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The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) Commodity Credit Corporation Eligible Recipient Funds (10.187)

The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) Commodity Credit Corporation Eligible Recipient Funds (Assistance Listing 10.187) is run by the Food and Nutrition Service, part of the Department of Agriculture. It awarded $61.8 million in 162 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $381,257 per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.

The typical award was $174,482. Half of the 162 awards fell between $51,897 and $427,553, and they ranged from $300 to $4.0 million.

Key findings

What the program funds

To support the additional food purchases from the Commodity Credit Corporation and to help supplement the diets of low-income persons by making funds available to The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) for storage and distribution costs of the Commodity Credit Corporation 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

Who can apply

State agencies that are designated as distributing agencies by the Governor or other appropriate State executive authority may receive these funds to pass through to local agencies to support the distribution of Commodity Credit Corporation Foods to low-income persons.

What the money can and cannot pay for

Funds are provided to State agencies to pass through to local agencies to cover operational costs incurred at the local level in the operation of the program. Funds may only be used for approved operational expenses. States may choose sites that distribute to low-income households and/or congregate sites that provide prepared meals to the needy. Allowable costs include warehousing, food delivery, participant certification, and other administrative costs.

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 Program is not currently accepting applications.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

In FY 2024, the average funding provided was $984,056. The awarded amounts ranged from $0 to $6,735,000 in FY 2024.

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, The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) Commodity Credit Corporation Eligible Recipient Funds (10.187) awarded$61.8 million across 162 grant awards, an average of $381,257 per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Department of Social Services CaliforniaCalifornia2$5.8 million
Ag Link IncCalifornia4$4.9 million
Texas Department of AgricultureTexas2$4.9 million
Dagele Bros. Produce CompanyNew York2$3.8 million
Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services FloridaFlorida2$3.0 million
State of New York Office of General ServicesNew York2$2.8 million
Department of Agriculture PennsylvaniaPennsylvania2$2.0 million
Education & Early Development Alaska DepAlaska5$1.9 million
Illinois Department of Human ServiceIllinois2$1.8 million
Michigan Department of EducationMichigan3$1.8 million
Ohio Department of Job & Family ServicesOhio2$1.7 million
Department of Human ServicesGeorgia2$1.5 million
North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer ServicesNorth Carolina2$1.4 million
New Jersey Department of AgricultureNew Jersey2$1.1 million
Arizona Department of Economic SecurityArizona2$1.0 million
State of Washington Department of AgricultureWashington2$975,039
American Fruit & Vegetable Company, Inc.New York2$930,197
Department of Agriculture TennesseeTennessee2$880,297
Freshpoint Connecticut, LLCConnecticut2$840,796
Department of Human Services ColoradoColorado2$830,313

Top states: California ($11.0 million), New York ($8.6 million), Texas ($4.9 million), Florida ($3.0 million), Michigan ($2.3 million), Pennsylvania ($2.0 million), Alaska ($1.9 million), Illinois ($1.8 million), Ohio ($1.7 million), Georgia ($1.5 million).

Who usually wins

Almost all of the money went to state and local governments.

Recipient typeAwardsAmountShare
State and local governments162$61.8 million100%

By state

16 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.

Grants by recipient's state, fiscal 2021 to 2025
StateAwardsAmount
California16$11.0 million
New York18$8.6 million
Texas2$4.9 million
Florida2$3.0 million
Michigan5$2.3 million
Pennsylvania2$2.0 million
Alaska5$1.9 million
Illinois2$1.8 million
Ohio2$1.7 million
Georgia2$1.5 million
Washington7$1.4 million
North Carolina2$1.4 million
Connecticut6$1.3 million
New Jersey2$1.1 million
Arizona2$1.0 million
Tennessee2$880,297
Oregon11$865,302
West Virginia4$861,198
Colorado2$830,313
Puerto Rico2$822,500
Louisiana2$820,875
Virginia2$799,015
South Carolina2$727,609
Massachusetts2$727,547
Indiana2$719,141
Missouri2$698,484
Kentucky2$689,791
Alabama2$638,344
Wisconsin2$608,845
Nevada2$548,770
Minnesota2$533,313
Oklahoma2$515,252
Mississippi2$484,125
New Mexico2$465,695
Arkansas3$440,706
Maryland2$399,164
Iowa2$382,934
Delaware2$320,491
Maine2$318,125
Utah2$279,859
Kansas2$262,063
Nebraska2$199,219
Idaho2$152,141
South Dakota2$136,655
Rhode Island2$128,750
New Hampshire3$120,672
District of Columbia2$115,840
Montana2$112,250
Hawaii2$103,000
North Dakota2$96,297
Wyoming2$89,156
Vermont2$64,250

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