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Awards/PROJECT GRANT (B)

$315,000,000

Department of State·Department of State

to NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

diplomacyactive
WORK BEGAN2026-03-26·LATEST ACTION2026-03-27·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 the National Endowment for Democracy's worldwide projects supporting democratic institutions and governance globally.

Sub-sectors
foreign-aiddemocracy-promotioninternational-grants
Why this matters

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

U.S.–China competition angle

NED's democracy-promotion work directly counters China's authoritarian model and Belt-and-Road influence in developing nations.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-19. Cost: $0.002661.

Period of performance
Start
2026-03-26
End
2030-09-30
Status
activein 1553 days
Sources

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