Rural Cooperative Development Grant (RCDG) - USDA
Funding Amount
$200,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Administering Organization: Cooperative Development Foundation (CDF) with USDA funding
Project Focus Areas:
- Host the National Home Care Cooperative Conference
- Provide education, outreach and coordination of home care development steering committee activities
- Launch a shared service cooperative for home care cooperatives
- Provide technical assistance for sound governance and better business performance for rural food cooperatives
- Conduct home care benchmarking survey
Target Populations:
- Home care cooperatives
- Rural food cooperatives
- Cooperative developers
Geographic Scope: United States with emphasis on rural areas
Key Initiatives:
- Home Care Cooperative Initiative coordination
- Establishment of shared service cooperatives
- Technical assistance for governance and business performance
Contact Information:
- Cooperative Development Foundation
- Email: info@cdf.coop
- Phone: 202-383-5440
- Address: 1725 I Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20006
What Cooperative Development Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 35
- Total given
- $3.34M
- Median grant
- $25K
- Range
- $6,368–$1.75M
- By dollars: District of Columbia 52%, Colorado 15%, Kansas 7%. Top recipient cities: Los Angeles, CA; Denver, CO; Madison, WI.
- 3% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 60% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
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Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Agriculture
- Community development
- Workforce development
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