Organic Certification Cost Share Program
The summary for the Organic Certification Cost Share Program grant is detailed below.
This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants.
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Organic Certification Cost Share Program: The USDA aims to strengthen market support for U.S. agriculture by offering Organic Certification Cost Share Program grants that reduce the cost of organic certification by reimbursing organic producers for 75% of their certification costs up to a maximum of $750 per certification category per year. The Agricultural Management Assistance Organic Certification Cost Share Program, authorized by the Federal Crop Insurance Act of 2001, provides $1.5M of certification cost share assistance to organic producers in 16 states (Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
| Federal Grant Title: | Organic Certification Cost Share Program |
| Federal Agency Name: | Agricultural Marketing Service |
| Grant Categories: | Agriculture |
| Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | USDA-AMS-NOP-AMA-2014 |
| Type of Funding: | Grant |
| CFDA Numbers: | 10.171 |
| CFDA Descriptions: | Organic Certification Cost Share Programs |
| Current Application Deadline: | Jun 20, 2014 |
| Original Application Deadline: | Jun 20, 2014 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 5, 2014 |
| Creation Date: | Jun 5, 2014 |
| Archive Date: | Sep 30, 2014 |
| Total Program Funding: | $1,500,000 |
| Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $500,000 |
| Minimum Federal Grant Award: | none |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 16 |
| Cost Sharing or Matching: | No |
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- State governments
- Link to Full Grant Announcement
- NOP Cost Share Website
- Grant Announcement Contact
- Dana Stahl
Cost Share Manager
Phone 540-361-1126
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