Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network Competitive Grants Program (10.525)
Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network Competitive Grants Program (Assistance Listing 10.525) is run by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, part of the Department of Agriculture. It awarded $70.3 million in 66 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $1.1 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $546,397. Half of the 66 awards fell between $478,716 and $559,606, and they ranged from $109,142 to $4.9 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$70.3 million
- Grant awards66
- Typical award$546,397
- Awarded in FY 2025$6.5 million
- Size rank916 of 1824
- Type of assistanceGrant
Key findings
- Annual funding fell from $34.6 million in fiscal 2021 to $6.5 million in fiscal 2025.
- It is the 916th largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 20 largest recipients received 77% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 49 states and territories.
What the program funds
The purpose of the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN) Program is to establish a network that connects individuals who are engaged in farming, ranching, and other agriculture-related occupations to stress assistance programs. The establishment of a network that assists farmers and ranchers in time of stress can offer a conduit to improving behavioral health awareness, literacy, and outcomes for agricultural producers, workers and their families.
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
Applications may only be submitted by a collaborative state; Tribal; local or regionally-based network, or partnership of qualified public and/or private entities, as determined by the Secretary. These collaborations may include the following entities: Indian Tribes (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)); state departments of agriculture, state cooperative extension services; and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).
What the money can and cannot pay for
Section 7522 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, 7 U.S.C. 5936, authorizes NIFA to establish a Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network as follows: to establish a network that connects individuals who are engaged in farming, ranching, and other agriculture-related occupations to stress assistance programs. FRSAN-Section 1462(a) and (c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (NARETPA) limits indirect costs for the overall award to 30 percent of Total Federal Funds Awarded (TFFA) under a research, education, or extension grant. The maximum indirect cost rate allowed under the award is determined by calculating the amount of indirect costs using: 1) the sum of an institution’s negotiated indirect cost rate and the indirect cost rate charged by sub-awardees, if any; or 2) 30 percent of TFFA. The maximum allowable indirect cost rate under the award, including the indirect costs charged by the sub-awardee(s), if any, is the lesser of the two rates. If the results of number one, is the lesser of the two rates, the grant recipient is allowed to charge the negotiated indirect cost rate on the prime award and the sub-award(s), if any. Any sub-awards would be subject to the sub-awardee’s negotiated indirect cost rate.
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.
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 Request for Applications (RFA). FRSAN-SDA-Individual State Departments of Agriculture (or such equivalent department) may request up to $500,000. The total allocations to each state may not exceed the cap specified of $500,000. The most current RFA is available via: https://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/farm-and-ranch-stress-assistance-network
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal Year2025: An award was issued to provide a one-year extension of the leadership for the North Central Regional (NCR) program. NCR will offer several evidence-based and/or research-based trainings for advocates of producers and those individuals and entities that assist producers, including in crisis situations.
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network Competitive Grants Program (10.525) awarded$70.3 million across 66 grant awards, an average of $1.1 million per award.
Who usually wins
Colleges and universities received 49% of the money, state and local governments 32% and nonprofits 17%.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colleges and universities | 14 | $34.4 million | 49% |
| State and local governments | 46 | $22.7 million | 32% |
| Nonprofits | 4 | $12.1 million | 17% |
| Other | 2 | $1.0 million | 1.4% |
By state
5 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards. They are Illinois, New York, Washington, Tennessee and North Carolina.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 5 | $12.7 million |
| New York | 5 | $12.6 million |
| Washington | 5 | $12.3 million |
| Tennessee | 4 | $8.0 million |
| North Carolina | 2 | $2.9 million |
| Iowa | 2 | $680,953 |
| Kentucky | 1 | $559,606 |
| Montana | 1 | $559,606 |
| Nebraska | 1 | $559,606 |
| South Carolina | 1 | $559,606 |
| Texas | 1 | $559,605 |
| Connecticut | 1 | $559,605 |
| Indiana | 1 | $559,605 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | $559,605 |
| Vermont | 1 | $559,605 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | $559,605 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | $559,104 |
| Louisiana | 1 | $559,005 |
| Michigan | 1 | $556,086 |
| Maine | 1 | $549,799 |
| Minnesota | 1 | $549,252 |
| Massachusetts | 1 | $546,828 |
| Kansas | 1 | $545,966 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | $535,336 |
| Missouri | 1 | $529,135 |
| Utah | 1 | $527,920 |
| Idaho | 1 | $527,685 |
| Georgia | 1 | $510,612 |
| Guam | 1 | $500,000 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 1 | $500,000 |
| North Dakota | 1 | $489,561 |
| Hawaii | 1 | $486,935 |
| Ohio | 1 | $486,141 |
| Wyoming | 1 | $480,350 |
| Maryland | 1 | $478,172 |
| West Virginia | 1 | $477,321 |
| New Mexico | 1 | $475,094 |
| California | 1 | $463,293 |
| South Dakota | 1 | $457,504 |
| Colorado | 1 | $450,558 |
| Arkansas | 1 | $450,515 |
| Florida | 1 | $434,792 |
| Alabama | 1 | $416,059 |
| American Samoa | 1 | $408,937 |
| Virginia | 1 | $373,050 |
| Oklahoma | 1 | $367,833 |
| Mississippi | 1 | $351,838 |
| Nevada | 1 | $335,655 |
| Oregon | 1 | $114,993 |