Federal grant programs / Department of Agriculture

WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) (10.572)

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$77.0 million
• Grant awards494
• Typical award$51,540
• Awarded in FY 2025$5.6 million
• Size rank882 of 1824
• Type of assistanceFormula grants

Key findings

• Annual funding fell from $21.5 million in fiscal 2021 to $5.6 million in fiscal 2025.
• It is the 882nd largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 20 largest recipients received 86% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 46 states and territories.

What the program funds

The purposes of the WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) are: (1) To provide fresh, nutritious, unprepared, locally grown fruits, vegetables, and herbs from farmers, farmers’ markets, and roadside stands to women, infants, and children who participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC); and (2) To expand the awareness, use, and sales at farmers’ markets and roadside stands.

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

Each WIC State agency desiring to administer the FMNP shall annually submit a State Plan of Operations and enter into a written agreement with FNS for the administration of the Program in the jurisdiction of the State agency. New State agencies are selected based on the availability of funds, after base grants for currently participating State agencies. Participating State agencies select local FMNP agencies based on the concentration of eligible WIC participants and access to farmers' markets.

What the money can and cannot pay for

The FMNP is administered through a federal/State agency partnership in which the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) awards cash grants to State agencies, including U.S. Territories and ITOs, to provide income eligible women, infants, and children with benefits (e.g., checks, coupons, or electronic benefits) that can be exchanged for eligible foods at farmers’ markets and roadside stands. As a prerequisite to receiving federal funds for the FMNP, each applying or participating State agency must submit a State Plan of Operations describing how the State agency intends to administer all aspects of the FMNP within its jurisdiction. The majority of grant funds must be used for food benefits. State agencies may use up to 17 percent of their grants for program administrative costs. Congress provides funds for the WIC FMNP. Federal funds support 100 percent of the food costs of the program. Federal funds also support 70 percent of the administrative costs of the program. State agencies operating the FMNP must match the federal administrative funds allocated to them for administrative costs by contributing at least 30 percent of the administrative cost of the program, with the exception of ITOs who have demonstrated financial hardship may negotiate a lower percentage of matching funds not less than 10 percent. A State agency’s administrative costs under the FMNP may not exceed 17 percent of its total FMNP costs.

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Matching requirements

Statutory Formula: Title 7, Part 14, Subpart a,Public Law PL 118-158.2007 U.S. Farm BillAs a prerequisite to the receipt of Federal funds, a State agency must agree to contribute program income, in-kind contributions, or State, local or private funds equal to at least 30 percent of its administrative program cost. The match may be satisfied through expenditures for similar farmers' market programs that operate during the same period as the FMNP. Similar programs include other farmers' market programs which serve low-income women, infants, and children (who may or may not be WIC participants or on the waiting list for WIC services), as well as other categories of low-income recipients, such as, but not limited to, low-income elderly persons. ITOs may provide a lower match based on negotiation with the Department but not less than 10 percent of the administrative cost of the program. The matching funds can come from a variety of sources, such as State or local funds, private funds, similar programs, in-kind contributions, or program income.MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

Deadlines do not apply Funding provided vis a federal/state agreement

Award range and average, in the agency's words

FY 2023 grants range from $9,635 to $5,858,776. (actual) FY 2024 grants range from $9,635 to $4,142,363. (actual)

Examples of funded projects

Fiscal Year2025: The number of SNAP-authorized farmers markets and direct marketing farmers totaled 6,699 in 2023.

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

State and local governments received 98% of the money, tribes 2.1%.

By state

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

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