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Introduced May 22, 2025 by Lindsey O. Graham · Last progress May 22, 2025
The bill creates a new, privately‑structured Foundation to scale U.S. agricultural and nutrition assistance—bringing more funding, private leverage, and measurement of results—while shifting some spending and program control outside traditional federal structures, which raises trade‑offs around taxpayer exposure, oversight, equity for small partners, and operational flexibility.
Nonprofits and eligible partners will receive new, regular U.S. grant funding to support international agricultural and development projects, creating a new source of federal-backed project finance.
Nonprofits, local partners, and U.S. taxpayers may get more total program resources because federal awards are designed to leverage private and international cofinancing through cost‑matching and partnership requirements.
Farmers, rural communities, and food‑insecure populations abroad will gain increased financing, inputs, training, and prioritized nutrition programs designed to raise production, incomes, and food access.
Taxpayers may face increased federal spending and indirect subsidies because the Foundation can receive and deploy federal appropriations outside a traditional federal agency structure.
Americans may experience reduced public transparency and weaker Congressional/federal oversight because operating the program through a private, tax‑exempt Foundation with broad authorities and some ambiguous committee notification provisions lowers direct control and clarity.
Smaller NGOs, the poorest communities, and some countries may be disadvantaged because cost‑matching and cofinancing requirements tend to favor organizations and places that can raise private funds or attract partners.
Based on analysis of 18 sections of legislative text.
Creates a private, nonprofit Foundation to finance and scale outcome‑based agricultural projects abroad with State Department grants, private matching, and independent evaluations.
Creates a private, nonprofit United States Foundation for International Food Security to finance, scale, and evaluate agricultural projects abroad that raise productivity, incomes, and food security. The Foundation may receive an annual State Department grant (with non‑U.S. Government cost‑matching when practicable), accept private gifts, make grants and concessional investments, and operate under outcome‑based funding, independent evaluation, and reporting requirements. Sets detailed governance, staffing, and accountability rules: a privately governed Board of Directors (politically balanced, limited terms), a nonvoting advisory group including several federal designees, an Executive Director, restrictions on political activity and sanctions/terrorism exclusions, measurable performance targets, impact evaluations, and annual audited reporting to Congress beginning two years after enactment.