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USDA-FSA-LANDACCESS-22-NOFO0001219: Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Program

Closed Closed November 18, 2022 Opportunity USDA-FSA-LANDACCESS-22-NOFO0001219 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$40.0 million
• Award floor$250,000
• Total funding$300 million
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeOther

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Eligibility for this opportunity is limited to the following domestic entity types: a. State, County, City, Local, Territorial, and Township governmentsb. Public and State-controlled institutions of higher educationc. Not for profit institutions of higher educationd. Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS (other than institutions of higher education), including Foundations and Community Development Financial Institutionse. Native American Tribal governments (Federally or State recognized) f. Native American Tribal government instrumentalitiesg. Native American Tribal organizations (other than Federally or State recognized Tribal governments) h. Native American Tribal financial institutions

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Program awards averaged $5.6 million; this notice allows up to $40.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (82% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

SUMMARY INFORMATION Federal Awarding Agency Name: U.S. Department of Agriculture – Farm Service Agency (FSA) FSA is part of the Farm Production and Conservation Mission Area (FPAC). FPAC encompasses FSA, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Risk Management Agency, and the FPAC Business Center Notice of Funding Opportunity Title: Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Program Notice of Funding Opportunity Number: USDA-FSA-LANDACCESS-22-NOFO0001219 Assistance Listing, formerly the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA): This program is listed in the Assistance Listings on Sam.gov under 10.968. Notice of Funding Opportunity Summary The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making up to $300,000,000 available for the Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Program through this funding opportunity. USDA is committed to funding projects that support a diverse set of farmers, ranchers, forest landowners, and operators (producers) on the edge of viability, moving them from surviving to thriving as they address core barriers to attain land, capital, and market access. USDA will achieve this goal by funding cooperative agreements or grants to organizations, to be known as Awardees, that will develop and run programs that are designed to align with and respond to land, capital, and market access needs of the target audience while concurrently providing wraparound technical assistance to ensure that program participants have the information, training, and customized support they require. USDA is seeking proposals to fund projects across four tiers of effort as described below: i. Large, national land access projects ii. Mid-sized, national projects to test innovations in design iii. Regional projects to test innovations in design iv. Local, state, territory, county, and community projects to test innovations in design The primary focus of this funding opportunity is to strengthen land access with additional opportunities to focus on capital access and market access for use in agriculture. The ability to access capital and markets allows landowners and operators to retain access to their lands or seek new lands/expansion of existing operations. These issues are inextricably intertwined. Projects must focus on strengthening land access with at least one of the following related areas of concern: i. Capital access concerns that affect the ability to access land; ii.

Category: Agriculture.

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