Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation - Lebanon 2025
Agency: U.S. Mission to Lebanon
- 19.025 -- U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation
Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026
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Description
The State Department established the AFCP in 2001 at the request of Congress. At the time, the Senate noted that preserving cultural heritage offers an opportunity to showcase a different aspect of America — one that is non-commercial, non-political, and non-military. AFCP projects support U.S. foreign policy and public diplomacy (PD) goals and can contribute to the development of civil society, promote cultural diversity and good governance, create economic opportunity, and help foster political stability.
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Appropriate project activities may include:
· Anastylosis: Reassembling a site using its original parts.
· Conservation: Addressing damage or deterioration to an object or site.
· Consolidation: Connecting or reconnecting elements of an object or site.
· Documentation: Recording the condition and important features of an object, site, or tradition in analog or digital format.
· Inventory: Listing objects, sites, or traditions by location, feature, age, or other unifying characteristics.
· Preventive Conservation: Addressing conditions that threaten or damage a site, object, collection, or tradition.
· Restoration: Replacing missing elements to recreate the original appearance of an object or site, usually appropriate for fine arts, decorative arts, and historic buildings.
· Stabilization: Reducing the physical disturbance of an object or site.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Nonprofit
- Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
Education
- Public and state institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
Government
- State governments
- City or township governments
Additional information
Grantor contact information
Description
For Inquiries
Documents
| File name | Description | Last updated |
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| AFCP_2025_Announcement.pdf | AFCP 2025 Announcement | Nov 25, 2024 10:35 AM UTC |
Link to additional information
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Archived: February 2, 2025
Award
$500,000
Program Funding
1
Expected awards
$25,000
Award Minimum
$500,000
Award Maximum
Funding opportunity number:
LBN-PDS-2025-AFCP
Cost sharing or matching requirement:
Funding instrument type:
Grant
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Category of Funding Activity:
Other
Category Explanation:
Cultural Preservation and Restoration
History
Version:
2
Posted date:
November 25, 2024
Archive date:
February 2, 2025
