Funding Opportunities
Rural Infrastructure
https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/telecommunications-infrastructure-loans-loan-guarantees">Telecommunications Infrastructure Loans and Loan Guarantees USDA Rural Development’s Rural Utilities Services offers this program to provide financing for the construction, maintenance, improvement and expansion of telephone service and broadband in rural areas. Application Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.rural-design.org/apply">Citizens' Institute on Rural Design
National Endowment for the Arts’ Housing Assistance Council offers opportunities that connect rural communities to design resources to improve community streets, buildings, public spaces, or landscapes to address the specific physical, environmental, social, and economic challenges facing rural areas. Application Deadline: July 22, 2019
https://www.cdfifund.gov/programs-training/Programs/cmf/Pages/default.aspx">Capital Magnet Fund
Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund competitively awards this grant to CDFIs and other qualified non-profit housing organizations to finance affordable housing solutions and community revitalization efforts that benefit distressed communities, including underserved rural areas. Application Deadline: July 26, 2019
https://www.fundersnetwork.org/partners-for-places/">Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities: Partners for Places
Partners for Places, an initiative of the Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities, is a matching grant program that creates opportunities for cities and counties to improve communities by building partnerships between local government sustainability offices and place-based foundations. Application Deadline: July 30, 2019
https://www.transit.dot.gov/funding/applying/notices-funding/integrated-mobility-innovation-demonstration-program-notice-funding">Integrated Mobility Innovation Demonstration Program
Federal Transit Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation Grants for projects that demonstrate innovative and effective practices, partnerships, and technologies to enhance public transportation effectiveness, increase efficiency, expand quality, promote safety, and improve the traveler experience. The program intends to test models across rural, suburban, and urban settings. Application Deadline: Aug 6, 2019
https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/farm-labor-housing-direct-loans-grants">Farm Labor Housing Direct Loans & Grants Program
USDA is seeking applications for loans and grants to build new farm labor housing projects or to purchase and rehabilitate non-RD property for farm labor housing. Application Deadline: August 30, 2019
Economic Development
https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/rural-microentrepreneur-assistance-program">Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program
USDA Rural Development provides loans to intermediaries to establish revolving loan funds and to provide training and technical assistance to microloan borrowers and micro entrepreneurs. Application Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.fundersnetwork.org/partners-for-places/">Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities: Partners for Places
Matching grant program that creates opportunities for cities and counties to improve communities by building partnerships between local government sustainability offices and place-based foundations, helping national funders invest in local projects to promote a strong economy. Application Deadline: July 30, 2019
https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/attach/TEGL/TEGL_12-17_Acc.pdf">National Health Emergency Dislocated Worker Demonstration Grant
The Employment and Training Administration offers a new grant program to help communities solve economic and workforce-related issues due to the opioid crisis. Application Deadline: July 31, 2019
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=316509">Conservation Innovation Grants
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service offers funds to stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies in conjunction with agricultural production. Application Deadline: July 30, 2019
https://nationalcenterformobilitymanagement.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Design_Challenge_2019_FInal.pdf">Community Mobility Design Challenge Planning Grants
The National Center for Mobility Management offers support to rural communities seeking innovative ways to address mobility challenges to support increased economic indicators. Application Deadline: Aug 1, 2019
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