Federal grants to Grow Food
Grow Food in Mount Vernon, Washington received $8.0 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 6 awards. Its largest program was American Rescue Plan Technical Assistance Investment Program, with $3.5 million. In fiscal 2025 more was taken back from its awards than added, a net -$88,347.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$8.0 million
- Awards6
- Awarded in FY 2025-$88,347
- Largest award$3.5 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 2 | $1.1 million |
| FY 2022 | 2 | $960,126 |
| FY 2023 | 1 | $3.5 million |
| FY 2024 | 1 | $2.5 million |
| FY 2025 | 0 | -$88,347 |
Programs that fund Grow Food
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| American Rescue Plan Technical Assistance Investment Program | 1 | $3.5 million |
| Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Program | 1 | $2.5 million |
| Environmental Quality Incentives Program | 1 | $910,126 |
| Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program | 1 | $511,653 |
| Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program | 1 | $500,000 |
| Rural Business Development Grant | 1 | $50,000 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Agriculture | 6 | $8.0 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| ** awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** as these farmers retire over the next 10-20 years, 370 million acres will change hands. Meanwhile, the number of beginning farmers i | American Rescue Plan Technical Assistance Investment Program | February 8, 2023 | $3.5 million |
| Provide technical assistance and financial/business support to farmers to increase capital and market access. | Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Program | November 18, 2023 | $2.5 million |
| From farmers to soil health managers- participatory design of on-farm trials to stimulate adoption of innovative conservation techniques by historically underserved farmers in the puget sound region | Environmental Quality Incentives Program | February 25, 2022 | $910,126 |
| Washington state's principal farmers have an average age of 59.1 years and 70% are expected to retire in the next 20 years, with their farmland changing hands. It is no surprise that our five-county region lost 10.6%, or 37,833 acres of farmland from 2012 to 2017 as farmers retire. Skagit county | Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program | August 17, 2021 | $511,653 |
| Creating a regional food system for all: forging innovativeommunity partnerships to strengthen small-scale farms and increase food access in the puget sound region | Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program | October 30, 2020 | $500,000 |
| Rbdg rural business coop rural enterprise grant | Rural Business Development Grant | July 26, 2022 | $50,000 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Grow Food get?
$8.0 million in 6 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Grow Food the most?
The Department of Agriculture, with $8.0 million in 6 awards.
What is Grow Food's largest federal grant?
$3.5 million under American Rescue Plan Technical Assistance Investment Program, with its first action in the period on February 8, 2023. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Grow Food?
Its largest are American Rescue Plan Technical Assistance Investment Program, Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Program and Environmental Quality Incentives Program.
Other grant recipients in Mount Vernon
- Paccar Inc
- The Skagit Valley College Foundation
- City of Mount Vernon
- County of Skagit
- Northwest Agriculture Business Center
- Public Utility District No 1 of Ska
- Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group
- North Sound Behavioral Health Administrative Services Organi
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