tanks, closing Not stated.

Official page

Civil society/non-governmental organizationsEducational institutionsGovernmental institutions IndividualsNon-profit institutionsOther Legal EntityRegistered not-for-profit organizationsThink tanks Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)

In one sentence

Small Grants Program awards $5,000 – $15,000 per recipient, open to civil society/non-governmental organizations, educational institutions, governmental institutions, individuals, non-profit institutions, other legal entity, registered not-for-profit organizations, think tanks.

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): $15,000
Award floor: $5,000. Award ceiling: $15,000. Expected number of awards: 5.
Award floor: $5,000
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Not stated
Deadline type: unknown
Opens: May 5, 2020
Status: Closed
Eligible entities: Civil society/non-governmental organizations · Educational institutions · Governmental institutions · Individuals · Non-profit institutions · Other Legal Entity · Registered not-for-profit organizations · Think tanks
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

Not stated

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

$15,000

Source wording: “Award floor: $5,000. Award ceiling: $15,000. Expected number of awards: 5.”

Who can apply?

entity

Civil society/non-governmental organizations, Educational institutions, Governmental institutions, Individuals, Non-profit institutions, Other Legal Entity, Registered not-for-profit organizations, Think tanks

Source field: entity types

industry

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

Source field: industries

use

Academic and professional lectures or panel discussion, Exhibitions and cultural programs, Professional and academic exchanges, Professional development workshops and training, Public awareness campaigns

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

For-profit or commercial entities are not eligible. All programs must include a U.S. element or connection. U.S. Mission Geneva welcomes applications from both individuals and organizations based in Geneva or abroad. Eligible proposals will be subject to compliance of U.S. Federal and Public Diplomacy regulations and guidelines, and may also be reviewed by the Office of the Legal Adviser or by other State Department elements.

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

When does it close?

Closedunknown deadline

Deadline not stated on this page.

What can the money be used for?

Academic and professional lectures or panel discussionExhibitions and cultural programsProfessional and academic exchangesProfessional development workshops and trainingPublic awareness campaigns

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 not mandatory for projects, but highly encouraged.

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?: $5,000 – $15,000 per recipient. The source states: “Award floor: $5,000. Award ceiling: $15,000. Expected number of awards: 5.”.
Who is eligible to apply?: Civil society/non-governmental organizations, Educational institutions, Governmental institutions, Individuals, Non-profit institutions, Other Legal Entity, Registered not-for-profit organizations, Think tanks.
What can the funding be used for?: Academic and professional lectures or panel discussion, Exhibitions and cultural programs, Professional and academic exchanges, Professional development workshops and training, Public awareness campaigns, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?: No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost-sharing is not mandatory for projects, but highly encouraged.

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.