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Blue Diamond Growers

American agricultural co-operative

Blue Diamond Growers is an agricultural cooperative and marketing organization that specializes in California almonds. Founded in 1910 as the California Almond Growers' Exchange, the organization claims to be the world's largest tree nut processing and marketing company. It serves 3,500 almond growers, and helps make the almond crop (valued at over $1 billion) California's largest food export.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1910Founded1
  • HeadquartersSacramento1
  • Websitebluediamondgrowers.com
  • Legal formASSOCIATION3
  • Kind of organizationAssociation1
  • LEI549300Q4WMT33L9W17103
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered addressC/O C T Corporation System, 90017 Los Angeles, United States3
  • Registered withSecretary of State, C00612543

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Almonds
Photo: M.Verkerk, J.J.G.Claessens, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons4

Blue Diamond Growers is an agricultural cooperative and marketing organization that specializes in California almonds. Founded in 1910 as the California Almond Growers' Exchange, the organization claims to be the world's largest tree nut processing and marketing company. It serves 3,500 almond growers, and helps make the almond crop (valued at over $1 billion) California's largest food export.2

Timeline

  1. 1910Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$65.4M 2008–2026
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2008–2026: $65.4M in all. Federal grants $53.9M; Other federal assistance $11.5M.$0$20M$40M$60M2008 · Other federal assistance: $910.7K20082009 · Other federal assistance: $551.7K2010 · Other federal assistance: $1.2M20102011 · Other federal assistance: $1.3M2012 · Federal grants: $300.0K2012 · Other federal assistance: $1.4M20122013 · Other federal assistance: $1.3M2014 · Federal grants: $200.0K2014 · Other federal assistance: $1.5M20142015 · Federal grants: $250.0K2015 · Other federal assistance: $3.4M2016 · Federal grants: $250.0K2016 · Other federal assistance: $67.4K2016201820202021 · Federal grants: $250.0K2022 · Federal grants: $20.0K20222023 · Federal grants: $45.0M2024 · Federal grants: $6.4M20242025 · Federal grants: $250.0K2026 · Federal grants: $1.0M2026
Figures by year
YearFederal grantsOther federal assistanceTotal
2026$1.0M–$1.0M
2025$250.0K–$250.0K
2024$6.4M–$6.4M
2023$45.0M–$45.0M
2022$20.0K–$20.0K
2021$250.0K–$250.0K
2016$250.0K$67.4K$317.4K
2015$250.0K$3.4M$3.6M
2014$200.0K$1.5M$1.7M
2013–$1.3M$1.3M
2012$300.0K$1.4M$1.7M
2011–$1.3M$1.3M
2010–$1.2M$1.2M
2009–$551.7K$551.7K
2008–$910.7K$910.7K

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov5, by calendar year, 2008–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest grants

  1. Apr 25, 2023$48.4M from Natural Resources Conservation Service: Partnerships For Climate-Smart Commodities6 To BLUE DIAMOND GROWERS Award NR233A750004G006
  2. Jun 1, 2024$3.0M from Foreign Agricultural Service: Regional Agricultural Promotion Program7 To BLUE DIAMOND GROWERS Award RAPP-2024-BDG
  3. Apr 30, 2026$1.0M from Foreign Agricultural Service: Regional Agricultural Promotion Program8 To BLUE DIAMOND GROWERS Award AFTPP-2026-BDG
  4. Apr 26, 2012$300.0K from Rural Business Cooperative Service: Rural Cooperative Development Grants9 To BLUE DIAMOND GROWERS Award BP1120766
  5. Sep 28, 2015$250.0K from Rural Business Cooperative Service: Value-Added Producer Grants10 To BLUE DIAMOND GROWERS Award BP1714110
  6. Sep 27, 2016$250.0K from Rural Business Cooperative Service: Value-Added Producer Grants11 To BLUE DIAMOND GROWERS Award BP1855963
  7. Aug 12, 2021$250.0K from Rural Business Cooperative Service: Farmers Market And Local Food Promotion Program12 To BLUE DIAMOND GROWERS Award CLSS00000070575
  8. Sep 3, 2025$250.0K from Rural Business Cooperative Service: Value-Added Producer Grants13 To BLUE DIAMOND GROWERS Award CLSS00000116883

Largest direct payments

  1. May 20, 2015$894.4K from Foreign Agricultural Service: Market Access Program14 To BLUE DIAMOND GROWERS Award 16623635
  2. Jan 30, 2014$649.9K from Foreign Agricultural Service: Market Access Program15 To BLUE DIAMOND GROWERS Award 15693053
  3. Dec 22, 2015$600.0K from Foreign Agricultural Service: Market Access Program16 To BLUE DIAMOND GROWERS Award 17838737

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