Federal grant programs / Department of Agriculture

Risk Management Education Partnerships (10.460)

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$14.3 million
• Grant awards62
• Typical award$149,508
• Awarded in FY 2025$0
• Size rank1,407 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceCooperative agreements

Key findings

• It is the 1407th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 20 largest recipients received 80% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 29 states and territories.

What the program funds

To deliver training and information as well as outreach activities in the management of production, marketing, financial, legal and human risk to the U.S. agricultural producers with a priority to producers of crops not insurable with Federal crop insurance, specialty crops, and underserved commodities.

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 applicants include State departments of agriculture, universities, non-profit agricultural organization and other public or private organizations with the capacity to lead a local program of risk management education for farmers and ranchers in an RMA Region. Individuals are not eligible applicants. Although an applicant may be eligible to compete for an award based on its status as an eligible entity, other factors may exclude an applicant from receiving Federal assistance under this program (e.g. debarment and suspension; a determination of non-performance on a prior contract, cooperative agreement, grant, or partnership; a determination of a violation of applicable ethical standards.

What the money can and cannot pay for

Entities receiving funding will use funds to (a) plan a local program of risk management education and outreach activities for agricultural producers, (b) develop and assemble instructional materials, (c) promote awareness for risk management and education opportunities, (d) deliver education activities to agricultural producers and agribusiness professional, (e) document project activities, (f) report activities and spending as directed by RMA, and (g) measure the results of the training and/or activities. Applicants may propose additional uses of funds that meet the objective and direction of the project. Indirect costs allowed for projects submitted under this program will be limited to ten percent of total direct costs of the 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

Fiscal year 2024, RMA awarded approximately 13 cooperative agreements with an average of $109,734 (the lowest amount being $63,195 and the highest award at $398,724).

Examples of funded projects

Fiscal Year2024: An award was issued for the purpose of providing Risk Management Education to specialty crop and organic producers to sustain the economic viability of Napa Valley’s winegrape producers. The project goal is to provide risk management education and training on sustainable agriculture and crop insurance.

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

Who usually wins

Nonprofits received 51% of the money, colleges and universities 24% and small businesses 19%.

By state

4 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards. They are Montana, Arkansas, Wyoming and Michigan.

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