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Pandemic Relief Activities: Meat and Poultry Processing Capacity - Technical Assistance Grants (10.184)

Pandemic Relief Activities: Meat and Poultry Processing Capacity - Technical Assistance Grants (Assistance Listing 10.184) is run by the Agricultural Marketing Service, part of the Department of Agriculture. It awarded $27.0 million in 6 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $4.5 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.

The typical award was $3.6 million. Half of the 6 awards fell between $1.5 million and $6.8 million, and they ranged from $1.1 million to $10.1 million.

Key findings

What the program funds

This program establishes technical assistance to support the applicants and awardees of USDA grant programs which focus on expanding domestic meat and poultry processing capacity, as part of a strategy to build a fairer, more competitive, and more resilient U.S. food supply chain.

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

Who can apply

Eligible entities must be domestic entities owned, operated, and located within the geographic area of the United States, including the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

What the money can and cannot pay for

Funds provided under cooperative agreement may be used to coordinate activities across--and provide direct assistance to--grant program applicants and grant awardees within these technical scopes: federal funding/grant technical assistance; agriculture business development technical assistance; meat and poultry processing technical assistance (including food safety); and supply chain development technical assistance.

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 No longer accepting applications under this program.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

$10,000-$2,000,000

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, Pandemic Relief Activities: Meat and Poultry Processing Capacity - Technical Assistance Grants (10.184) awarded$27.0 million across 6 grant awards, an average of $4.5 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Flower Hill InstituteNew Mexico1$10.1 million
Intertribal Agriculture Council, IncMontana1$7.2 million
American Meat Science AssociationMissouri1$5.6 million
Oregon State UniversityOregon1$1.6 million
American Association of Meat Proces SorsPennsylvania1$1.4 million
Agricultural Utilization Research Institute IncMinnesota1$1.1 million

Top states: New Mexico ($10.1 million), Montana ($7.2 million), Missouri ($5.6 million), Oregon ($1.6 million), Pennsylvania ($1.4 million), Minnesota ($1.1 million).

Who usually wins

Nonprofits received 89% of the money, colleges and universities 5.9%.

Recipient typeAwardsAmountShare
Nonprofits4$24.0 million89%
Colleges and universities1$1.6 million5.9%
Other1$1.4 million5.3%

By state

Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.

Grants by recipient's state, fiscal 2021 to 2025
StateAwardsAmount
New Mexico1$10.1 million
Montana1$7.2 million
Missouri1$5.6 million
Oregon1$1.6 million
Pennsylvania1$1.4 million
Minnesota1$1.1 million

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