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Afro Charities, Inc.

The Afro Charities is requesting funds towards the digitization of the AFRO-American Newspapers’ archives, which date back more than 100 years. As one of the longest-running Black media organizations in the United States, the AFRO-American Newspaper’s archives include personal audio recordings of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and more than three million photographs of Black life in the 20th and 21st centuries. Funds will be utilized to establish a

Amount Requested

$257,000

MDFY2023Senate CDSRequested — not yet enacted

Federal Funding Lifecycle

FY2023

FFID tracks stages 1–1 — before this project reaches public procurement channels.

Congressional Request

Member submits CPF / CDS

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Enacted

Signed into appropriations law

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Agency Administration

Grant program / solicitation planned

SAM.gov / Grants.gov

Opportunity posted publicly

Federal Award

Obligation recorded in USASpending

Requested — not yet enacted. This project has been submitted by the sponsoring member but has not yet been signed into law. Enactment rate for Senate CDS requests is approximately 20%.

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Project Description

The Afro Charities is requesting funds towards the digitization of the AFRO-American Newspapers’ archives, which date back more than 100 years. As one of the longest-running Black media organizations in the United States, the AFRO-American Newspaper’s archives include personal audio recordings of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and more than three million photographs of Black life in the 20th and 21st centuries. Funds will be utilized to establish a

Sponsoring Member

Benjamin Cardin

Senator · MD

Recipient Organization

Afro Charities, Inc.

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Data Provenance

Source
Senate Appropriations Committee
Status
requested
Fiscal Year
FY2023
Category
other unclassified
Use Case
facility renovation
Record ID
05ca21fb-97e4-478e-aca7-e3311f33ed82

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Principals

BC

Benjamin Cardin

D · MD · Senate

(202) 224-4524

Confirmed from FFID congressional source

AI

Afro Charities, Inc.

Grant recipient

Confirmed from FFID congressional source · website not yet enriched

TR

Treasury

Administering agency

Inferred pathway based on agency

Procurement pathway

low confidence

Likely procurement owner

unknown

Funding vehicle

grant

Expected channel

Multiple channels — see below

FFID could not determine the procurement channel with high confidence for this agency and category combination. Check the agency program page, Grants.gov, the state procurement portal, and the recipient's own procurement page.

Agency not specifically mapped. Check Grants.gov and the recipient's own procurement portal.

Enactment likelihood

Base rate (all CPF/CDS)

~20%

This member's rate

5%

Prior projects for recipient

2

FY

2023

Enactment likelihood is a probabilistic estimate based on member history in FFID data. It is not a guarantee. Members on Appropriations committees and majority-party members have higher historical rates.

Procurement portals to monitor

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Procurement signals

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Signal monitoring active from Phase 3 · Last checked: not yet running