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Awards/PROJECT GRANT (B)

$315,000,000

Department of State·Department of State
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ACTION DATE2026-03-27·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_SAQMMA26GR0011_019
Award description

THIS CORE FUNDING WILL SUPPORT THE NED 'S WORLDWIDE PROJECTS PER THE NED ACT.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Core funding for National Endowment for Democracy's worldwide projects supporting democratic institutions and governance.

Sub-sectors
democracy-promotioninternational-affairs
Why this matters

NED is a key U.S. instrument for advancing democratic values and countering authoritarian influence globally.

U.S.–China competition angle

Supports U.S. soft power and democratic governance initiatives as counterweight to Chinese authoritarian influence expansion.

Generated by award_classification v1.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-14. Cost: $0.001173.

Period of performance
Start
2026-03-26
End
2030-09-30
Status
activein 1599 days
Sources
  • Award record ingested from usaspending. Source identifier ASST_NON_SAQMMA26GR0011_019.

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