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Find similar grantsMicro-Grants for Food Security Program Fiscal Year 2026 is sponsored by USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). Supports projects that enhance food security through micro-grants.
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Opportunity Listing - Micro-Grants for Food Security Program Micro-Grants for Food Security Program Agency: Agricultural Marketing Service Assistance Listings: 10. 179 -- Micro-Grants for Food Security Program Last Updated: May 22, 2026 View version history on Grants.
gov MGFSP assists agricultural agencies or departments in eligible states and territories to increase the quantity and quality of locally grown food in food insecure communities through small-scale gardening, herding, and livestock operations by competitively distributing subawards to eligible entities.
USDA promotes climate-resilient landscapes and rural economic systems, including tools to support agriculture, forests, grazing lands, and rural communities. AMS encourages applicants to consider including goals and activities related to reducing and stabilizing the levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere or adapting to the already occurring climate change in their project"s design and implementation.
Eligible applicants are agricultural agencies or departments in Alaska, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, and the United States Virgin Islands.
A State department of agriculture is the agency, commission, or department of the government responsible for agriculture within the State, Territory, or Insular area. Grantor contact information Grant Program Questions: IPPGrants@usda. gov; Grants.
gov Questions: support@grants. gov or 1-800-518-4726. File name Description Last updated 2026_MGFSP_NOFO_052226.
pdf 2026 MGFSP NOFO_052226. pdf May 22, 2026 02:28 PM UTC Link to additional information https://www. ams.
usda. gov/mgfsp Funding opportunity number : USDA-AMS-TM-MGFSP-G-26-0009 Cost sharing or matching requirement : Funding instrument type : Opportunity Category Explanation : Category of Funding Activity : Your account requires additional identity verification.
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Nonprofit organizations, including community-based organizations, that are public or private entities. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Micro-Grants for Food Security Program Fiscal Year 2026 is funded by USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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Cold Chain Grants for Emergency Food Assistance Program (CCG) is sponsored by USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). This program provides funding to support cold chain equipment investments that help food assistance entities temporarily store, effectively package, and distribute fresh, frozen, and minimally processed foods. Nonprofits administering subaward programs are eligible, which would then fund food banks and other emergency food assistance operations for cold storage and distribution equipment.
Cold Chain Grants for Emergency Food Assistance (CCG) is sponsored by USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). The Cold Chain Grants for Emergency Food Assistance program competitively awards funds to eligible organizations to offer subawards for cold storage and distribution equipment. This aims to help food banks, food pantries, and other emergency food assistance operations improve their ability to provide high-quality meats, eggs, seafood, dairy, and fresh and minimally processed fruits and vegetables to vulnerable Americans.
SCMP 2026 shows a December 4 close date on grants.gov. But if you sit in a participating state you cannot apply to AMS at all: your State Department of Agriculture is the applicant, and its internal deadline runs weeks earlier.
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