US African Development Foundation

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.

US African Development Foundation is listed with 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Agency API, Awards API, Opportunities API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Federal Government, International Development, Africa, Grants, and Non-Profit.

The US African Development Foundation catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

US African Development Foundation’s developer surface includes engineering blog, developer portal, and 13 more developer resources.

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23.4/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 28/100 agent aware Front door AI 1/6 silent Full breakdown ↓
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5 APIs 4 Features 4 Use Cases

Federal Government International Development Africa Grants Non-Profit Economic Development

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Composite quality — 23.4/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 5.2 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 3.2 / 15

Access Clarity 1.2 / 15

Operational Transparency 1.0 / 10

Contract Governance 2.5 / 9

Discoverability 5.4 / 8

Regulatory Posture 1.6 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 28/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
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Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)

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Access Clarity scores 7.9 — up to +18.4 composite points
Contract Quality scores 27.5 — up to +18.1 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 21.4 — up to +15.7 composite points

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Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
US Federal API Programs (api.data.gov, Login.gov, GSA MAS, FedRAMP)	undeclared	-	-	-

OPEN COLLECTION

USADF Grants Data API

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US African Development Foundation API pricing

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Plan	Price
Free freemium	Free
Professional paid	Free
Enterprise enterprise	—

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Rate limits

Free Tier Default: 10 requests per minute
Free Tier Monthly Quota: 1000 requests per month
Professional Tier Default: 100 requests per minute

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Us African Development Foundation Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Us African Development Foundation Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

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US African Development Foundation

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Us African Development Foundation Finops

FINOPS

Features 4

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Grant Award Transparency

USADF grant award data publicly accessible via USASpending.gov API, including recipient, country, amount, and award period for all USADF grants.

Grant Opportunity Listings

USADF posts open grant solicitations on Grants.gov for African grassroots enterprises seeking funding up to $250,000.

Agency Spending Profile

Comprehensive USADF spending data accessible through USASpending.gov including account data, award breakdowns, and budget authority.

Recipient Data

Data on organizations receiving USADF grants across 24 African countries, including grant amounts, periods of performance, and program areas.

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Us African Development Foundation Context

51 classes · 29 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

US African Development Foundation — jsonschema rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

US African Development Foundation API Rules

31 rules · 7 errors 15 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 14

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

APIError

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Opportunity

19 properties

JSON SCHEMA

OpportunitySearchRequest

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Us African Development Foundation Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Us African Development Foundation Agentic Access

7 operations

7 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 4

What developers build with this provider.

Grant Transparency Research

Researchers and journalists accessing USADF grant award data through USASpending API to analyze funding patterns across African countries.

Grant Opportunity Discovery

African enterprises and NGOs finding and applying for USADF grant opportunities through Grants.gov listings.

Federal Spending Analysis

Policy analysts tracking USADF budget authority, obligations, and outlays through USASpending federal account data.

Development Impact Tracking

Development finance institutions and donors assessing USADF program reach and impact through award data and recipient profiles.

Integrations 5

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

USASpending.gov

Federal awards transparency platform providing API access to all USADF grant awards, recipient data, and spending profiles.

Grants.gov

Federal grant opportunity portal where USADF posts open solicitations for African grassroots enterprise grants.

SAM.gov

System for Award Management where USADF grant recipients register to receive federal award funding.

FPDS-NG

Federal Procurement Data System tracking USADF contract and interagency agreement spending.

USAID OIG

USAID Office of Inspector General providing independent oversight of USADF grants administration and partnerships.

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

USASpending Spending Profile

Portal

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD

JSONLD

SpectralRules

SpectralRules

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

USASpending API

DataAPI

Grants.gov USADF Listings

DataAPI

Source (apis.yml)

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
- Non-Profit
- Economic Development
tags_raw:
- Federal Government
- International Development
- Africa
- Grants
- Nonprofit
- Economic Development
- Federal-Government
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: true
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/us-african-development-foundation.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2024-11-20'
modified: '2026-10-06'
position: Consuming
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: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: us-african-development-foundation:us-african-development-foundation-agency-api
  name: US African Development Foundation Agency API
  description: USADF agency spending and budget data
  humanURL: https://www.usaspending.gov/agency/african-development-foundation
  baseURL: https://api.usaspending.gov
  tags:
  - Agency
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/us-african-development-foundation-agency-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.usaspending.gov/docs/endpoints
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/grants-api-award-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/grants-api-recipient-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.grants.gov/developers.html
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/grant-opportunities-api-opportunity-schema.json
- aid: us-african-development-foundation:us-african-development-foundation-awards-api
  name: US African Development Foundation Awards API
  description: USADF grant award data
  humanURL: https://www.usaspending.gov/agency/african-development-foundation
  baseURL: https://api.usaspending.gov
  tags:
  - Awards
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/us-african-development-foundation-awards-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.usaspending.gov/docs/endpoints
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/grants-api-award-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/grants-api-recipient-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.grants.gov/developers.html
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/grant-opportunities-api-opportunity-schema.json
- aid: us-african-development-foundation:us-african-development-foundation-opportunities-api
  name: US African Development Foundation Opportunities API
  description: USADF grant opportunity listings on Grants.gov
  humanURL: https://www.usaspending.gov/agency/african-development-foundation
  baseURL: https://api.usaspending.gov
  tags:
  - Opportunities
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/us-african-development-foundation-opportunities-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.usaspending.gov/docs/endpoints
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/grants-api-award-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/grants-api-recipient-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.grants.gov/developers.html
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/grant-opportunities-api-opportunity-schema.json
- aid: us-african-development-foundation:us-african-development-foundation-recipients-api
  name: US African Development Foundation Recipients API
  description: Organizations receiving USADF grants
  humanURL: https://www.usaspending.gov/agency/african-development-foundation
  baseURL: https://api.usaspending.gov
  tags:
  - Recipients
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/us-african-development-foundation-recipients-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.usaspending.gov/docs/endpoints
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/grants-api-award-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/grants-api-recipient-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.grants.gov/developers.html
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/grant-opportunities-api-opportunity-schema.json
- aid: us-african-development-foundation:us-african-development-foundation-spending-api
  name: US African Development Foundation Spending API
  description: USADF spending breakdowns and analytics
  humanURL: https://www.usaspending.gov/agency/african-development-foundation
  baseURL: https://api.usaspending.gov
  tags:
  - Spending
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/us-african-development-foundation-spending-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.usaspending.gov/docs/endpoints
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/grants-api-award-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/grants-api-recipient-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.grants.gov/developers.html
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/grant-opportunities-api-opportunity-schema.json
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/us-african-development-foundation-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/us-african-development-foundation-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/us-african-development-foundation-finops.yml
- url: https://www.usadf.gov/news
  type: Blog
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/us-african-development-foundation-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/us-african-development-foundation-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/usadf
- 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: 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

US African Development Foundation API — frequently asked questions

Does US African Development Foundation have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 5 APIs from US African Development Foundation, including US African Development Foundation Agency API, US African Development Foundation Awards API and US African Development Foundation Opportunities API, and 2 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the US African Development Foundation API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 5 OpenAPI specifications for US African Development Foundation, each linked for download from this page.

How much does the US African Development Foundation API cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for US African Development Foundation, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the US African Development Foundation API ready for AI agents?

US African Development Foundation has a Kin Score of 23.4 out of 100 (emerging) and an Agent Readiness score of 27.7 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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