Grant Application Process
Eligibility Criteria
To be considered for an ASHA grant, an applicant must be a bona fide private, non-profit founding or sponsoring organization. This organization must be founded by United States citizens who are based in the United States.
- The applicant must be a non-profit U.S. organization, which either founded or sponsors the institution for which assistance is sought. The applicant, for example, can be a nonprofit university or a tax exempt organization under Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 as amended.
- The applicant must demonstrate a continuing supportive relationship with the overseas institution. Evidence of this would be the provision of financial and management support for the institution for 2 years.
- An instruction program must serve the secondary or higher level and must reflect American educational ideas and practices (education at the elementary level will not be supported). A school offering a broad academic program must include instruction on the history, geography, political science, cultural institutions or economics of the United States. English must be used in instruction or taught as a second language. However, the foregoing subject matter and language requirements need not apply to a school offering a specialized course of study.
- A hospital center, in addition to being a treatment facility, must be involved in medical education and research.
- The majority of the users of any institution, e.g., students or patients, must be citizens of countries other than the U.S.
- The institution must be open to all persons regardless of race, religion, sex, color or national origin. (The above shall not be construed to require enrollment of students of both sexes at educational institutions enrolling males or females only.) Assistance may not be used to support any inherently religious activities, such as worship, religious instruction or proselytization.
- The institution must be located outside the U.S. and should not be under the control or management of a government or any of its agencies. The receipt of financial or other assistance from a government or government agency or the observance of national educational or medical standards required by the country where the institution is located does not in itself mean that the institution is “under the control or management” of such government.
- The land, construction or renovation, must either be owned by the USO or OSI. If the land is not owned, the USO or OSI must have a long term lease where the current end date is at least 50 years from the application date.
An Applicant refers to the United States Organization (USO), which is the Founder or Sponsor of an overseas institution (OSI) and accepts an ASHA grant on behalf of the OSI.
A bona fide Private Nonprofit Organization refers to any corporation,
association, cooperative or other organization, founded by U.S.
citizens who reside in the U.S., which (a) is operated primarily
for scientific, educational, service, charitable, or similar purposes
in the public's interest; (b) is not organized primarily for profit;
and (c) uses its net proceeds to maintain, improve, and/or expand
its operations. The said entity should be designated as a nonprofit
organization by the United States Internal Revenue Service under
section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
A Founder refers to a United States Nonprofit Organization,
founded by U.S. citizens who are based in the United States,
that established and played a principal role in bringing into
being an overseas institution. The Founding organization must
own or hold title to the assets of the overseas institution.
A Sponsor refers to a United States Nonprofit Organization founded
by U.S. citizens who reside in the U.S., that through the provision
of financial and management support, has demonstrated a continuing
relationship with an overseas institution, for which it is seeking
assistance. The Sponsor does not have to own or hold title to
the assets of the overseas institution. The overseas institution
must hold title to the assets or a long term lease.
Contact Person:
Ms. Ebony S. Simmons, Grants Management Specialist, American Schools & Hospitals Abroad (ASHA), Bureau of Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, USAID E-Mail: esimmons@usaid.gov
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