Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0003989
The "2018 Colombia Venezuela Ecuador" opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number SFOP0003989) was a discretionary funding announcement from the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM), using a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument. It was published on February 15, 2018, with an application closing date of March 19, 2018. The award ceiling listed for individual awards was up to $2,000,000. The funding falls under CFDA 19.518 and is categorized broadly under "Other" for program activity.
PRM sought proposals from non-governmental organizations to address urgent humanitarian and local integration needs tied to displacement affecting Colombians across the region. The primary intended beneficiaries were Colombian refugees and asylum seekers in Ecuador and Venezuela, along with Colombian internally displaced persons (IDPs) inside Colombia. The focus was on filling critical gaps in assistance and protection-oriented support, especially for people facing heightened vulnerability, including women, Afro-Colombians, and indigenous communities. PRM emphasized that funded programming should not be generic social services, but should be clearly connected to protection, assistance, and solutions for refugees and other conflict-affected populations.
A central expectation of the grant was that projects would strengthen self-reliance and practical integration outcomes for people of concern. In other words, proposed activities were expected to help beneficiaries become more stable and independent over time, while also improving access to basic services and opportunities in host communities. PRM also encouraged applicants to build alliances with public institutions, with the idea that local and national government agencies often need added capacity to respond effectively to refugee and IDP needs. This reflects a dual approach: direct services to affected individuals paired with capacity-building or coordination that improves the overall service environment.
Geographically, PRM wanted programs concentrated in locations within Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela where refugee and asylum seeker populations were significant and where institutional capacity was weak. The announcement made clear that both rural and urban settings were relevant, as displacement pressures and service gaps can be severe in large cities as well as in smaller border or remote areas. Applicants therefore needed to be intentional about selecting target areas that combined high need with limited local capacity, rather than spreading activities too thinly across many locations.
PRM also set an important threshold for who must be served. Because PRM's mandate centers on refugees, victims of conflict, and other populations of concern, the bureau stated it would only consider projects where at least 50 percent of the target beneficiary base consisted of refugees, IDPs, or other PRM-defined populations of concern. This requirement effectively screened out proposals where displaced people were only a minor subset of a broader development or poverty-alleviation program, ensuring that PRM funds remained tightly aligned with protection and displacement-related outcomes.
Eligibility was open to three broad applicant types: U.S.-based nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education), nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (also excluding higher education institutions), and international organizations. However, international multilateral organizations such as UN agencies were specifically instructed not to apply through Grants.gov under this notice. Those multilateral actors were directed to contact the PRM Program Officer instead, indicating that PRM intended a separate engagement or funding pathway for large multilateral entities.
Overall, the opportunity was designed to support targeted humanitarian assistance and integration support for displaced Colombians in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela, with a strong emphasis on vulnerability-focused programming, measurable improvements in self-reliance, and collaboration with public institutions in high-need areas where government capacity to deliver basic services was limited.Apply for SFOP0003989
- The Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "2018 Colombia Venezuela Ecuador" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.518.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2018-02-15.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2018-03-19. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,000,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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