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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
Economic & Business Development
Open
Financial
Status:
Open
Category:
Economic & Business Development
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
The Tech Hubs Program will make place-based economic development investments to drive technology- and innovation-centric growth by strengthening a region’s capacity to commercialize, manufacture, and deploy critical technologies. This program aims to invest in regions with the assets, resources, capacity, and potential to become globally…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Department of Commerce
Eligible Applicants:
Higher Education, Indian Tribe, Local Government, Nonprofit, Other, State
Use of Funds:
Project Planning, Research/Development, Strategic Planning, Technical Assistance
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
Agriculture & Forestry
Upcoming/Cyclical
Financial
Status:
Upcoming/Cyclical
Category:
Agriculture & Forestry
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
These USDA planning and implementation grants help eligible nonprofits, local and Tribal government organizations, Soil and Water Conservation Districts, and school districts improve access to local foods. The program supports innovative agricultural practices such as community gardens, urban farms and agroforests, rooftop farms, food forests,…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Department of Agriculture
Eligible Applicants:
Indian Tribe, Local Government, Other
Use of Funds:
Construction/Renovation, Equipment & Materials, Outreach, Project Planning, Research/Development
Status:
Open
Category:
Community Development
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
This program provides one percent loans to local lenders (“intermediaries”) who then re-lend to businesses to improve economic conditions and create jobs in rural communities. Funds can be used to finance rural businesses and community development projects. The maximum loan to borrowers is $400,000.
Financial Assistance Type:
Loan/Loan Guarantee
Agency Provider:
Department of Agriculture
Eligible Applicants:
Indian Tribe, Local Government, Nonprofit, Other
Use of Funds:
Construction/Renovation, Equipment & Materials, Land Acquisition, Operations/Staffing, Outreach, Project Planning, Research/Development, 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 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
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
Status:
Open
Category:
Water & Wastewater Infrastructure
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
Disaster Water Grants help eligible communities pay expenses related to damages to rural water systems as a result of events (Presidentially Declared Disasters) that occurred between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2022. For the purposes of this program, the term “water” refers to all water resource infrastructure, including drinking water,…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Department of Agriculture
Eligible Applicants:
Indian Tribe, Nonprofit, Other, State
Use of Funds:
Construction/Renovation, Equipment & Materials
Status:
Archived
Category:
Housing
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
HUD provides grants for small communities to assist in the renovation of an historic or traditional central business district, or “Main Street” area, by replacing unused, obsolete, commercial space in buildings with affordable housing units. Application Deadline: 10/12/2023
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Eligible Applicants:
Local Government, Other
Use of Funds:
Construction/Renovation, Equipment & Materials
Status:
Open
Category:
Economic & Business Development
Assistance Type:
Direct Technical
Summary:
The U.S. Economic Development Administration's Equity Impact Investments (EII), facilitated by the New Growth Innovation Network (NGIN), is uniting Economic Development Organizations (EDO) and Community-Based Organizations (CBO) to advance inclusive economies and foster lasting change. More than 100 EDOs and CBOs will be selected to receive…
Agency Provider:
Department of Commerce
Eligible Applicants:
Local Government, Nonprofit, Other
Use of Funds:
Technical Assistance