Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA 520 17 000003
The Communities Building Peace Together (CBPT) grant opportunity is a USAID/Guatemala funding program designed to reduce social conflict and violence while strengthening social cohesion and peacebuilding across Guatemala's Western Highlands. The core idea is to help communities move from recurring tensions and disputes toward more collaborative problem-solving, with a focus on preventing conflict before it escalates and building local capacity to manage disagreements peacefully. The program aligns with broader Government of Guatemala (GOG) and United States Government (USG) priorities, particularly promoting development and poverty reduction and addressing factors linked to irregular migration, consistent with the USG Strategy for Engagement in Central America and the Plan of the Alliance for Prosperity in the Northern Triangle.
CBPT is structured around convening and coordinating diverse local actors so communities can jointly identify and address the main drivers of conflict at multiple levels: within families, across neighborhoods and villages, and at the municipal level where local governance decisions often shape tensions. Rather than treating conflict as a single-issue problem, the opportunity emphasizes a multi-stakeholder approach that brings together different sectors and interests in the Western Highlands, recognizing that durable peace and social cohesion often depend on inclusive participation, trusted local mechanisms, and practical solutions that communities see as legitimate.
Programmatically, the project targets four major areas highlighted in USAID/Guatemala's 2015 conflict vulnerability assessment recommendations. First, it focuses on youth and families, reflecting the role of household and intergenerational dynamics in either reducing or amplifying local tensions, and the importance of creating constructive pathways for young people. Second, it addresses governance, which commonly includes improving local decision-making, transparency, responsiveness, and conflict management systems at the community and municipal levels. Third, it takes on issues related to land, where disputes over ownership, access, boundaries, and use can generate long-running conflict. Fourth, it engages challenges tied to extractive industries and natural resource exploitation, an area that can produce friction over consultation, environmental impacts, benefit-sharing, and community rights, particularly when projects affect indigenous territories or local livelihoods.
From an administrative standpoint, this was issued as a discretionary funding opportunity under a Cooperative Agreement, meaning USAID anticipated substantial involvement in the project through collaboration and oversight, rather than simply providing funds with minimal engagement. The funding opportunity number is RFA 520 17 000003, under CFDA 98.001. USAID planned to make one award, with an award ceiling of up to $30,000,000, indicating a large, multi-year style intervention aimed at regional impact rather than small pilot activities. The opportunity was created on June 27, 2017, with an original closing date of July 11, 2017, reflecting a relatively short submission window typical of many competitive solicitations.
Eligibility was broad across organizational types able to implement large-scale development programming. Eligible applicants included nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (excluding higher education institutions), nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (also excluding higher education institutions), for-profit organizations other than small businesses, and small businesses. The issuing agency was the U.S. Agency for International Development, Guatemala (USAID-Guatemala City). Overall, CBPT sought a single, capable implementing partner to lead a coordinated peacebuilding and social cohesion effort in the Western Highlands by addressing key conflict drivers through community-based, multi-level engagement.Apply for RFA 520 17 000003
- The Agency for International Development, Guatemala USAID-Guatemala City in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Communities Building Peace Together" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 98.001.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 27, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 11, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $30,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.
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