Closed · USDA-AMS-TM-IAHMP-G-23-0018 · CFDA 10.384 · Discretionary

Indigenous Animals Harvesting and Meat Processing Grant Program

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

up to $50M
Award range
Closed
Status
July 19, 2023
Close date
30
Expected awards

The verdict

Indigenous Animals Harvesting and Meat Processing Grant Program is a closed discretionary listing from Agricultural Marketing Service that offered Up to $50,000,000 across 30 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 123 other opportunities from Agricultural Marketing Service.

up to $50M
award range
Closed
application status
30
expected awards
10.384
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Indigenous Animals Harvesting and Meat Proces… is closed (last close July 19, 2023). 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 July 19, 2023

Posted Apr 19 Closes Jul 19

Est. Total Funding

$50,000,000

Expected Awards

30

Instrument

Grant

Description

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) requests applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2023 Indigenous Animals Harvesting and Meat Processing Grant Program (Indigenous Animals Grants or IAG). The Indigenous Animals Grants are administered by the Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBCS), an agency within USDA Rural Development, in partnership with the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and in consultation with the Office of Tribal Relations (OTR). This program is designed to support the priorities tribal nations have articulated to USDA throughout consultations in 2021 and 2022, including but not limited to support for traditional harvesting methods, indigenous animals, and community animal protein processing operations. Funding of this program will address needs for local animal protein processing capacity in tribal communities and tribal foods supply chains. The primary purpose of all projects must be to expand or enhance animal protein processing capacity in Indian Country. Applicants may also propose other related activities in their project plans. USDA aims to fund a portfolio of projects representing geographic diversity, indigenous animal diversity, model diversity (mobile processing, multi-tribal, etc.), and scale diversity that reflects priorities tribal nations have identified as necessary to support indigenous foods, processing practices, and food systems. Outcomes of these projects will also provide valuable data to USDA on species which are uncommon in other federal meat and poultry programs.

Public-sector applicant lane · Agricultural Marketing Service

Grants.gov lists only government / tribal / housing-authority applicant doors for Indigenous Animals Harvesting and Meat Proces… (Federally recognized tribal governments). This is a public-sector corridor, not a general nonprofit open call. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Agriculture (AG). Inside Agricultural Marketing Service's indexed book this exact eligibility-code string is unique to this listing.

Code 07
Federally recognized tribal governments

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

The IAG Grants Team iag@usda.gov

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