Emergency Assistance for Fundamental Freedom Defenders
The summary for the Emergency Assistance for Fundamental Freedom Defenders grant is detailed below.
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Emergency Assistance for Fundamental Freedom Defenders: The U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) seeks to make available on-demand, emergency support for individuals and organizations that face imminent threat due to their work to promote and defend fundamental freedoms, including the freedoms of speech, peaceful assembly, and association articulated in the United States’ founding documents. The program will provide assistance to defenders who are facing threat of attack, arbitrary arrest, detention, prosecution, or are otherwise at imminent risk of harm, through a program that provides short-term emergency funding to enable them to continue their work pressing for democratic government and reform and respect for human rights.
| Federal Grant Title: | Emergency Assistance for Fundamental Freedom Defenders |
| Federal Agency Name: | Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor (DOS-DRL) |
| Grant Categories: | Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification) |
| Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | DFOP0019749 |
| Type of Funding: | Cooperative Agreement |
| CFDA Numbers: | 19.345 |
| CFDA Descriptions: | Information not provided |
| Current Application Deadline: | September 8th, 2026 |
| Original Application Deadline: | September 8th, 2026 |
| Posted Date: | September 1st, 2026 |
| Creation Date: | September 1st, 2026 |
| Archive Date: | December 10th, 2026 |
| Total Program Funding: | $4,932,500 |
| Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $4,932,500 |
| Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $0 |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Cost Sharing or Matching: | No |
| Last Updated: | September 1st, 2026 |
- Category Explanation
- Funding for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification.)
- Additional Information on Eligibility
- 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)
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