Growth for Women-Owned Businesses Program

The summary for the Growth for Women-Owned Businesses Program grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.
Growth for Women-Owned Businesses Program: The U.S. Embassy Kabul Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce funding is available for business proposals that will increase the hiring and/or production capacity of businesses owned or managed by women. This opportunity will fund small investments in equipment, facilities, or training that will allow women-owned/managed and women-employing businesses to increase their production and to create jobs for women within existing companies. Applicants must be able to prove that the activities facilitated by this grant will provide benefits to women, for example, by increasing employment or enhancing production capacity.
Federal Grant Title: Growth for Women-Owned Businesses Program
Federal Agency Name: Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs
Grant Categories: Business and Commerce
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: SCAKAB-12-AW-013-SCA-05232012
Type of Funding: Grant
CFDA Numbers: 19.501
CFDA Descriptions: Public Diplomacy Programs for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Current Application Deadline: Jul 30, 2012
Original Application Deadline: Jul 30, 2012
Posted Date: May 23, 2012
Creation Date: May 23, 2012
Archive Date: Aug 29, 2012
Total Program Funding:
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $50,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $5,000
Expected Number of Awards:
Cost Sharing or Matching: No
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility
Only Afghan businesses that are owned or managed by women, employ women in skilled positions, and can demonstrate that the grant will directly benefit women employees are eligible to apply for this grant.
Grant Announcement Contact
Cynthia Rafferty, Grants Manager Public Affairs Section U.S. Embassy, Kabul, Afghanistan
Inquiries and Submissions [[email protected]]
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