Socially Disadvantaged Groups Grant (SDGG) - USDA
Funding Amount
$175,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Can we apply?
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Other requirements
- United States
- Indian Country
- Puerto Rico
- Northeast and Southeast United States
Overview
Administering Organization: Cooperative Development Foundation (CDF) with USDA funding
Project Focus Areas:
- Provide technical assistance to rural home care cooperatives
- Coordinate discussions with cooperative developers and Native American agricultural community on cooperative development to enhance food systems in Indian Country
- Develop the cooperative home care market in Puerto Rico (based on 2020 research)
- Explore the potential for wholesale distribution of products grown by primarily Black farmers in the Southeast U.S. through retail grocery cooperatives in the Northeast U.S.
Target Populations:
- Native American communities and farmers
- Black farmers in Southeast U.S.
- Rural home care cooperatives
- Puerto Rico cooperative development
Geographic Scope:
- United States
- Indian Country
- Puerto Rico
- Northeast and Southeast United States
Key Initiatives:
- Native American Food Economies development
- Home Care Cooperative Initiative support
- Food system cooperatives for disadvantaged agricultural producers
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.
Example grants
National Cooperative Business Association · Washington, DC
Multiple Fiscal Sponsorships; Nationwide Foundation Grant support
$1.75M
University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO
Cooperative Education Fund - Building the Field
$483K
Kansas State University Foundation · Manhattan, KS
Multi-year grant for general support
$249K
Cooperative Development Institute · Northamptom, MA
Education
$84K
Florida Electric Cooperatives Association Inc · Tallahassee, FL
Disaster Relief
$53K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Agriculture
- Native americans
- Minorities
- BIPOC
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