African Development Foundation

A United States Government Agency

About USADF

USADF provides direct support to community organizations and enterprises that benefit under served and marginalized communities in Africa.

What Does USADF Do?

The United States African Development Foundation provides grants of up to $250,000 in grants to community groups and small enterprises that benefit under served and marginalized groups in Africa.  Marginalized groups are people that have significant needs that are not being currently addressed by existing governments programs, NGOs, or other international development efforts. USADF measures grant success in terms of jobs created and sustained, increased incomes levels, and improved social conditions.  In 2009 USADF has budgeted over $20 million for project grants in 20 countries. An additional $4 million is budgeted for African directed partner organizations that provide design and implementation support for USADF grantees.

Background
The African Development Foundation Act of 1980  (“the ADF Act”) established a new agency with a unique mission to by-pass layers of government inefficiencies by working directly with the most needy communities in Africa.  USADF programs respond to local project requests by actively engage the local community group or enterprise in the design and implementation of the projects. This ensures that outcomes will best address the real community needs.

Why USADF?
USADF’s unique mission is captured in its core operating principles:

(1) Model high effectiveness and low overhead operations.
(2) Focus program activities on marginalized communities in Africa.
(3) Invest in Africans and their ideas through participatory development.
(4) Ensure projects produce long term social and economic results.
(5) Promote African led and managed field project support.
(6) Achieve the highest levels of openness and transparency.

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