Closed · USDA-FAS-FFPR-18 · CFDA 10.606 · Discretionary

Food for Progress Program

Federal grant opportunity posted by Foreign Agricultural Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$10M-$35M
Award range
Closed
Status
January 31, 2018
Close date
6
Expected awards

The verdict

Food for Progress Program is a closed discretionary listing from Foreign Agricultural Service that offered $10,000,000 -- $35,000,000 across 6 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 138 other opportunities from Foreign Agricultural Service.

$10M-$35M
award range
Closed
application status
6
expected awards
10.606
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Food for Progress Program is closed (last close January 31, 2018). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Foreign Agricultural Service still indexes 138 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed January 31, 2018

Posted Dec 7 Closes Jan 31

Est. Total Funding

$155,000,000

Expected Awards

6

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The Food for Progress program provides for the donation of U.S. agricultural commodities to developing countries and emerging democracies that are committed to introducing or expanding free enterprise in their agricultural economies. Donated U.S. commodities are typically 'monetized' (sold on the local market in the beneficiary country) and the proceeds are used to fund agricultural development activities.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · USDA-FAS-FFPR-18

Grants.gov marks Food for Progress Program with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity codes span Agriculture · Community Development · Employment, Labor and Training · Food and Nutrition · Regional Development (AG;CD;ELT;FN;RD). This eligibility-code string dominates the Foreign Agricultural Service book (104 peers, 75% of 139).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Agency Contact

Mark Rosmann International Program Specialist Phone 2026901927

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What to do next

Food for Progress Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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