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Federal grant programs / Department of Agriculture

Emergency Relief Program Outreach Education and Technical Assistance (10.975)

Also known as ERP-OETA

Emergency Relief Program Outreach Education and Technical Assistance (Assistance Listing 10.975) is run by the Farm Service Agency, part of the Department of Agriculture. It awarded $4.0 million in 9 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $440,579 per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.

The typical award was $275,530. Half of the 9 awards fell between $167,188 and $371,914, and they ranged from $85,976 to $1.4 million.

Key findings

What the program funds

The Emergency Relief Program (ERP) is intended to help agricultural producers offset the impacts of natural disasters in 2020 and 2021. The second phase of ERP is aimed at filling gaps and providing assistance to producers who did not participate in or receive payments through the existing risk management programs that were leveraged for phase 1 implementation.

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.

Funding history and past recipients

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Emergency Relief Program Outreach Education and Technical Assistance (10.975) awarded $4.0 million across 9 grant awards, an average of $440,579 per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Flower Hill InstituteNew Mexico1$1.4 million
Rural CoalitionDistrict of Columbia1$997,898
Intertribal Agriculture Council, IncMontana1$371,914
Renewing the Countryside IIMinnesota1$301,102
Farmers' Legal Action Group, Inc.Minnesota1$275,530
North South Institute, Inc.Florida1$258,059
Alabama State Association of CooperativesAlabama1$167,188
Texas Small Farmers & Ranchers/Community-Based Organization (Cbo)Texas1$150,186
Rural Advancement Foundation International - USANorth Carolina1$85,976

Top states: New Mexico ($1.4 million), District of Columbia ($997,898), Minnesota ($576,632), Montana ($371,914), Florida ($258,059), Alabama ($167,188), Texas ($150,186), North Carolina ($85,976).

Who usually wins

Almost all of the money went to nonprofits.

Recipient typeAwardsAmountShare
Nonprofits9$4.0 million100%

By state

1 state has a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards. It is New Mexico.

Grants by recipient's state, fiscal 2021 to 2025
StateAwardsAmount
New Mexico1$1.4 million
District of Columbia1$997,898
Minnesota2$576,632
Montana1$371,914
Florida1$258,059
Alabama1$167,188
Texas1$150,186
North Carolina1$85,976

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