Assistance projects[edit]
A USAID assistance project is constituted by a funding agreement with an implementing organization, often referred to by USAID staff as an "implementing partner."
Taking as an example assistance with a poverty-relief objective, a beneficiary group might be assisted by local government agencies and NGOs, to which USAID might provide both financial assistance, through budget-support grants, and technical assistance (advisors, access to equipment and training), managed by other implementing partners. USAID's projects might include, for example:
1.A budget-support grant to the government agency.
2.A contract with a firm for support to the agency.
3.A grant to a local NGO serving the beneficiary group.
4.A grant to an international NGO to strengthen the operations of the local NGO.
The collection of such projects might be referred to as USAID's "program." Each of these types of funding agreements is profiled below