aid: us-african-development-foundation url: >- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/us-african-development-foundation/refs/heads/main/apis.yml name: US African Development Foundation tags: - Federal Government - International Development - Africa - Grants - Nonprofit - Economic Development type: Index image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg access: 3rd-Party created: '2024-11-20' modified: '2026-05-03' position: Consumer description: >- The US African Development Foundation (USADF) is an independent federal agency established by Congress in 1980 to invest directly in African grassroots enterprises and social entrepreneurs. USADF provides grant capital of up to $250,000, capacity-building assistance, and convening opportunities to develop, grow, and scale African enterprises and entrepreneurs. USADF grant data is publicly accessible via the USASpending.gov API, and grant opportunities are posted to Grants.gov. Between 2019 and 2023, USADF awarded more than $141 million in grants to over 1,050 community enterprises in Africa, directly affecting 6.2 million people. specificationVersion: '0.19' apis: - aid: us-african-development-foundation:grants-api name: USADF Grants Data API description: >- Access to USADF grant award data through the USASpending.gov API. Provides programmatic access to USADF grants, awards, recipients, and spending profiles as reported to the federal awards transparency system. USADF data is available via the USASpending API using the USADF agency identifier (CGAC 166). humanURL: https://www.usaspending.gov/agency/african-development-foundation baseURL: https://api.usaspending.gov tags: - Grants - Awards - Spending - Transparency - Federal Awards properties: - type: Documentation url: https://api.usaspending.gov/docs/endpoints - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/usadf-grants-api-openapi.yml - type: JSONSchema url: json-schema/grants-api-award-schema.json - type: JSONSchema url: json-schema/grants-api-recipient-schema.json - aid: us-african-development-foundation:grant-opportunities-api name: USADF Grant Opportunities API description: >- Access to USADF grant opportunity listings through the Grants.gov API. USADF posts open grant solicitations on Grants.gov for African grassroots enterprises, cooperatives, and social entrepreneurs seeking funding. Grant amounts up to $250,000 for African-led development initiatives. humanURL: https://www.grants.gov/search-grants?agencyCode=ADF baseURL: https://apply07.grants.gov tags: - Grant Opportunities - Funding - Applications - Africa properties: - type: Documentation url: https://www.grants.gov/developers.html - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/usadf-grant-opportunities-api-openapi.yml - type: JSONSchema url: json-schema/grant-opportunities-api-opportunity-schema.json common: - type: Website url: https://www.usadf.gov - type: Portal url: https://www.usaspending.gov/agency/african-development-foundation title: USASpending Spending Profile - type: DataAPI url: https://api.usaspending.gov title: USASpending API - type: DataAPI url: https://www.grants.gov/search-grants?agencyCode=ADF title: Grants.gov USADF Listings - type: GitHubOrganization url: https://github.com/usadf - type: JSONLD url: json-ld/us-african-development-foundation-context.jsonld - type: SpectralRules url: rules/us-african-development-foundation-spectral-rules.yml - type: Vocabulary url: vocabulary/us-african-development-foundation-vocabulary.yaml - type: NaftikoCapability url: capabilities/african-development-grants.yaml title: African Development Grants - type: NaftikoCapability url: capabilities/shared/grants-api.yaml title: Grants API (Shared) - type: Features data: - name: Grant Award Transparency description: >- USADF grant award data publicly accessible via USASpending.gov API, including recipient, country, amount, and award period for all USADF grants. - name: Grant Opportunity Listings description: >- USADF posts open grant solicitations on Grants.gov for African grassroots enterprises seeking funding up to $250,000. - name: Agency Spending Profile description: >- Comprehensive USADF spending data accessible through USASpending.gov including account data, award breakdowns, and budget authority. - name: Recipient Data description: >- Data on organizations receiving USADF grants across 24 African countries, including grant amounts, periods of performance, and program areas. - type: UseCases data: - name: Grant Transparency Research description: >- Researchers and journalists accessing USADF grant award data through USASpending API to analyze funding patterns across African countries. - name: Grant Opportunity Discovery description: >- African enterprises and NGOs finding and applying for USADF grant opportunities through Grants.gov listings. - name: Federal Spending Analysis description: >- Policy analysts tracking USADF budget authority, obligations, and outlays through USASpending federal account data. - name: Development Impact Tracking description: >- Development finance institutions and donors assessing USADF program reach and impact through award data and recipient profiles. - type: Integrations data: - name: USASpending.gov description: >- Federal awards transparency platform providing API access to all USADF grant awards, recipient data, and spending profiles. - name: Grants.gov description: >- Federal grant opportunity portal where USADF posts open solicitations for African grassroots enterprise grants. - name: SAM.gov description: >- System for Award Management where USADF grant recipients register to receive federal award funding. - name: FPDS-NG description: >- Federal Procurement Data System tracking USADF contract and interagency agreement spending. - name: USAID OIG description: >- USAID Office of Inspector General providing independent oversight of USADF grants administration and partnerships. maintainers: - FN: Kin Lane email: kin@apievangelist.com