California Cherry Export Association

California Cherry Export Association, California Cherry Marketing And Research Board Division, a Sacramento-based nonprofit agricultural trade organization, serves as a grant recipient for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service, conducting market development activities to expand and diversify commercial export markets for California cherry products.

The vendor operates exclusively as a prime recipient under federal grant agreements rather than through contracts or IDVs. All three recent awards derive from the Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service under the Regional Agricultural Promotion Program (CFDA 10.618), a cost-share mechanism that reimburses nonprofit agricultural trade organizations and state agencies for eligible market development activities. The organization has received three cooperative agreements totaling $2.6 million in combined obligated dollars since June 2024, with no subcontract or sub-award involvement. Work includes conducting approved market development activities to encourage development, maintenance, and expansion of diverse commercial export markets for U.S. agricultural commodities, with emphasis on California cherries as the commodity focus.

The most recent award, a $300,000 cooperative agreement dated April 22, 2026, runs through September 30, 2028 and funds market development activities to foster healthy exports and market diversification for California cherry exports, with place of performance in Sacramento. An earlier award dated December 23, 2024, extends through September 30, 2030. The organization represents the sole active customer base in the source data — the Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service accounts for 100% of recent awards. One award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating a single recompete opportunity in that window. Grant records must be retained for three years from final expenditure report submission or longer if litigation, claims, audit, or other action involving the records remains pending.