The United States of America has been known to the nations of the World as a country fond of helping other countries in the form of assistance and grants.

The government has specific agencies that provide grants to countries worldwide. Why America is providing this kind of support to other countries? The reasons are summed up in twofold:
- Advance the foreign policy interests of America in promoting democracy and open free markets; and,
- At the same time, wanting to improve the lives of the people in the developing countries.

This foreign assistance given by the U.S. government is made possible through the law signed by the former U.S. President John F. Kennedy in 1961 known as the Foreign Assistance Act and this law too made way for the creation of agencies that provided assistance.

Often, the U.S. government supports projects that advance their foreign policy goals like:

- Agriculture and trade;
- Economic growth;
- Global health;
- Humanitarian Assistance;
- Conflict prevention; and,
- Democracy.

Usually, beneficiaries of grants from the U.S. government are lumped up into regions. Countries from:

- Latin America and the Caribbean;
- Europe and Eurasia;
- Asia and the Near East; and,
- Sub-Saharan Africa.

These grants are made available to country beneficiaries through the partnerships made by these grant-making agencies to American companies in the whole of America, close to 3,500 in number and to private voluntary organizations that are mostly based in U.S. closing to over 300 in number. These partnerships are with universities, international agencies, indigenous organizations, American businesses, other governments and of course the many U.S. departments and agencies.

If you are interested to have information on the programs and activities of countries assisted by the U.S. government, statistical data and detailed information is made available in government websites. You just have to know what agencies can provide you with this data. Or, usually, agencies that offer this kind of information is given through a published documentation of these projects.

Other types of assistance provided by the government are as follows:

- Training and scholarships;
- Small enterprise loans;
- Credit guarantees;
- Enterprise funds;
- Budget support;
- Infrastructure construction;
- Food aid and disaster relief; and,
- Technical assistance and capacity building.

What the U.S. government offers to other countries is the opportunity to explore their capacities or stand up from a tragedy without the worry of where to get the funds to move forward. Countries are not left alone to their misery but instead they have someone to walk with them and see a bright future ahead after a storm.