The U.S. Ambassador's Fund and USAID’s Small Grants Program are two grant programs launched by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to help Pakistani communities implement their initiatives.

Grants under the U.S. Ambassador’s Fund (for projects of up to one year time duration) support broad- impact community-level initiatives fulfilling Chief of Mission priorities and are maximum $100,000  in size. Grants under the USAID's Small Grants Program (for projects of one to three years’ time duration) support promising proposals and pilot initiatives consistent with USAID’s strategic priorities. These grants may vary from $25,000 to $150,000.

  • U.S. Consul General inaugurates Sohail bin Sadiq School in Gujranwala District

    April 10, 2013 —U.S. Consul General Nina M. Fite inaugurated new school facilities at Sohail bin Sadiq Model School in Herpoki village, Gujranwala district. These facilities were constructed with a $100,000 grant from the U.S. Ambassador's Fund program.

  • U.S. Ambssador visits LRBT hospital

    April 10, 2013 - U.S. Ambassador Richard Olson visited one of the largest providers of eye surgery in Pakistan at the Layton Rahmatullah Benevolent Trust (LRBT) hospital in Mandra, Punjab, to commemorate World Health Day. LRBT is the recipient of a grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) Small Grants Program, which has funded surgeries for 11,417 Pakistani women at LRBT. (View full story in media and events section).

  • U.S National Day event

    Small Grants and Ambassador's Fund Program participated in the U.S National Day event held in Lahore on Feb 21, 2013. During the event Consul General Nina Fite, Punjab Chief Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, Chair of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator Robert Menendez and the U.S. Ambassador Richard Olson cut the cake to mark the U.S. National Day celebrations.

In The News

  • Ambassador's Fund

    New facility : For kids,English wont be a problem

    ISLAMABAD: If English language skills were holding back children at the SOS Children’s Village Islamabad from competing in the real world, they won’t anymore... Read More

    SMALL GRANTS

    Educating women: In Swat, over 2,000 targeted in new literacy programme

    SWAT: A new project aims to make 2,000 women in the flood and militancy affected Swat-Kohistan region bilingually literate... Read More

  • Ambassador's Fund

    Libraries: Books for a bright future

    In Sindh, the dysfunctional and poor condition of libraries is a special case in point which draws attention to the issue of inequality and mismanagement in education. It is pertinent to mention...Read More

    SMALL GRANTS

    Promotion of regional trade in South Asia stressed

    ISLAMABAD, March 1: The Managing Director of Lahore Stock Exchange, Aftab Ahmad Chaudhry, has emphasised the need for increased cross-border financial activities

    within the South Asian region to create strong intraregional links and an integrated economic region ... Read More

  • "I am very happy to receive this training, I am hopeful that with the help of these trainings I will have an added advantage of landing on a better job" declares Razia David, a trainee housemaid. USAID's Small Grants Program awarded FACES a yearlong grant of USD 151,258, to train 1,000 poor women in domestic housekeeping skill and help find them suitable placements as housemaids.

  • "My husband could not afford paying PKR 2,500 for my eye surgery, I am thankful to USAID for this assistance. I did not face any problem in receiving my treatment, I am sure with the restoration of my eyesight I will be able to manage my household chores comfortably," says Saran. USAID's Small Grants Program is helping reduce preventable blindness through cataract eye surgeries.

  • Ayesha, Sana and Hira are happy to receive education in their newly built spacious classrooms. Ambassador's Fund Program awarded a USD 233,522 grant to Tameer-e-Millat Foundation to construct first and second floor of TMF girls model school. The school building completed with the financial assistance of USAID will help eradicate poverty of illiteracy from Tehsil Fateh Jang.