OtherClosing soonCA Department of Food and Agriculture

2027 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program

Awards $100,000 – $600,000 per recipient for business, nonprofit, public agency, tribal government, closing Sep 21, 2026.

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Program pool (total): $28,000,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): $600,000
Estimated amount per award is $100,000 – $600,000. Total estimated available funding is $28,000,000. Expected number of awards is Dependent.
Award floor: $100,000
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Sep 21, 2026
Deadline type: fixed
Opens: Not stated
Status: Closing soon
Eligible entities: Business · Nonprofit · Public Agency · Tribal Government
Geography: California
Matching funds: No
Disbursement: Reimbursement
Application effort: Not confirmed
Currency: USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle

$28,000,000

Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive

$600,000

Source wording: “Estimated amount per award is $100,000 – $600,000. Total estimated available funding is $28,000,000. Expected number of awards is Dependent.”

Who can apply?

entity

Business, Nonprofit, Public Agency, Tribal Government

Source field: entity types

state

California

Source field: states

industry

Agriculture

Source field: industries

use

Agriculture, Disadvantaged Communities, Education, Employment, Labor & Training, Environment & Water, Food & Nutrition, Science, Technology, and Research & Development

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

Not stated

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

Sep 21, 202621 daysfixed deadline

Funding is contingent upon passage of a Farm Bill and available funding from the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service.

What can the money be used for?

AgricultureDisadvantaged CommunitiesEducationEmployment, Labor & TrainingEnvironment & WaterFood & NutritionScience, Technology, and Research & Development

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

Application effort: Not confirmed
Disbursement: Reimbursement
Recipients spend first and are reimbursed. Plan cash flow accordingly.
Matching funds: No
Requires Matched Funding?: No

Who has received this funding?

Recipient records not linked yet

Prior-cycle recipients, award amounts and years come from the funder's own award listings. For this programme that listing is not connected. When it is, this section shows recipient, amount and year as a sortable table.

Provenance

Source pagegrants.ca.gov

Retrieved2026-08-31

MethodAutomated check

First seen2026-08-31

The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.