Closed · USDA-FNS-SNAP-21-PAFFM · CFDA 10.545 · Discretionary
SNAP Online Purchasing Participation Assistance for Farmers and Farmers Markets
Federal grant opportunity posted by Food and Nutrition Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $750K-$4M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- August 23, 2021
- Close date
- 4
- Expected awards
The verdict
SNAP Online Purchasing Participation Assistance for Farmers and Farmers Markets is a closed discretionary listing from Food and Nutrition Service that offered $750,000 -- $4,000,000 across 4 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 232 other opportunities from Food and Nutrition Service.
- $750K-$4M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 4
- expected awards
- 10.545
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
SNAP Online Purchasing Participation Assistan… is closed (last close August 23, 2021). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Food and Nutrition Service still indexes 232 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 August 23, 2021
Expected Awards
4
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
FNS announces, through this Request for Applications, the availability of a maximum of $4 million in total grant funding to be used over a maximum of four (4) years for award as up to five cooperative agreements. This solicitation is contingent upon the availability of funds.The primary goal of the grant is to provide greater participant access to SNAP-authorized FMs and DMFs by providing assistance to FMs and DMFs that wish to accept SNAP benefits through online transactions. The grantee will use resources from this grant to assist FMs and DMFs in becoming SNAP authorized Internet Retailers and supporting the participation of and processing of online transactions by these FMs and DMFs.
Nonprofit-only applicant desk · Food and Nutrition
The printed eligibility set for SNAP Online Purchasing Participation Assistan… is nonprofit-only (Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)). Government, campus, and for-profit doors are absent from this NOFO row. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Food and Nutrition (FN). Only 8 other Food and Nutrition Service listings share this exact eligibility-code string (3% of 233).
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
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
Anna J Arrowsmith Grants Officer
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What to do next
SNAP Online Purchasing Participation Assistan… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
- Browse open federal opportunities in the same category when this listing is closed. Open opportunities
- Look up CFDA 10.545 across all indexed listings before you commit to this opportunity alone. Eligibility finder
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