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Assistance listing · 98.008
Food for Peace Emergency Program (EP)
Federal financial assistance obligated under listing 98.008, the organisations that receive it and where it goes.
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Federal agencies obligated $29M in awards under assistance listing 98.008, Food for Peace Emergency Program (EP), in FY2026, and $1.5B over the five fiscal years since FY2023; the program ranks 229 of 988 on this site.
Obligations were down 87% on FY2025 ($214M), with $0 so far in FY2027.
The largest recipient organisations over FY2022–FY2025 were United Nations World Food Programme ($1.3B), Catholic Relief Services - United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ($175M) and UNICEF ($114M).
By place of performance, the most money went to NY and CT.
Obligations by fiscal year
Compared with the largest program FY2026
| Measure | This program | Grants to States for Medicaid | All assistance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obligations, FY2026 | $29M | $722B | $4.4T |
| Five-year total | $1.5B | $2.6T | $17T |
| Share of all assistance obligations, five years | 0% | 15.2% | 100% |
Largest recipients obligations, FY2022–FY2025
| # | Organisation | Obligations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Nations World Food Programme | $1.3B |
| 2 | Catholic Relief Services - United States Conference of Catholic Bishops | $175M |
| 3 | UNICEF | $114M |
| 4 | Breedlove Foods Inc | $14M |
| 5 | Edesia, Inc. | $5.9M |
| 6 | Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, Inc. | $5.6M |
| 7 | Save the Children Federation, Inc. | $4.1M |
| 8 | Mary Dinah Foundation | $1.7M |
| 9 | World Vision Inc. | $949K |
| 10 | Citihope International Inc | $739K |
| 11 | Food for Poor Inc | $722K |
| 12 | Resource & Policy Exchange | $696K |
| 13 | International Medical Corps | $649K |
| 14 | Batey Relief Alliance, Inc. | $598K |
| 15 | Outreach Aid to the Americas Inc | $564K |
| 16 | Childrens Hunger Fund | $482K |
| 17 | Evangelistic International Ministries, Inc. | $469K |
| 18 | RPX Consulting Group Inc | $400K |
| 19 | Congressional Hunger CTR | $385K |
| 20 | Crista Ministries | $384K |
| 21 | Alima Usa, Inc. | $361K |
| 22 | Crezconut | $301K |
| 23 | Food for the Hungry, Inc. | $200K |
| 24 | Medicines for Humanity, Inc | $198K |
| 25 | Americares Foundation, Inc. | $0 |
$73M among the top 40 went to recipients not shown: aggregated payments to individuals, withheld names and individuals.
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards
Where the money goes
Largest awards since FY2023
| Recipient | Awarding agency | Type | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Nations World Food Programme | Agency for International Development | Other assistanceOther Reimbursable, Contingent, Intangible, or Indirect Financial Assistance | $147M | 3 Mar 2023 | — | USAspending |
| United Nations World Food Programme | Agency for International Development | Other assistanceOther Reimbursable, Contingent, Intangible, or Indirect Financial Assistance | $97M | 21 Dec 2023 | — | USAspending |
| United Nations World Food Programme | Agency for International Development | Other assistanceOther Reimbursable, Contingent, Intangible, or Indirect Financial Assistance | $87M | 27 Nov 2023 | — | USAspending |
| United Nations World Food Programme | Agency for International Development | Other assistanceOther Reimbursable, Contingent, Intangible, or Indirect Financial Assistance | $76M | 6 Jun 2024 | — | USAspending |
| United Nations World Food Programme | Agency for International Development | Other assistanceOther Reimbursable, Contingent, Intangible, or Indirect Financial Assistance | $74M | 15 Dec 2023 | — | USAspending |
| United Nations World Food Programme | Agency for International Development | GrantProject Grant (B) | $71M | 29 Nov 2022 | — | USAspending |
| United Nations World Food Programme | Agency for International Development | Other assistanceOther Reimbursable, Contingent, Intangible, or Indirect Financial Assistance | $64M | 12 Jan 2023 | — | USAspending |
| UNICEF | Agency for International Development | Other assistanceOther Reimbursable, Contingent, Intangible, or Indirect Financial Assistance | $51M | 20 Sep 2024 | NY | USAspending |
| United Nations World Food Programme | Agency for International Development | Other assistanceOther Reimbursable, Contingent, Intangible, or Indirect Financial Assistance | $44M | 20 Sep 2024 | — | USAspending |
| United Nations World Food Programme | Agency for International Development | Other assistanceOther Reimbursable, Contingent, Intangible, or Indirect Financial Assistance | $42M | 9 Aug 2024 | — | USAspending |
Other programs numbered 98.xxx
- 98.001 USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas $60B
- 98.003 Ocean Freight Reimbursement Program (OFR) $607M
- 98.007 Food for Peace Development Assistance Program (DAP) $522M
- 98.002 Cooperative Development Program (CDP) $98M
- 98.011 Global Development Alliance $74M
- 98.009 John Ogonowski Farmer-to-Farmer Program $70M
- 98.006 Foreign Assistance to American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) $57M
Questions and answers
How much is obligated under assistance listing 98.008?
$29M in FY2026 and $1.5B over the five fiscal years since FY2023, 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 Peace Emergency Program (EP)?
United Nations World Food Programme ($1.3B), Catholic Relief Services - United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ($175M), UNICEF ($114M), Breedlove Foods Inc ($14M), Edesia, Inc. ($5.9M). 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.