FY 2024 Global Sports Mentoring Program

The Office of Citizen Exchanges, Sports Diplomacy Division (ECA/PE/C/SU), in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces an open competition for the implementation of the FY 2024 Global Sports Mentoring Program (GSMP).

U. S. public and private non-profit organizations meeting


the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 U.S.C.

501(c)(3) may submit proposals to conduct two separate month-long professional development mentorship programs and a reciprocal overseas exchange involving approximately 70-80 international and American participants in total (30 emerging leader participants from other countries and 40-50 American mentors).

By empowering women and people with disabilities, the GSMP directly supports U. S. foreign policy goals, promotes social inclusion, and elevates the status of marginalized populations.

Through the mentorship experience, the GSMP encourages mutually beneficial relationships between American sports executives and leaders in the sports sector overseas.

Furthermore, the GSMP engages alumni from previous years through sustained U. S. Embassy relationships, follow-on individual grants to alumni, and monitoring and evaluation.

Tapping into the power of public-private partnerships and founded on participant-led business plans, the GSMP positively affects communities at home and abroad and creates a more secure and democratic global playing field for all.The FY 2024 GSMP model has two distinct professional development mentorship exchanges—the Sport for Community GSMP and the espnW GSMP.

Set for spring of 2025, the Sport for Community GSMP on disability rights taps into the global attention received by mega-sporting events—in particular, the Paralympic Games, Special Olympics, and Deaflympics—to connect approximately 15 emerging leader participants with 15 to 20 American mentors in the adaptive sports sector.

Sport for Community focuses on increasing the inclusion and full participation of marginalized youth and people with disabilities through sports opportunities worldwide.

In fall of 2025, the espnW GSMP on women’s empowerment—a public-private partnership with espnW (ESPN’s sports brand dedicated to women in sports)—will connect approximately 15 female change agents with approximately 15 to 20 American mentors, all of whom are dedicated to promoting the rights and empowerment of women and girls around the world through sports.

From start to finish, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Title IX serve as core themes.

By demonstrating how landmark U. S. legislation promotes democratic values and equality, the GSMP underscores American competitiveness and leadership on an international scale.

To keep pace with the burgeoning sport for social change and business trend, the GSMP will also incorporate programmatic elements on how sports philanthropy, marketing, and entrepreneurship play into action plan development and implementation.

Please see the full announcement for additional information.

Related Programs

Professional Exchanges_Annual Open Grant

Department of State


Agency: Department of State

Office: Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs

Estimated Funding: $6,000,000


Relevant Nonprofit Program Categories





Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Organizational Funding Opportunities

Additional Information of Eligibility:
Please see full announcement.

Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://eca.state.gov/organizational-funding/open-grant-solicitations

Contact:


Agency Email Description:
poseyhe@state.gov

Agency Email:


Date Posted:
2024-03-18

Application Due Date:


Archive Date:
2024-06-19


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