Assistance Listing 85.002
MCC Foreign Assistance for Overseas Programs
Millennium Challenge Corporation · Millennium Challenge Corporation
The verdict for a small nonprofit
63% of awards go to organizations new to this program, but recipient types are not reported for most awards, so the nonprofit share is unknown.
Based on 76 new awards in FY2023–25. Organizations under $1M in revenue won 0% of the awards that went to nonprofits. The median award is $7,983,552.
- First-time winners
- 63%
- of new awards, last 3 FYs
- Nonprofit share
- n/a
- recipient types not reported for most awards
- Under-$1M orgs
- 0%
- of nonprofit awards
- Median award
- $8.0M
- $2.0M – $35M middle half
- New awards, FY2025
- 11
- $260M committed to them
Open right now under this program
1 opportunity · from Grants.gov, checked every 10 minutes
| Deadline | Opportunity | Expected awards |
|---|---|---|
| Forecastdeadline TBA | Solomon Islands Threshold Program Industry DaySI-INDUSTRY-DAY | — |
Who won in FY2025
Largest recipients by dollars. From USAspending.
| Recipient | Type | State | Awards | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redacted DUE to PII | Other | 90 | $4,508,252,858 | |
| Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees | Other | 22 | $875,657,520 | |
| International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | Nonprofit | DC | 4 | $1,744,512 |
| Redacted DUE to PII | Other | DC | 2 | $1,801,254 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Higher ed | MA | 2 | $1,155,315 |
| International Initiative for Impact Evaluation INC | Nonprofit | DC | 2 | $988,102 |
| International Water Management Institute | Other | 2 | $795,739 | |
| American Councils for International Education: Actr/Accels, INC. | Nonprofit | DC | 1 | $16,600,000 |
| International Labor Organization | Nonprofit | DC | 1 | $6,100,000 |
| Swiss Association for Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets (SAFEEM) | Other | 1 | $3,327,442 |
New awards by fiscal year
Awards first made in each fiscal year; dollars are the total committed to that year's new awards over their life.
| FY | New awards | Committed | Median | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 38 | $1.5B | $1.3M | $750K – $2.5M |
| 2022 | 28 | $988M | $2.4M | $741K – $21M |
| 2023 | 32 | $1.1B | $1.3M | $434K – $13M |
| 2024 | 33 | $1.5B | $1.2M | $246K – $12M |
| 2025 | 11 | $260M | $8.0M | $2.0M – $35M |
Past rounds
Every announcement under this listing that Grants.gov still lists. Use it to plan next year.
| Posted | Closed | Window | Announcement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-02-10 | forecast | — | SI-INDUSTRY-DAY · Solomon Islands Threshold Program Industry Day |
| 2021-02-04 | forecast | — | 95332421K0004 · Request for Information (RFI) No. 95332421K0004 - Community Engagement Services for the Solomon Islands Threshold Program |
| 2019-03-26 | 2025-08-26 | 2345 d | 95332419N0001 · Partnerships with MCC Program |
| 2017-11-30 | 2018-02-15 | 77 d | 95332418N0004 · Data for Youth Services Collaborative Project in Côte d’Ivoire, DCLI |
| 2017-11-24 | 2018-02-21 | 89 d | 95332418N0003 · Data Analytics Center Project in Côte d’Ivoire, DCLI |
| 2017-11-09 | 2018-01-31 | 83 d | 95332418N0002 · NOFO Annual Program Statement (APS) PARTNERSHIPS with MCC Program |
| 2017-05-26 | 2017-06-01 | 6 d | MCC-17-INFO-EVENT-0001 · Fonds Chakara large-scale grant program launch to support Public-Private Partnership (PPP) models for Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Morocco |
| 2016-08-24 | 2016-10-21 | 58 d | MCC-16-RFA-0006 · DCLI-NOFO 3 Data-Driven Communities Project |
| 2015-11-23 | 2016-01-25 | 63 d | MCC-16-RFA-0002 · Tanzania Data Collaborative (Co-Lab) Project |
| 2015-11-20 | 2016-01-25 | 66 d | MCC-16-RFA-0001 · Data for Local Impact Innovation Challenge Project |
Common questions
How hard is it to win a grant under 85.002?
63% of awards go to organizations new to this program, but recipient types are not reported for most awards, so the nonprofit share is unknown. Based on 76 new awards in FY2023–25. Organizations under $1M in revenue won 0% of the awards that went to nonprofits. The median award is $7,983,552.
How much does MCC Foreign Assistance for Overseas Programs award?
In FY2025 the median new award was $8.0M; the middle half ran from $2.0M to $35M. 11 new awards were made, with $260M committed to them.
When does 85.002 usually post?
Posting history is irregular; watch this page for the next round.
Who runs this program?
Millennium Challenge Corporation (Millennium Challenge Corporation). Assistance Listing 85.002 on SAM.gov describes the authorizing statute and standard terms.
Sources: USAspending FY2021–25 award archive (2026-10-06); Grants.gov Search2 (fetched 2026-10-28); IRS EO BMF (fetched 2026-10-28). Award counts are new awards by fiscal year of first action. Shares are computed from award counts, not dollars; the under-$1M share covers the 63% of nonprofit awards that matched an IRS revenue record. Recipient type comes from the award record's business-type codes. Always confirm details in the official announcement.