Closed · USDA-FNS-CN-EAG-2026 · CFDA 10.579 · Discretionary

USDA-FNS-CN-EAG-FY26

Federal grant opportunity posted by Food and Nutrition Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$25K-$2.4M
Award range
Closed
Status
May 28, 2026
Close date
54
Expected awards

The verdict

USDA-FNS-CN-EAG-FY26 is a closed discretionary listing from Food and Nutrition Service that offered $25,000 -- $2,362,417 across 54 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 232 other opportunities from Food and Nutrition Service.

$25K-$2.4M
award range
Closed
application status
54
expected awards
10.579
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on May 28, 2026. CFDA 10.579 may re-announce under a new opportunity number. Historical award band was $25,000 -- $2,362,417.

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 28, 2026

Posted Apr 16 Closes May 28

Est. Total Funding

$20,000,000

Expected Awards

54

Instrument

Grant

Description

Under the leadership of Secretary Brooke Rollins, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is committed to strengthening strategies to encourage healthy choices, healthy outcomes, and healthy families. In support of this principle, the USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is pleased to announce the availability of $20 million to provide grants on a competitive basis to State agencies for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) Equipment Assistance Grants, as authorized under the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (Public Law 119-4), and the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 (Public Law 119-37). The NSLP Equipment Assistance Grant provides funds to NSLP State agencies to administer competitive subgrants to eligible local education agencies (LEAs), school food authorities (SFAs), and schools for the purchase of equipment valued at greater than $1,000. The purpose of the NSLP Equipment Assistance Grant is to help ensure that schools have the equipment they need to serve healthier meals, improve food safety, and to support the establishment, maintenance, or expansion of the School Breakfast Program (SBP). Since 2010, the NSLP Equipment Assistance Grants have been used to modernize school kitchens nationwide, address equipment disparities in underserved areas, and promote strategies that foster healthy choices for students. In previous years, the NSLP Equipment Assistance Grants have been provided on a non-competitive basis through the FNS Regional Offices. This competitive Request for Applications (RFA) is a new process, and State agency applicants should review the RFA thoroughly to ensure full understanding of the updated requirements and procedures. As part of the application to this grant, State agency applicants must develop and submit the RFA they will use to competitively award the subgrant. State agencies may consider any LEA, SFA, or school participating in NSLP as eligible to receive an NSLP Equipment Assistance Grant award (subgrant). Selection criteria that State agencies are encouraged to consider when awarding the subgrants may include, but are not limited to, the following: Opportunities to improve the nutrition and quality of meals, including supporting the implementation of updated nutrition requirements for school meals. Age or lack of appropriate food service equipment. Ability of food service equipment to increase the efficiency of procurement, food storage, and distribution/service. The availability of existing State and local funding for equipment purchases. Strategies for adopting cafeteria changes that provide more convenience and appeal to the student.

Public-sector applicant lane · Food and Nutrition Service

Grants.gov lists only government / tribal / housing-authority applicant doors for USDA-FNS-CN-EAG-FY26 (State 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 Food and Nutrition (FN). This eligibility-code string dominates the Food and Nutrition Service book (92 peers, 39% of 233).

Code 00
State 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

Carla Garcia Grant Officer

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What to do next

USDA-FNS-CN-EAG-FY26 is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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