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Article: 30 New Grant Awards Given to US Charitable Organizations to Fight Hunger
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- October 1, 2009
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: USAID Press Office, +1-202-712-4320
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The United States
Agency for International Development (USAID), recently awarded 30
grants totaling $8.6 million to 23 U.S. based non-profit, private
and voluntary organizations (PVOs), under USAID's International Food
Relief Partnerships (IFRP) program.
The IFRP program enables USAID to administer grant awards to U.S.
based PVOs for the preparation and storage of shelf-stable pre-
packaged food and for the delivery and distribution of those
commodities in developing countries.
USAID has approved over 100 IFRP grants since the program began
in 2001. The program targets nearly 40 ...