City Seed, Inc.
New Haven, CT Doing business as Cityseed
- UEI
- T7E3CEY8B8L4
- CAGE
- 45JF4
- Primary NAICS
- 445230 Fruit and Vegetable Retailers
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 162 James St, New Haven, CT 06513, USA
- Website
- cityseed.org
- Founded
- 2004
- Employees
- 11-50
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Consumer Services
- Diversified Consumer Services
- Specialized Consumer Services
- SIC code
- 86 Membership Organizations
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Grant awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Reinvestment Fund, Inc. | CLSS00000072011 | $194,400 |
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About the company
City Seed, Inc., doing business as Cityseed, is a Connecticut-based nonprofit operating as a prime recipient of federal grants in the local food systems and agricultural entrepreneurship space, with a small subgrant footprint under the Healthy Food Financing Initiative. The organization delivers shared-use commercial kitchen facilities, entrepreneurial training, mid-tier value chain development, supply chain coordination, and workplace safety support to farms, food ventures, and underserved entrepreneurs—particularly people of color, women, and immigrant business owners—in the New Haven area and surrounding region.
Cityseed's federal grant portfolio concentrates entirely within the Department of Agriculture and a single Department of Labor award. The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has issued five awards, anchored by a $312,499.60 Cooperative Agreement under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (CFDA 10.175) issued March 1, 2026, running through February 28, 2029, with performance in Washington, DC. A prior AMS Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program grant (CFDA 10.175) issued September 30, 2023, through September 29, 2026, funded capacity expansion of the CitySeed Incubates shared-use kitchen and programming. A January 3, 2022 AMS award provided pandemic-relief funding (CFDA 10.168) to cover workplace safety, facility retrofitting, transportation, and worker housing costs incurred between the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration and December 31, 2021, completing January 2, 2023. The Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service and Rural Business Cooperative Services account for four additional awards. The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration issued a $150,000 Community Project Funding grant (CFDA 17.289) effective January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2026, for the CitySeed Incubates entrepreneurial training and kitchen access program. Cityseed holds one subgrant award as sub-recipient under The Reinvestment Fund, Inc., issued January 23, 2023, under the Healthy Food Financing Initiative Targeted Small Grants program, which funds fresh food retail and food system enterprises in underserved areas. Combined obligated dollars across all twelve awards total $1.9 million. One award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months.
Quick answers
Is City Seed, Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. City Seed, Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through February 4, 2027.
What is City Seed, Inc.'s CAGE code?
City Seed, Inc.'s CAGE code is 45JF4, and its Unique Entity ID (UEI) is T7E3CEY8B8L4.
What is City Seed, Inc.'s most recent federal award?
City Seed, Inc.'s most recent federal grant award is Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing food-producing subsectors globally, yet the united states has fallen… (25FMPPCT1294), from Agricultural Marketing Service, on March 1, 2026.
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- Funding analysis by agency, NAICS and set-aside
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