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Tribal Agriculture Technical Assistance (10.048)

Tribal Agriculture Technical Assistance (Assistance Listing 10.048) is run by the Immediate Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, part of the Department of Agriculture. It awarded $10.5 million in 16 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $657,344 per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.

The typical award was $184,058. Half of the 16 awards fell between $100,000 and $1.6 million, and they ranged from $20,000 to $2.0 million.

Key findings

What the program funds

The Intertribal Technical Assistance Network (ITAN) was established to increase access and use of USDA programs and services by Indian producers and Tribes. ITAN supports USDA in delivering programs and services through technical assistance and outreach to farmers and ranchers with a focus on providing local and traditional foods to American Indian/Alaskan Native tribal members and improving the market access both domestically and around the world for tribally produced foods.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

What the money can and cannot pay for

Participant support costs, supplies, materials, and related administrative expenses determined to be necessary for the accomplishment of each cooperative agreement.

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

Deadlines do not apply

Award range and average, in the agency's words

$50,000-$300,000. Average award amount is about $250,000.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Funding history and past recipients

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Tribal Agriculture Technical Assistance (10.048) awarded$10.5 million across 16 grant awards, an average of $657,344 per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Intertribal Agriculture Council, IncMontana7$9.5 million
Native Americans in PhilanthropyDistrict of Columbia1$250,100
Native Cdfi Network IncNebraska1$205,820
University of Arkansas SystemArkansas2$197,115
Intertribal Buffalo CouncilSouth Dakota2$100,150
Institute of American Indian ArtsNew Mexico1$100,000
The Learning Center at the Euchee Butterfly Farm IncOklahoma1$100,000
Four Bands Community Fund, IncorporatedSouth Dakota1$100,000

Top states: Montana ($9.5 million), District of Columbia ($250,100), Nebraska ($205,820), South Dakota ($200,150), Arkansas ($197,115), New Mexico ($100,000), Oklahoma ($100,000).

Who usually wins

Nonprofits received 98% of the money, tribes 1.9%.

Recipient typeAwardsAmountShare
Nonprofits13$10.3 million98%
Tribal governments and organizations3$200,1501.9%

By state

1 state has a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards. It is Montana.

Grants by recipient's state, fiscal 2021 to 2025
StateAwardsAmount
Montana7$9.5 million
District of Columbia1$250,100
Nebraska1$205,820
South Dakota3$200,150
Arkansas2$197,115
New Mexico1$100,000
Oklahoma1$100,000

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.