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Browse funding opportunities, technical assistance, and other programs supporting a broad range of rural community and economic development activities. You can also find assistance for residents, including families, homeowners, seniors, veterans, small businesses, agricultural producers, and more.
Programs & Opportunities
Program Name
Category
Status
Assistance Type
Status:
Upcoming/Cyclical
Category:
Energy
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
The Powering Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) program is part of the Inflation Reduction Act, which represents the largest investment in rural electrification since President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act into law in 1936. With $1 billion in funding, PACE helps make clean, affordable, and reliable energy accessible…
Financial Assistance Type:
Loan/Loan Guarantee
Agency Provider:
Department of Agriculture
Eligible Applicants:
Agricultural Producer, Business, Indian Tribe, Local Government, Nonprofit, Other, State, Utility
Use of Funds:
Construction/Renovation, Equipment & Materials
Broadband & Telecommunications
Open
Financial
Status:
Open
Category:
Broadband & Telecommunications
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
This program provides funds to build, maintain, improve, or expand telephone and broadband service in rural areas. In certain instances, funds also can support refinancing. Direct loans are fixed at current U.S. Treasury rates depending on loan maturity at the time of each advance. Loan guarantees (up to 80 percent) encourage private lenders to…
Financial Assistance Type:
Loan/Loan Guarantee
Agency Provider:
Department of Agriculture
Eligible Applicants:
Business, Indian Tribe, Local Government, Nonprofit
Use of Funds:
Construction/Renovation, Equipment & Materials, Land Acquisition
Community Development, Economic & Business Development, Education, Employment & Career Development
Open
Financial
Status:
Open
Category:
Community Development, Economic & Business Development, Education, Employment & Career Development
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
Rural Community Development Initiative Grants are awarded to help non-profit housing and community development organizations, low-income rural communities and federally recognized tribes support housing, community facilities and community and economic development projects in rural areas.
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Department of Agriculture
Eligible Applicants:
Business, Local Government, Nonprofit
Use of Funds:
Construction/Renovation, Operations/Staffing, Outreach, Project Planning, Strategic Planning, Technical Assistance
Broadband & Telecommunications, Community Development, Economic & Business Development, Infrastructure, Utilities- Other
Open
Financial
Status:
Open
Category:
Broadband & Telecommunications, Community Development, Economic & Business Development, Infrastructure, Utilities- Other
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
This program supports economic development and job creation in rural areas by providing zero-interest loans to eligible local utilities. Funds are then used to establish revolving loan funds (RLFs) that make pass-through funding available to ultimate recipients that back projects to create or retain rural jobs.
Financial Assistance Type:
Loan/Loan Guarantee
Agency Provider:
Department of Agriculture
Eligible Applicants:
Business, Nonprofit
Use of Funds:
Construction/Renovation, Equipment & Materials, Technical Assistance
Disaster Relief, Disaster Resilience, Health Facilities, Health Services
Rolling Application
Financial
Status:
Rolling Application
Category:
Disaster Relief, Disaster Resilience, Health Facilities, Health Services
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
The Immediate Services Program (ISP) is a CCP grant program that provides disaster relief assistance for up to 60 days after a major disaster declaration.
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Department of Health and Human Services
Eligible Applicants:
Business, Indian Tribe, Nonprofit, Other, State
Use of Funds:
Operations/Staffing, Outreach, Project Planning, Strategic Planning, Technical Assistance
Disaster Relief, Disaster Resilience, Health Facilities, Health Services
Rolling Application
Financial
Status:
Rolling Application
Category:
Disaster Relief, Disaster Resilience, Health Facilities, Health Services
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
The Regular Services Program (RSP) is a CCP grant program that provides disaster relief assistance for up to nine months after a major disaster declaration.
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Department of Health and Human Services
Eligible Applicants:
Business, Indian Tribe, Nonprofit, Other, State
Use of Funds:
Outreach, Project Planning, Research/Development, Strategic Planning, Technical Assistance
Community Development, Economic & Business Development, Employment & Career Development
Open
Financial
Status:
Open
Category:
Community Development, Economic & Business Development, Employment & Career Development
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
USDA provides loans and grants to Microenterprise Development Organizations (MDOs) who then relend the funds to microenterprises with 10 or fewer employees. The program helps small, rural enterprises get started and grow in rural areas and cities or towns with populations of 50,000 or fewer. Funds may also be used to provide training and technical…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant, Loan/Loan Guarantee
Agency Provider:
Department of Agriculture
Eligible Applicants:
Business, Higher Education, Indian Tribe, Nonprofit
Use of Funds:
Equipment & Materials, Operations/Staffing
Broadband & Telecommunications, Energy, Utilities- Other
Open
Financial
Status:
Open
Category:
Broadband & Telecommunications, Energy, Utilities- Other
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
Funding to help rural small businesses, and agricultural producers to purchase, install, and construct renewable energy systems or complete energy efficiency improvements. Grants may be as much as 25 percent of total eligible project costs, and guarantees may be made for loans up to 75 percent of total costs. • Combined grant and loan guarantee…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant, Loan/Loan Guarantee
Agency Provider:
Department of Agriculture
Eligible Applicants:
Agricultural Producer, Business
Use of Funds:
Construction/Renovation, Equipment & Materials
Broadband & Telecommunications, Energy, Infrastructure, Utilities- Other
Open
Financial
Status:
Open
Category:
Broadband & Telecommunications, Energy, Infrastructure, Utilities- Other
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
Utilities that serve rural areas with populations of 20,000 or less can borrow from USDA to re-lend the money to commercial, industrial, and residential consumers in their service areas. For instance, utilities can set up on-bill financing programs that help their customers install energy efficiency measures and repay the utility in their electric…
Financial Assistance Type:
Loan/Loan Guarantee
Agency Provider:
Department of Agriculture
Eligible Applicants:
Business
Use of Funds:
Construction/Renovation, Equipment & Materials
Status:
Open
Category:
Economic & Business Development
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
EDA’s Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship is committed to furthering tech-based economic development initiatives that accelerate high-skill and high-wage job growth, create economic opportunity, and support the future of the next generation of industry leading companies. Funding is available for organizations that aid companies in…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant, Loan/Loan Guarantee
Agency Provider:
Department of Commerce
Eligible Applicants:
Business, Other
Use of Funds:
Construction/Renovation, Equipment & Materials, Project Planning, Research/Development, Strategic Planning, Technical Assistance