Recipient of federal assistance · FRANKFORT, KY

KY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

KY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE received $7.8M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 40 actions. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $44.6M. Its largest awarding agency was Food and Nutrition Service ($6.3M).

Assistance · FY2026
$7.8M
New awards
14
Actions
40
Since FY2021
$44.6M
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State and local governments

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 11.9MFY2021
  2. 16.1MFY2022
  3. 20.5MFY2023
  4. 11.3MFY2024
  5. -23MFY2025
  6. 7.8MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$7.8M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 10.565 · Commodity Supplemental Food Program$3.2M41%
  2. 10.568 · Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative COSTS)$2.1M27%
  3. 10.560 · State Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition$895.3K11%
  4. 66.605 · Performance Partnership Grants$663.4K8.5%
  5. 10.025 · Animal Disease and Animal Care$486.3K6.2%
  6. 93.103 · Food and Drug Administration Research$352.3K4.5%
  7. 10.576 · Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program$315K4.0%
  8. 10.162 · Inspection Grading and Standardization$188.5K2.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Agriculture
  2. Department of Agriculture
  3. Department of Health and Human Services
  4. Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

  1. 10.182 · Pandemic Relief Activities: Local Food Purchase Agreements with States, Tribes, and Local Governments· Agricultural Marketing Service· Cooperative agreement· Aug 12, 2022 – Mar 30, 2026· AM22LFPA0000C041
  2. 93.103 · Food and Drug Administration Research· Food and Drug Administration· Cooperative agreement· Jun 28, 2021 – Jul 22, 2026· U2FFD007449
  3. 10.565 · Commodity Supplemental Food Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Nov 17, 2025 – Jan 22, 2026· 265KY803Y8005
  4. 10.568 · Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative COSTS)· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Nov 17, 2025 – Jun 22, 2026· 265KY819Y8105
  5. 10.568 · Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative COSTS)· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Jul 24, 2025 – Mar 10, 2026· 255KY819Q2204
  6. 10.560 · State Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Oct 16, 2025 – Jul 2, 2026· 265KY905N2533

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $5M (14 subawards)

6 sub-recipients

  1. GODS PANTRY FOOD BANK INC$2.2M44%
    LEXINGTON, KY · 3 subawards
  2. FEEDING AMERICA, KENTUCKYS HEARTLAND, INC.$1.2M24%
    ELIZABETHTOWN, KY · 2 subawards
  3. DARE TO CARE, INC$770K15%
    LOUISVILLE, KY · 2 subawards
  4. PURCHASE AREA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, INC.$362.8K7.2%
    MAYFIELD, KY · 3 subawards
  5. NORTHERN KENTUCKY AREA DEVELOPMENT DISTR$270K5.3%
    FLORENCE, KY · 2 subawards
  6. TRI STATE FOOD BANK INC$225K4.5%
    EVANSVILLE, IN · 2 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $3.5M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $18.2M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $3.7M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $6.1M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $5.3M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $5M paid out · $0 received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.