DENVER, Colo. – The Cattlemen’s Beef Board (CBB) invites all eligible beef industry organizations to submit funding requests for programs and projects for the upcoming fiscal year 2027, which begins October 1, 2026. Requests must be in the form of an Authorization Request (AR). Multiple program areas are eligible for funding.
By law, the Beef Checkoff—through their administrative body, the Cattlemen’s Beef Board—contracts with national, non-profit, beef industry-governed organizations to carry out promotion, research and education work as directed in the Beef Promotion & Research Act and Order.
As outlined by the Beef Promotion and Research Order, eligible groups that may contract with the Beef Checkoff are established national nonprofit industry-governed organizations that
- are nonprofit organizations pursuant to sections 501(c) (3), (5) or (6) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. 501(c) (3), (5) and (6)); and
- are governed by a national board of directors representing the cattle or beef industry; and
- have been active and ongoing for at least two years.
- The deadline for first-draft Authorization Requests is Monday, June 8, 2026.
- Final-draft Authorization Requests must be received by the CBB office by Monday, July 27, 2026, to be considered by the BPOC.
Learn more about the funding process and the Beef Checkoff at DrivingDemandforBeef.com.
Please note: Authorization Requests must specify estimated costs of all activities that will be conducted throughout the program, and expenses are reimbursed on a cost-recovery basis. Organizations are not provided funds in advance, but are reimbursed for actual, approved expenses already incurred (excluding project mark-ups/profits).
