Closed · USDA-FAS-0700-10608-D · CFDA 10.608 · Discretionary

FY 2021 McGovern-Dole Limited Merit Based NOFO for Guatemala and Honduras

Federal grant opportunity posted by McGovern-Dole Food for Education 10.608, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$1M-$10M
Award range
Closed
Status
July 9, 2021
Close date
4
Expected awards

The verdict

FY 2021 McGovern-Dole Limited Merit Based NOFO for Guatemala and Honduras is a closed discretionary listing from McGovern-Dole Food for Education 10.608 that offered $1,000,000 -- $10,000,000 across 4 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 8 other opportunities from McGovern-Dole Food for Education 10.608.

$1M-$10M
award range
Closed
application status
4
expected awards
10.608
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

FY 2021 McGovern-Dole Limited Merit Based NOF… is closed (last close July 9, 2021). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. McGovern-Dole Food for Education 10.608 still indexes 8 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 July 9, 2021

Posted May 28 Closes Jul 9

Est. Total Funding

$30,000,000

Expected Awards

4

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

Program Overview The McGovern-Dole program feeds school children and improves literacy (especially for girls) in low-income, food-deficit countries around the world. The program provides for the donation of U.S. agricultural commodities, as well as financial and technical assistance, to support school feeding, literacy, maternal and child health and nutrition projects worldwide pursuant to an agreement with USDA-FAS. The program requires the inclusion of graduation as stipulated in the legislation. Program Objectives The McGovern-Dole program key objectives are to carry out:· Preschool and school food for education programs in foreign countries to improve food security, reduce the incidence of hunger, and improve literacy and primary education, particularly with respect to girls; and· Maternal, infant, and child nutrition programs for pregnant women, nursing mothers, infants, and children who are five years of age or younger. Program Priorities The program funding priorities of this NOFO are to support active McGovern-Dole cooperative agreements in Guatemala and Honduras through a limited competitive process with prior year McGovern-Dole funds. Within the parameters of the McGovern-Dole authorizing legislation and program objectives, this additional funding should be used to expand and strengthen food for education programs in Guatemala and Honduras, reduce the incidence of hunger and improve literacy education, thereby indirectly reducing the incidence of irregular migration to the United States. Country-specific guidance is provided in Appendix B. Given that prior year funds will be used, these funds cannot be used for the local and regional procurement of agricultural commodities. In addition, USDA is making available at least $150,000 in prior year funding to support an activity that incorporates the use of recently developed potable water technologies in a school feeding project.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · USDA-FAS-0700-10608-D

Grants.gov marks FY 2021 McGovern-Dole Limited Merit Based NOF… 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 code maps to Agriculture (AG). This eligibility-code string dominates the McGovern-Dole Food for Education 10.608 book (7 peers, 78% of 9).

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.

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Agency Contact

Lindsay Carter Director, McGovern-Dole Branch International Food Assistance Division Global Programs, Foreign Agricultural Service U.S. Department of Agriculture 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Rm 6970 Washington, DC 20250 Phone: (202) 720-1008 Fax: (202) 690-0251 Email at: MGDAmendments@usda.gov

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