The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded Partners for Global Research and Development, LLC (PGRD) a five-year contract to manage and implement a grant-making facility called the Pacific-American Climate Fund or PACAM. PACAM will finance activities in the Pacific Islands region that aim to reduce long-term vulnerabilities associated with climate change and achieve sustainable climate-resilient development. Grants financed by PACAM will support United States Government (USG) development objectives and will complement other support provided by the USG to the Pacific Islands.
The Pacific Island region is one of the world’s most vulnerable regions to the negative impacts of climate change. The goal of PACAM is to provide USAID with a platform to build the resiliency of Pacific Island countries to adapt to the negative impacts of climate change. By creating a grant-making facility that provides grants to qualified recipients, through an open and competitive process, the activity will support implementation of adaptation measures (such as best practices or new technologies) that reduce climate change-related vulnerabilities.
PACAM will be a flexible and adaptable resource to respond to the many diverse conditions, challenges and circumstances encountered in the Pacific Island region. In addition to building climate resiliency, PACAM, through the awarded grants, will assist in strengthening the managerial and financial capacity of civil society entities that are technically capable, but require additional financial, managerial, and organizational training. Although grants under PACAM will be open to civil society entities operating nationally or internationally, building local managerial and financial capacity will be prioritized, so that local recipients develop a stronger capability for contributing to and sustaining the country’s development in the long-term.
Grants will be available to non-sovereign civil society organizations (CSOs), including local, national and international entities operating in any of 12 Pacific nations covered by USAID’s Regional Pacific Islands Office including: Fiji, Kiribati, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), Nauru, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education For profit organizations other than small businesses Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Small businesses Private institutions of higher education
Subject to availability of funds, solicitations will be open to fund grants in one of three grant size categories: 1) Up to $150,000; 2) $150,001 - $1 million; and 3) $1,000,001 - $3 million. The period of performance for each grant may vary but shall not exceed 36 months. ?