Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Program

The summary for the Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Program Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Program
	CFDA Number:	10.225
	CFDA Description:	Community Food Projects
	Federal Agency Name:	CSREES
	Category of Funding Activity:	Agriculture Community Development Food and Nutrition
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	USDA-CSREES-CFP-002195
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Apr 07, 2009
	Creation Date:	May 14, 2009
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	May 13, 2009
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	May 18, 2009
	Archive Date:	Jun 19, 2009
	Expected Number of Awards:	25
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$5,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$300,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$10,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Only private, nonprofit entities meeting specific requirements as listed in the Request for Applications (RFA). Please refer to eligibility in the RFA. For the Food Security Learning Center: Only non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are eligible to submit an application.
Grant Description: Community Food Projects should be designed to (1): (A) meet the food needs of low-income people; (B) increase the self-reliance of communities in providing for their own food needs; and (C) promote comprehensive responses to local food, farm, and nutrition issues; and/or (2) meet specific state, local, or neighborhood food and agriculture needs for (A) infrastructure improvement and development; (B) planning for long-term solutions; (C) the creation of innovative marketing activities that mutually benefit agricultural producers and low-income consumers; or (D) Food Security Learning Center to support a grant to a non-governmental organization (NGO) to establish and operate a national information and education clearinghouse on community food security.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/community_food.html
Grant Announcement Contact: CSREES Help Desk Phone: 202-401-5048 Business hours are M-F, 7:00 am -5:00 pm ET, excluding Federal holidays
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Similar Government Grants: • McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition; • Food Security Learning Center