Makoce Agriculture Development, Inc.

Makoce Agriculture Development, Inc., a Native American-owned, tax-exempt non-profit based in Porcupine, South Dakota, operates as a federal grant recipient focused on agricultural and food system development serving the Pine Ridge Reservation. The vendor is split evenly between prime grant recipient work (50% of recent awards) and sub-recipient positions under larger tribal and community development programs (50% of recent awards), with all activity concentrated in federal grant channels rather than competitive contracts.

Makoce's grant footprint addresses food sovereignty, economic self-sufficiency, and agricultural infrastructure on the Pine Ridge Reservation. As prime recipient, Makoce received a $1.54 million three-year Project Grant from the Administration for Native Americans (ANA) under the Native American Programs (CFDA 93.612) beginning September 2025 to preserve cultural food knowledge, and a $200,000 Project Grant from the Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service under the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants program (CFDA 10.180) beginning September 2021 to develop and certify a 54-foot Mobile Poultry Processing Unit (MPPU) for regional food processing capacity. The MPPU work included infrastructure investment—water, power, sewer access, and concrete foundation—on a 14-acre permanent farm site, with the grant supporting hiring a full-time operations employee and achieving USDA food-safety certification for regional sales capability.

In sub-recipient capacity, Makoce sits under the Intertribal Agriculture Council, Inc. on a Business Builder subaward (February 2026) and under The Reinvestment Fund, Inc. on the Healthy Food Financing Initiative Food Access and Retail Expansion (FARE) Fund subaward (October 2025), which provides loans, grants, and technical assistance for food retail and food-system infrastructure in underserved areas. Activity spans four awards totaling $2.1 million obligated across three federal grantors (ANA, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, and USDA Rural Business Cooperative Services), with no IDIQs, GWACs, or contracting vehicles in the award portfolio.