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Awards/COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT (B)

$67,460,098

Agency for International Development·Agency for International Development

to CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES - UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS

diplomacyactive
ACTION DATE2026-03-31·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_720BHA21CA00035_072
Award description

BHA RFSA

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Funds Catholic Relief Services to implement food security and resilience activities in developing countries through USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance.

Sub-sectors
foreign-aidhumanitarian-assistancefood-security
Why this matters

Large cooperative agreement supporting U.S. humanitarian soft power and food security objectives in fragile regions, advancing diplomatic and development goals.

Supply-chain signal

Signals demand for logistics, food commodities, and humanitarian supply chain services through Catholic Relief Services' international distribution networks.

U.S.–China competition angle

Reflects U.S. commitment to humanitarian leadership and development assistance as counterweight to China's Belt and Road influence in developing regions.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002194.

Period of performance
Start
2021-09-08
End
2026-09-07
Status
activein 115 days
Sources

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