Resilient Food System Infrastructure Program (10.190)
Resilient Food System Infrastructure Program (Assistance Listing 10.190) is run by the Agricultural Marketing Service, part of the Department of Agriculture. It awarded $388 million in 57 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $6.8 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $4.7 million. Half of the 57 awards fell between $3.3 million and $7.5 million, and they ranged from $2.0 million to $38.2 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$388 million
- Grant awards57
- Typical award$4.7 million
- Awarded in FY 2025$0
- Size rank430 of 1824
- Type of assistanceCooperative agreement
Key findings
- It is the 430th largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 20 largest recipients received 64% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 56 states and territories.
What the program funds
The objective of the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program (RFSI) is to build resilience in the middle of the food supply chain, to provide more and better markets to small farms and food businesses, to support the development of value-added products for consumers, fair prices, fair wages, and new and safe job opportunities. The program is authorized by section 1001(b)(4) of the ARP (Pub. L. 117-2). RFSI is using non-competitive cooperative agreements to provide up to $420 million of ARP funding for states and territories via formula funding. The goal of the program is to keep profits circulating in rural communities and increase processing options in terms of business model approaches, geography, and availability to the American public.
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
State departments of agriculture awarded competitive Infrastructure and Equipment Only Grants (i.e., subawards) for projects to expand capacity and infrastructure for the aggregation, processing, manufacturing, storing, transporting, wholesaling, or distribution of targeted local and regional agricultural products and offer more and better market opportunities and new streams of revenue to small and mid-sized agricultural producers. Some States allocated up to 20% of its RFSI funding, or up to $1 million (whichever is smaller), for Supply Chain Coordination activities focusing on business support and market development benefiting local and regional food systems, to amplify the success and impact of the RFSI Infrastructure Grant investments.
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. Competitive subawards - a graduated scale mandatory match on total project costs. 25-50%MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Deadlines
Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines
Award range and average, in the agency's words
$50,000 - $1,200,000
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal Year2025: A State Department of Agriculture awarded about $6.3M to 65 projects (8 Infrastructure Grants and 57 Equipment Only Grants) that include the construction of two new facilities, 18 projects increasing cold storage capacity, 21 projects enhancing distribution, the purchase of 3 delivery vehicles and 36 units of processing equipment, 7 food hub projects, and increased aggregation for 14 projects. State subaward projects estimate over 1,900 producers and processors will benefit from these project activities and approximately 650 new markets will be established. At the close of the second annual reporting period, the State reported at least 90% completion of 11 Equipment Only projects and near completion of 4 Infrastructure Grant projects, including a fully operational commercial kitchen, construction of two new cold storage and processing facilities, and installation of a new processing line.
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Resilient Food System Infrastructure Program (10.190) awarded$388 million across 57 grant awards, an average of $6.8 million per award.
Who usually wins
State and local governments received 99% of the money, nonprofits 0.5%.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| State and local governments | 56 | $386 million | 99% |
| Nonprofits | 1 | $2.1 million | 0.5% |
By state
Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| California | 1 | $38.2 million |
| Wisconsin | 1 | $28.3 million |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | $26.5 million |
| New York | 1 | $19.4 million |
| Ohio | 1 | $12.7 million |
| Minnesota | 1 | $12.3 million |
| Texas | 1 | $12.2 million |
| Michigan | 1 | $10.0 million |
| Washington | 1 | $9.5 million |
| Kentucky | 1 | $8.7 million |
| Georgia | 1 | $8.5 million |
| Florida | 1 | $8.2 million |
| Missouri | 1 | $8.1 million |
| Indiana | 1 | $8.1 million |
| North Carolina | 1 | $7.5 million |
| Virginia | 1 | $6.6 million |
| Kansas | 1 | $6.5 million |
| Alabama | 1 | $6.4 million |
| Oklahoma | 1 | $6.4 million |
| Illinois | 1 | $6.4 million |
| Mississippi | 1 | $6.2 million |
| Louisiana | 1 | $6.2 million |
| Idaho | 1 | $6.2 million |
| Oregon | 1 | $5.9 million |
| Tennessee | 1 | $5.7 million |
| Arkansas | 1 | $5.6 million |
| Iowa | 1 | $5.2 million |
| South Carolina | 1 | $5.0 million |
| North Dakota | 1 | $4.7 million |
| New Mexico | 1 | $4.6 million |
| Arizona | 1 | $4.6 million |
| West Virginia | 1 | $4.6 million |
| Vermont | 1 | $4.5 million |
| Montana | 1 | $4.4 million |
| Colorado | 1 | $4.2 million |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 2 | $4.1 million |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | $4.1 million |
| Maine | 1 | $4.0 million |
| Maryland | 1 | $3.8 million |
| Massachusetts | 1 | $3.5 million |
| New Jersey | 1 | $3.4 million |
| Nebraska | 1 | $3.4 million |
| Hawaii | 1 | $3.3 million |
| South Dakota | 1 | $3.3 million |
| Utah | 1 | $3.0 million |
| Connecticut | 1 | $2.7 million |
| New Hampshire | 1 | $2.7 million |
| Wyoming | 1 | $2.2 million |
| Alaska | 1 | $2.2 million |
| Nevada | 1 | $2.2 million |
| Rhode Island | 1 | $2.2 million |
| Delaware | 1 | $2.2 million |
| Guam | 1 | $2.1 million |
| American Samoa | 1 | $2.1 million |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 1 | $2.0 million |
| District of Columbia | 1 | $2.0 million |