Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (10.331)
Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (Assistance Listing 10.331) is run by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, part of the Department of Agriculture. It awarded $342 million in 240 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $1.4 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $500,000. Half of the 240 awards fell between $478,981 and $686,888, and they ranged from $17,598 to $21.0 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$342 million
- Grant awards240
- Typical award$500,000
- Awarded in FY 2025$49.0 million
- Size rank463 of 1,823
- Type of assistanceProject grants
Key findings
- Annual funding fell from $110 million in fiscal 2021 to $49.0 million in fiscal 2025.
- It is the 463rd largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 20 largest recipients received 68% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 48 states and territories.
What the program funds
The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) allows the Secretary to provide funding opportunities to conduct and evaluate projects providing incentives to increase the purchase of fruits and vegetables by eligible participants. By bringing together stakeholders from various parts of the food and healthcare systems, GusNIP grants help foster understanding to improve the health and nutrition status of participating households, facilitate growth in States with low participation, as well as collect and aggregate data to identify and improve best practices on a broad scale. OVERVIEW: The 2018 Farm Bill authorized the program for fiscal years 2019 through 2023 and growth in program funding from $45 million to $56 million to be appropriated over 5 years. Across the GusNIP grant program there are three grant types and three project types available, which are described briefly below: GRANT TYPES: Nutrition Incentive – develop and evaluate projects to increase the purchase of fruits and vegetables by low-income consumers participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by providing incentives at the point of purchase, Produce Prescription – conduct projects that demonstrate and evaluate the impact of financial or nonfinancial incentive prescriptions of fresh fruits and vegetables in addition to nutrition educational opportunities to increase procurement and consumption of fruits and vegetables, reduce individual and household food insecurity, and reduce healthcare usage and associated costs, and; Cooperative Agreement - offer training, technical assistance, evaluation, and informational support services to the nutrition incentive projects, produce prescription projects and to the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program as a whole.
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
Eligibility to apply for a GusNIP Nutrition Incentive Program grant is limited to governmental agencies and non-profit organizations. Institutions of higher education that are local, county, tribal, territory, or state government agencies must provide documentation in support of eligibility as a governmental agency within Field 12, Other Attachments (Part IV, B of this NOFO) of their application. Documentation must clearly identify that the university or Cooperative Extension is designated as an entity within the governmental structure, such as the Department of Agriculture, Department of Education, Department of Public Health, etc.
What the money can and cannot pay for
The GusNIP Nutrition Incentive Program is designed to support growth through three incremental program areas. These program areas nurture eligible organizations to initiate pilot projects, then increase their capacity and scale to propose projects with greater reach, scope, and complexity to standard projects and large-scale projects. These investments support the sustainability vision of the GusNIP portfolio whereby Federal funds are leveraged to advance local capacity and over time other funding sources or business plans are secured for the projects to become self-sustaining. The GusNIP Produce Prescription Program presents the opportunity to bring together stakeholders from distinct parts of the food and healthcare systems and to foster understanding of how prescribing fresh fruits and vegetables might improve the nutrition and health status of participating households. In addition to providing educational opportunities relating to nutrition to participants, the primary goals and objectives of the GusNIP Produce Prescription Program are to demonstrate and evaluate the impact of projects on: 1. the improvement of dietary health through increased consumption of fruits and vegetables; 2. the reduction of individual and household food insecurity; and 3. the reduction in healthcare use and associated costs.
