Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels (10.867)
Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels (Assistance Listing 10.867) is run by the Rural Business Cooperative Service, part of the Department of Agriculture. It awarded $27.8 million in 504 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $55,083 per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $13,984. Half of the 504 awards fell between $1,798 and $60,696, and they ranged from $2 to $556,000.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$27.8 million
- Grant awards504
- Typical award$13,984
- Awarded in FY 2025$1.5 million
- Size rank1204 of 1824
- Type of assistanceDirect payments with unrestricted use
Key findings
- Annual funding fell from $6.7 million in fiscal 2021 to $1.5 million in fiscal 2025.
- It is the 1204th largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 20 largest recipients received 69% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 37 states and territories.
What the program funds
The purpose of this subpart is to support and ensure an expanding production of advanced biofuels by providing payments to eligible advanced biofuel producers.
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
Advance Biofuel Producer - an individual, corporation, company, foundation, association, labor organization, firm, partnership, society, joint stock company, group of organizations, or non-profit entity that produces and sells an advanced biofuel. An individual, corporation, company, foundation, association, labor company, group of organizations, or non-profit entity that blends or otherwise combines advanced biofuels into a blended biofuel is not considered an advanced biofuel producer under this Program.
What the money can and cannot pay for
The purpose of this program is to support and ensure an expanding production of Advanced Biofuels by providing payments to eligible advanced biofuel producers. The Advanced Biofuel Payment Program promotes sustainable economic development in rural America, and is an important part of achieving increased biofuel production. Producers must produce advanced biofuel from feedstocks other than corn kernel starch. Producers must produce advance biofuel from other than corn kernel starch.;
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
Application window is October 1 through October 31 each year in accordance with 7 CFR 4288.120(b).
Award range and average, in the agency's words
Awards are determined on a case-by-case basis of the producer but never more than 8% of the project cost. A single award was made in FY 2024 to one producer for $1,750,000.
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal Year2025: This Rural Development investment will be used to purchase and install a 677.9 kW ballasted roof mount solar array. This project help offset the warehouses growing facilities electricity usage by over 100%.
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels (10.867) awarded$27.8 million across 504 grant awards, an average of $55,083 per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archer-Daniels-Midland Company | Illinois | 5 | $2.1 million |
| Cargill, Incorporated | Minnesota | 5 | $1.8 million |
| Lignetics, Inc. | Colorado | 4 | $1.6 million |
| RBF Port Neches LLC | Texas | 7 | $1.3 million |
| Montauk Energy Holdings, LLC | Pennsylvania | 4 | $1.1 million |
| Futurefuel Chemical Co | Arkansas | 5 | $1.0 million |
| Appling County Pellets LLC | Georgia | 5 | $1.0 million |
| Ag Processing Inc., a Cooperative | Nebraska | 4 | $906,190 |
| Poet Holding Company, LLC | South Dakota | 5 | $901,742 |
| Dnu Seaboard Energy Oklahoma, LLC Dnu | Kansas | 5 | $877,920 |
| Louis Dreyfus Company Agricultural Products LLC | Connecticut | 4 | $826,354 |
| Paseo Cargill Energy LLC | Missouri | 5 | $795,200 |
| Altair Paramount, LLC | California | 5 | $782,489 |
| Incobrasa Industries LTD | Illinois | 5 | $737,705 |
| Renewable Energy Group, Inc. | Iowa | 2 | $677,170 |
| Lake Erie Biofuels LLC | Pennsylvania | 5 | $667,015 |
| Seaboard Energy Missouri LLC | Missouri | 5 | $604,327 |
| Mid America Biofuels LLC | Missouri | 5 | $593,404 |
| Crimson Renewable Energy, LLC | Colorado | 5 | $557,334 |
| Owensboro Grain Company, LLC | Kentucky | 5 | $516,468 |
Who usually wins
Colleges and universities received 95% of the money, state and local governments 2.9% and small businesses 1.8%.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colleges and universities | 467 | $26.5 million | 95% |
| State and local governments | 21 | $804,279 | 2.9% |
| Small businesses | 16 | $491,937 | 1.8% |
By state
21 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 22 | $3.1 million |
| Minnesota | 28 | $2.4 million |
| Kansas | 44 | $2.3 million |
| Iowa | 27 | $2.1 million |
| Colorado | 9 | $2.1 million |
| Missouri | 22 | $2.0 million |
| Pennsylvania | 18 | $1.8 million |
| Texas | 20 | $1.6 million |
| California | 26 | $1.2 million |
| Georgia | 17 | $1.1 million |
| Nebraska | 20 | $1.0 million |
| Arkansas | 8 | $1.0 million |
| South Dakota | 13 | $948,657 |
| Tennessee | 9 | $835,962 |
| Connecticut | 4 | $826,354 |
| Kentucky | 15 | $803,490 |
| Maine | 34 | $400,405 |
| Michigan | 21 | $371,339 |
| West Virginia | 10 | $242,086 |
| Oregon | 28 | $225,854 |
| Alabama | 4 | $220,904 |
| Ohio | 3 | $180,089 |
| Mississippi | 3 | $129,282 |
| Arizona | 4 | $127,831 |
| Maryland | 3 | $107,869 |
| Hawaii | 5 | $105,043 |
| Wisconsin | 16 | $88,717 |
| North Dakota | 7 | $74,064 |
| New Hampshire | 7 | $56,155 |
| Vermont | 22 | $38,454 |
| Rhode Island | 2 | $36,925 |
| New Mexico | 1 | $27,928 |
| New York | 1 | $23,498 |
| Virginia | 4 | $11,482 |
| Washington | 23 | $8,560 |
| Massachusetts | 3 | $7,369 |
| Florida | 1 | $247 |