THIS GRANT’S FOCUS: Education, Youth Development/Leadership, Civic Education, Civic Engagement
Deadline: Dec. 4, 2024
“The Office of Citizen Exchanges of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces an open competition for the administration of the FY 2025 Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) Enhancement Program. The program celebrates German-American friendship based on common values of democracy and conveys lasting personal and institutional relationships through an academic year school and home-stay experience. Annually, up to 300 American and 300 German youth participate in the program’s high school, young professionals and vocational components.
American participants in Germany are provided with mid-year enhancement activities as well as end-of-year sessions which include meetings with members of the Bundestag. The CBYX Enhancement Program is designed to provide a similar experience to the German participants in the United States.
U.S. public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3) may submit a proposal to conduct civic education workshops covering all 300 2026-2027 CBYX participants or may submit a proposal covering the 235 2026-2027 high school participants or covering the 65 2026-2027 young professional participants, respectively.”
Funder: Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Eligibility: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, others.
Amount: $150,000 – $750,000
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