Well Told Grants

Federal grant programs / Department of Agriculture

Census of Agriculture (10.951)

Also known as NASDA

Census of Agriculture (Assistance Listing 10.951) is run by the National Agricultural Statistics Service, part of the Department of Agriculture. It awarded $21.4 million in 1 grant from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $21.4 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.

There was 1 award in five years, of $43.0 million.

Key findings

What the program funds

The objective for NASS is to formulate, develop, and administer programs for collecting and publishing statistics related to agriculture, resources, and rural communities, including the Census of Agriculture.

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

REE Agencies may enter into a non-assistance cooperative agreements with eligible entities to further research, extension, or teaching programs in the food and agricultural sciences. Eligible entities are any State agricultural experimental station, State cooperative extension service, any college or university, other research or education institution or organization, Federal or private agency or organization, an individual, or other party, either foreign or domestic. 7 USC 3318.

What the money can and cannot pay for

Activities related to the collection and dissemination of information related to the Census of Agriculture, as identified in the agreement. Funds provided by NASS for this program may not be used for expenses related to the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of infrastructure in the United States, unless such expenses are specifically directed by Congress.;

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

Examples of funded projects

Fiscal Year2025: Enumerators will perform data collection activities in support of the NASS mission to provide timely, accurate, and useful statistics. Enumerators will collect survey data for the compilation of agricultural statistics to promote intelligent planning and decision making by farmers and agribusiness interests in the 50 States and the territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands. This project efficiently serves the agricultural data needs at the local, State and Federal levels, eliminates duplication of effort, reduces reporting burden on the Nation's producers, and effectively leverages local, State, and Federal resources for the betterment of U.S. Agriculture.

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

Funding history and past recipients

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Census of Agriculture (10.951) awarded$21.4 million across 1 grant award, an average of $21.4 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
National Assn of State Departments of AgricultureVirginia1$21.4 million

Top states: Virginia ($21.4 million).

Who usually wins

Almost all of the money went to nonprofits.

Recipient typeAwardsAmountShare
Nonprofits1$21.4 million100%

By state

Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.

Grants by recipient's state, fiscal 2021 to 2025
StateAwardsAmount
Virginia1$21.4 million

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