Closed · USDA-AMS-TM-MGFSP-G-21-0010 · CFDA 10.179 · Mandatory

Micro-Grants for Food Security Program

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

$133K-$2.1M
Award range
Closed
Status
May 24, 2021
Close date
10
Expected awards

The verdict

Micro-Grants for Food Security Program is a closed mandatory listing from Agricultural Marketing Service that offered $133,002 -- $2,128,040 across 10 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 123 other opportunities from Agricultural Marketing Service.

$133K-$2.1M
award range
Closed
application status
10
expected awards
10.179
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Micro-Grants for Food Security Program is closed (last close May 24, 2021). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Agricultural Marketing Service still indexes 123 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 May 24, 2021

Posted Mar 23 Closes May 24

Expected Awards

10

Instrument

Grant

Description

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.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · USDA-AMS-TM-MGFSP-G-21-0010

Grants.gov marks Micro-Grants for Food Security 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: Grant. Funding-activity codes span Agriculture · Business and Commerce · Community Development · Food and Nutrition (AG;BC;CD;FN). This eligibility-code string dominates the Agricultural Marketing Service book (48 peers, 39% of 124).

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

Grants.gov Contact Center Phone Number: 1-800-518-4726 Hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The contact center is closed on federal holidays. support@grants.gov

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What to do next

Micro-Grants for Food Security Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants