The Rural Cooperative Development Grants program is designed to improve the economic condition of rural areas by helping nonprofit organizations who in turn provide technical assistance to start, expand, or improve cooperatives and mutually owned businesses in rural areas.
Donor Name: National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/15/2025
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The purpose of the RCDG program is to enable nonprofit institutions to establish and operate centers for rural cooperative development (Center).
The goals of a Center funded under this subsection shall be to facilitate the creation of jobs in rural areas through the development of new rural cooperatives, value added processing, and rural businesses.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $5,800,000
- Award Ceiling: $1,000,000.
Grant Period
12 months.
Eligibility Criteria
Applications will only be accepted from nonprofit institutions. A “nonprofit institution” is defined as any organization or institution, including an accredited institution of higher education, no part of the net earnings of which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