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. 1.) The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program Competitive Grants Program: Applicants MUST provide matching contributions on a dollar-for-dollar basis for all Federal funds awarded under the Nutrition Incentive Program. This program has a 100% match requirement with non-Federal funds. 2.) The Produce Prescription Program has NO matching requirements. NIFA will not factor matching resources into the review process as an evaluation criterion. 3.) The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program Nutrition Incentive Program Training, Technical Assistance, Evaluation, and Information Centers has NO matching requirement. NIFA will not factor matching resources into the review process as an evaluation criterion.MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Award range and average, in the agency's words
If minimum or maximum amounts of funding per competitive and/or capacity project grant, or cooperative agreement are established, these amounts will be announced in the annual Competitive Request for Application (RFA). The most current RFA is available via: https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/food-insecurity-nutrition-incentive-fini-grant-program
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal Year2025: GusNIP National Training, Technical Assistance, Evaluation, and Information Centers (NTAE) as they continue to work with NIFA, grantees, and applicants on developing and implementing projects that meet the stated priorities of both the Nutrition Incentive Program and the Produce Prescription Program. There are three major objectives associated with this project: 1): Engage all GusNIP audiences to improve and sustain GusNIP NI/PPR Programs, 2)Provide and continuously improve Training and Technical Assistance (T&TA) services that optimize the experience of all GusNIP audiences, and, 3)Conduct a rigorous evaluation of all NI and PPR projects. In addition, in 2025, an award for a Produce Prescription project. The purpose of this project is to provide produce prescriptions to individuals with chronic conditions related to poor nutrition. The 330 Centers and other community clinics partnering with the organization will identify participants within their patients that suffer from food insecurity and who participate in SNAP and/or Medicaid programs. Health surveys will be conducted by the 330 Centers and other community health clinics and results will be provided to Banco de Alimento. This program is an enhancement to the current 3- year Food is Medicine program and is expected to run for a 3-year period.
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (10.331) awarded $342 million across 240 grant awards, an average of $1.4 million per award.
Who usually wins
Nonprofits received 81% of the money, state and local governments 12% and colleges and universities 6.3%.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonprofits | 193 | $276 million | 81% |
| State and local governments | 23 | $41.4 million | 12% |
| Colleges and universities | 19 | $21.6 million | 6.3% |
| Tribal governments and organizations | 3 | $1.4 million | 0.4% |
| Other | 2 | $983,589 | 0.3% |
By state
41 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| California | 30 | $41.2 million |
| Nebraska | 4 | $38.3 million |
| New York | 20 | $23.3 million |
| Oklahoma | 5 | $18.8 million |
| Hawaii | 9 | $18.5 million |
| Michigan | 4 | $14.4 million |
| Oregon | 5 | $13.5 million |
| Washington | 5 | $13.1 million |
| Texas | 7 | $12.8 million |
| Iowa | 3 | $11.3 million |
| Missouri | 6 | $11.0 million |
| Ohio | 6 | $10.7 million |
| North Carolina | 8 | $8.7 million |
| Illinois | 9 | $8.2 million |
| Rhode Island | 3 | $7.9 million |
| Mississippi | 4 | $6.8 million |
| New Mexico | 6 | $6.8 million |
| Arizona | 5 | $6.6 million |
| Florida | 3 | $6.0 million |
| District of Columbia | 8 | $5.4 million |
| Virginia | 6 | $4.6 million |
| New Jersey | 4 | $4.1 million |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | $3.8 million |
| Colorado | 3 | $3.4 million |
| Massachusetts | 8 | $3.3 million |
| Indiana | 5 | $3.1 million |
| Alabama | 2 | $3.1 million |
| Minnesota | 5 | $3.1 million |
| Pennsylvania | 3 | $3.0 million |
| Georgia | 5 | $3.0 million |
| Kentucky | 4 | $2.5 million |
| Louisiana | 2 | $2.5 million |
| Tennessee | 2 | $2.5 million |
| South Dakota | 4 | $2.4 million |
| Montana | 3 | $2.3 million |
| West Virginia | 4 | $1.9 million |
| South Carolina | 5 | $1.7 million |
| Alaska | 3 | $1.5 million |
| Arkansas | 3 | $1.4 million |
| Connecticut | 3 | $1.2 million |
| Nevada | 4 | $1.1 million |
| Maryland | 2 | $982,977 |
| Vermont | 1 | $480,440 |
| Idaho | 1 | $479,723 |
| Kansas | 1 | $477,648 |
| Utah | 1 | $396,379 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | $223,695 |
| Guam | 1 | $100,000 |