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Assistance listing · 10.608
Food for Education
Federal financial assistance obligated under listing 10.608, the organisations that receive it and where it goes.
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Federal agencies obligated $240M in awards under assistance listing 10.608, Food for Education, in FY2025, and $1.4B over the five fiscal years since FY2022; the program ranks 273 of 1056 on this site.
Obligations were down 62% on FY2024 ($627M), with $0 so far in FY2026.
The largest recipient organisations over FY2022–FY2025 were United Nations World Food Programme ($332M), Catholic Relief Services - United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ($323M) and Counterpart International, Inc. ($190M).
Obligations by fiscal year
Compared with the largest program FY2025
| Measure | This program | Grants to States for Medicaid | All assistance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obligations, FY2025 | $240M | $666B | $4.5T |
| Five-year total | $1.4B | $3.2T | $21T |
| Share of all assistance obligations, five years | 0% | 15.2% | 100% |
Largest recipients obligations, FY2022–FY2025
| # | Organisation | Obligations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Nations World Food Programme | $332M |
| 2 | Catholic Relief Services - United States Conference of Catholic Bishops | $323M |
| 3 | Counterpart International, Inc. | $190M |
| 4 | Save the Children Federation, Inc. | $108M |
| 5 | World Vision Inc. | $87M |
| 6 | Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, Inc. | $81M |
| 7 | Project Concern International | $65M |
| 8 | Partners of the Americas, Inc. | $59M |
| 9 | Nascent Solutions Inc. | $33M |
| 10 | Improving Economies for Stronger Communities | $30M |
| 11 | Land O'Lakes VENTURE37 | $30M |
| 12 | Lutheran World Relief Inc | $27M |
| 13 | Acdi/Voca | $25M |
| 14 | Cnfa | $25M |
| 15 | Partners for Global Research and Development, LLC | $20M |
| 16 | Global Communities, Inc. | $5K |
| 17 | Mercy Corps | $0 |
| 18 | United Nations World Food Programme | $0 |
| 19 | Technoserve, Inc. | $0 |
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards
Largest awards since FY2022
| Recipient | Awarding agency | Type | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project Concern International | Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | $65M | 11 Jan 2023 | — | USAspending |
| Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, Inc. | Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | $53M | 16 Sep 2022 | — | USAspending |
| Counterpart International, Inc. | Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | $40M | 23 Sep 2025 | — | USAspending |
| Counterpart International, Inc. | Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | $40M | 23 Sep 2025 | — | USAspending |
| Save the Children Federation, Inc. | Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | $40M | 23 Sep 2025 | — | USAspending |
| Partners of the Americas, Inc. | Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | $40M | 23 Sep 2025 | — | USAspending |
| United Nations World Food Programme | Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | $40M | 23 Sep 2025 | — | USAspending |
| Save the Children Federation, Inc. | Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | $40M | 23 Sep 2025 | — | USAspending |
| Nascent Solutions Inc. | Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | $33M | 30 Sep 2023 | — | USAspending |
| United Nations World Food Programme | Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | $33M | 26 Sep 2023 | — | USAspending |
Other programs numbered 10.xxx
- 10.551 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program $500B
- 10.555 National School Lunch Program $144B
- 10.557 WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children $35B
- 10.561 State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program $31B
- 10.450 Crop Insurance $18B
- 10.758 Affordable Rural Cooperative $9.6B
- 10.646 Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program for Children $8.2B
- 10.912 Environmental Quality Incentives Program $7.9B
- 10.427 Rural Rental Assistance Payments $7.8B
- 10.931 Agricultural Conservation Easement Program $6.4B
- 10.069 Conservation Reserve Program $5.7B
- 10.924 Conservation Stewardship Program $4.5B
- 10.703 Cooperative Fire Protection Agreement $2.6B
- 10.560 State Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition $2.6B
- 10.937 Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities $2.6B
- 10.760 Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities $2.5B
- 10.855 Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants $2.1B
- 10.923 Emergency Watershed Protection Program $2.1B
- 10.310 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) $2.0B
- 10.752 Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program $1.8B
- 10.766 Community Facilities Loans and Grants $1.8B
- 10.558 Child and Adult Care Food Program $1.7B
- 10.030 Indemnity Program $1.6B
- 10.511 Smith-Lever Extension Funding $1.6B
Questions and answers
How much is obligated under assistance listing 10.608?
$240M in FY2025 and $1.4B over the five fiscal years since FY2022, counting every award type recorded under the listing (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance and other assistance). Obligations are commitments, not payments.
Who receives the most under Food for Education?
United Nations World Food Programme ($332M), Catholic Relief Services - United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ($323M), Counterpart International, Inc. ($190M), Save the Children Federation, Inc. ($108M), World Vision Inc. ($87M). Individuals are never listed; where a program pays individuals, USAspending records aggregated rows that appear here as "not shown".
What is an assistance listing (CFDA) number?
A five-digit number that identifies a federal financial assistance program on SAM.gov (formerly the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance). Every grant, loan, direct payment or other assistance award on USAspending carries one; contracts do not.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2, spending by category (assistance listing) by fiscal year, recipient cross-tabulation for FY2022–FY2025 and award search, loaded 30 Sep 2026. State figures come from each state's top-100 listing table, so small amounts in a state may be missing. See methodology.