Funding Opportunities for Rural Infrastructure
Food Supply Chain Guaranteed Loan Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development partners with lenders to guarantee loans to help eligible entities expand meat and poultry processing capacity and finance other food supply chain infrastructure. Fact Sheet. Federal Register. Application Deadline: Until funds are exhausted
Emergency Rural Health Care Grants
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development Track One: Recovery Grants provide immediate relief to address the economic conditions arising from the COVID-19 emergency. Application Deadline: Until funds are exhausted
Broadband ReConnect Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development offers loans, grants, and loan-grant combinations to facilitate broadband deployment in areas of rural America that currently do not have sufficient access to broadband. Application Deadline: Feb. 22, 2022
Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical & Biobased Products Manufacturing Assistance Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development program that provides loan guarantees to assist in the development, construction and retrofitting of new and emerging technologies for advanced biofuels, renewable chemicals and biobased products. Application Deadline: April 1, 2022
Funding Opportunities for
Community and Economic Development
Food & Agriculture Service Learning Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Food and Nutrition Service program increases the capacity for food, garden and nutrition education within host organizations or entities while fostering higher levels of community engagement between farms and school systems by bringing together stakeholders from distinct parts of the food system. Application Deadline: Jan. 31, 2022
Grants for Arts Projects
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
NEA’s principal grants program offers project-based funding supporting public engagement with, and access to, various forms of art across the nation, the creation of art and the integration of the arts into the fabric of community life. Application Deadline: Feb. 10, 2022
Good Jobs Challenge
U.S. Department of Commerce
The Economic Development Administration has funding available for projects that will strengthen regional workforce training systems to help workers find quality jobs. Application Deadline (Extended) Feb. 10, 2022
Biofuel Producer Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development offers this NEW program to make payments to U.S. based producers of advanced, cellulosic, or conventional biofuel, biomass-based diesel or renewable fuel to offset unexpected market losses as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Application Deadline: Feb. 11, 2022
USDA Farm and Food Worker Relief Grants
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Agricultural Marketing Services program to supporting farmworkers and meatpacking workers. Application Deadline: March 10, 2022.
Coal Communities Commitment
U.S. Department of Commerce
The Economic Development Administration offers this commitment by allocating funding in their Build Back Better Regional Challenge grants and their Economic Adjustment Assistance grants to support coal communities. Application Deadline: March 31, 2022
Technical Assistance for Rural Transportation Systems Grants
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development invests in rural transportation, through the Rural Business Development Grant, to build opportunity for prosperity for organizations seeking to improve passenger services and facilities. Federal Register. Application Deadline: April 14, 2022
Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) Grant
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development encourages a regional, innovation-driven approach to economic development by funding job accelerator partnerships in low-income rural communities. Federal Register. Application Deadline: April 19, 2022
Rural Energy Pilot Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development offers this new program to support underserved communities deploy community-scale renewable energy technologies and innovations to reduce climate pollution and increase resilience to the impacts of climate change. Federal Register. Letter of Intent Required by April 19, 2022.
Funding Opportunities for Rural Infrastructure
Food Supply Chain Guaranteed Loan Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development partners with lenders to guarantee loans to help eligible entities expand meat and poultry processing capacity and finance other food supply chain infrastructure. Fact Sheet. Federal Register. Application Deadline: Until funds are exhausted
Emergency Rural Health Care Grants
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development Track One: Recovery Grants provide immediate relief to address the economic conditions arising from the COVID-19 emergency. Application Deadline: Until funds are exhausted
Broadband ReConnect Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development offers loans, grants, and loan-grant combinations to facilitate broadband deployment in areas of rural America that currently do not have sufficient access to broadband. Application Deadline: Feb. 22, 2022
Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical & Biobased Products Manufacturing Assistance Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development program that provides loan guarantees to assist in the development, construction and retrofitting of new and emerging technologies for advanced biofuels, renewable chemicals and biobased products. Application Deadline: April 1, 2022
Funding Opportunities for
Community and Economic Development
Food & Agriculture Service Learning Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Food and Nutrition Service program increases the capacity for food, garden and nutrition education within host organizations or entities while fostering higher levels of community engagement between farms and school systems by bringing together stakeholders from distinct parts of the food system. Application Deadline: Jan. 31, 2022
Grants for Arts Projects
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
NEA’s principal grants program offers project-based funding supporting public engagement with, and access to, various forms of art across the nation, the creation of art and the integration of the arts into the fabric of community life. Application Deadline: Feb. 10, 2022
Good Jobs Challenge
U.S. Department of Commerce
The Economic Development Administration has funding available for projects that will strengthen regional workforce training systems to help workers find quality jobs. Application Deadline (Extended) Feb. 10, 2022
Biofuel Producer Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development offers this NEW program to make payments to U.S. based producers of advanced, cellulosic, or conventional biofuel, biomass-based diesel or renewable fuel to offset unexpected market losses as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Application Deadline: Feb. 11, 2022
USDA Farm and Food Worker Relief Grants
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Agricultural Marketing Services program to supporting farmworkers and meatpacking workers. Application Deadline: March 10, 2022.
Coal Communities Commitment
U.S. Department of Commerce
The Economic Development Administration offers this commitment by allocating funding in their Build Back Better Regional Challenge grants and their Economic Adjustment Assistance grants to support coal communities. Application Deadline: March 31, 2022
Technical Assistance for Rural Transportation Systems Grants
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development invests in rural transportation, through the Rural Business Development Grant, to build opportunity for prosperity for organizations seeking to improve passenger services and facilities. Federal Register. Application Deadline: April 14, 2022
Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) Grant
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development encourages a regional, innovation-driven approach to economic development by funding job accelerator partnerships in low-income rural communities. Federal Register. Application Deadline: April 19, 2022
Rural Energy Pilot Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development offers this new program to support underserved communities deploy community-scale renewable energy technologies and innovations to reduce climate pollution and increase resilience to the impacts of climate change. Federal Register. Letter of Intent Required by April 19, 2022.
