Micro-Grants for Food Security Program
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- USDA-AMS-TM-MGFSP-G-26-0009
- Agency
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Agricultural Marketing Service
Department of Agriculture
- Applications due
- Award size
- $118,800 to $1,900,800
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Agriculture
- Eligible applicants
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- State Governments
- Other
- Points of contact
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service is soliciting applications for the Micro-Grants for Food Security Program, with an application deadline of June 22, 2026. Approximately $4.75 million in federal funding is available to support small-scale agricultural activities that increase locally grown food in food-insecure communities across Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. insular territories.
Eligible applicants are agricultural agencies or departments in Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, Federated States of Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau, and U.S. Virgin Islands. Applicants must competitively distribute subawards to individuals, Indian tribes, faith-based organizations, food banks, food pantries, nonprofits engaged in food security, federally funded educational facilities, and local governments within their jurisdictions. Subaward recipients must provide a 10 percent cash cost share of total federal funds; eligible applicants are not required to provide cost share at the applicant level.
Funding allocations range from $118,800 to $1,900,800 per eligible state or territory. Individual subaward recipients may not receive more than $5,000 per year; eligible entities may not receive more than $10,000 per year. Administrative costs are limited to 3 percent of total federal funds. The grant period is four years, with performance beginning no later than September 30, 2026 and ending no later than September 29, 2030.
Eligible activities include small-scale gardening, herding, livestock operations, and expanding access to food and agricultural education in areas with significant food insecurity. The AMS encourages applicants to incorporate climate-resilient or climate-adaptation activities into project designs. Applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. The CFDA number is 10.179.
Synopsis
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.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 MGFSP NOFO_052226.pdf |
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