ClosedOpportunity USDA-FAS-0700-10608-S

Food for Education Standing Supplemental Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Amendments

McGovern-Dole Food for Education 10.608 · Department of Agriculture

At a glance

Food for Education Standing Supplemental Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Amendments is a closed federal cooperative agreement opportunity from the McGovern-Dole Food for Education 10.608 (Department of Agriculture). The application deadline was August 1, 2020. Individual awards are listed as $100K – $5M, with about 10 awards expected and $50M in total estimated funding. Applicant types listed as eligible include others (see notice). Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 10.608 (Food for Education).

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

Posted: Apr 22, 2020
Close date: Aug 1, 2020
Award floor: $100,000
Award ceiling: $5,000,000
Est. total funding: $50,000,000
Expected awards: 10
Cost sharing: Not required
Funding instrument: Cooperative Agreement
Opportunity category: Discretionary

Who can apply

Others (see notice)

Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)

Current McGovern-Dole award recipients with active cooperative agreements.Pursuant to 2 CFR Part 415.1(d)(3), this NOFO supports continuing work already started under the base McGovern-Dole award.All applicants must have an active registration in the SAM database at www.sam.gov – pending or expired registrants are not eligible. This requirement must be met by the closing date of the announcement and will not be waived. Please contact MGDAmendments@usda.gov if you have questions about this requirement.Eligible applicants will be contacted directly by the International Food Assistance Division (IFAD) if funding is available. Applicants that respond to this solicitation without prior approval from IFAD will not be considered.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.

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 primary 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 provide additional freight, commodity, and/or administrative funds to active McGovern-Dole agreements. Generally, additional funding is needed due to natural disasters, lower than anticipated monetization proceeds and/or freight rates, continuation of program activities/school feeding, political instability delaying key project dates, pipeline breaks in school feeding, or commodity loss.

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

10.608Food for EducationProgram →

Reported obligations under ALN 10.608

Historical data · not a prediction

FY24

$248M

FY25

$240M

FY26

$240M est.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 10.608. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Agency contact (as published)

Kendra Arrington Grantor
MGDAmendments@usda.gov
202-690-5503

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for this opportunity?

The official notice lists these applicant types as eligible: Others (see notice). Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.

How much funding is available through this opportunity?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as $100k – $5m, total estimated program funding is $50,000,000 and the agency expects to make about 10 awards.

How do I apply for this opportunity?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity USDA-FAS-0700-10608-S), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.

Matched on shared Assistance Listings, agency, categories and eligible applicant types.

Closes in 7 daysALN 10.210