Rural Business Development Grant Program

Rural Business Development Grant Program

The purpose of the program is to promote economic development and job creation projects through the awarding of grant funds to eligible entities. Applications will compete in two separate categories, business opportunity grants and business enterprise grants, for use in funding various business and community projects that serve rural areas.

Details

• Agency: Rural Business-Cooperative Service
• Department: Department of Agriculture
• Opportunity #: RDBCP-RBDG-2026
• Total Funding: $27,700,000
• Expected Awards: 450
• Instrument: grant

Eligibility

Rural public entities including, but not limited to: Towns, Communities, State agencies, Authorities, Nonprofit corporations, Institutions of higher education, Federally-recognized tribes, Rural cooperatives (if organized as a private nonprofit corporation).This program is only open to a Public Body/Government Entity, Federally Recognized Indian Tribe or a Nonprofit entity serving rural areas. For profit entities, individuals and individual businesses are not eligible to receive grants under this program.