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
Federal Funding Lifecycle
FY2023FFID tracks stages 1–1 — before this project reaches public procurement channels.
Congressional Request
Member submits CPF / CDS
FFIDEnacted
Signed into appropriations law
FFIDAgency Administration
Grant program / solicitation planned
SAM.gov / Grants.gov
Opportunity posted publicly
Federal Award
Obligation recorded in USASpending
Requested — monitor for enactment
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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
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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
Afro Charities, Inc.
Grant recipient
Confirmed from FFID congressional source · website not yet enriched
Procurement pathway
low confidenceLikely procurement owner
unknown
Funding vehicle
grant
Expected channel
Multiple channels — see below
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Enactment likelihood
Base rate (all CPF/CDS)
~20%
This member's rate
5%
Prior projects for recipient
2
FY
2023
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Procurement signals
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