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Great Ape Conservation Fund - Africa

Program Information

Popular name

GACF-Africa

Program Number

15.629

Program objective

To provide financial assistance for projects for the effective long-term conservation of great apes and their habitats. This program supports projects that focus on one or more of the following areas: applied research on ape populations and their habitats, including surveys and monitoring; development and execution of ape conservation management plans; compliance with applicable treaties and laws that prohibit or regulate the taking or trade of ape or regulate the use and management of ape habitat; conservation education and community outreach; enhanced protection of at-risk ape populations; efforts to decrease human-ape conflicts; habitat conservation and management; protected area/reserve management in important ape range; strengthening local capacity to implement conservation programs; transfrontier ape conservation; and wildlife inspection, law enforcement, and forensics skills.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2017

    Program received 56 applications and anticipates issuing 25 awards. In FY17 the program received 56 applications and issued 38 awards.

  2. 2018

    76 applications received and issued 40 awards.

  3. 2019

    75 Applications received and issued 36 awards.

  4. 2020

    85 Applications estimated to be received and issuing 40 awards.

  5. 2021

    40 applications received, 21 applications approved, and 20 draft awards created. Received 26 applications for funding. Anticipate issuing 10 awards.

  6. 2022

    No new funding for this program, but 29 awards associated with the FY21 NOFO were issued.

  7. 2023

    Program did not issue any awards.

  8. 2024

    Program received 7 applications and issued 4 awards.

  9. 2025

    Program anticipates issuing at least 4 awards.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

Grants: (1) Award of funds authorized by the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000; (2) Awards are authorized per the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000. Funds are made available through the Participating Agency Program Agreement (PAPA) between the Service and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Development, Democracy and Innovation (DDI; agreement 72EGEE20T00002). As such, the award will be issued under the authority of Section 632(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (FAA), 22 U.S.C section 2392 (b).

  1. Great Ape Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. §6301 et seq.