Rural Business Development Grant Program
- Posted
- October 18, 2024
- Closed
- February 28, 2025
- Expected awards
- 450
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Grant
- Assistance listing
- 10.351
- Category
- Business and Commerce
- Archives
- March 30, 2025
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 10.351 across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.
- FY2025 obligated
- $30.1M
- FY2026 obligated
- $34.7M
- FY2027 (to date) obligated
- $0
- Awards in window
- 636
Top recipients: Northern Border Regional Commission, Nebraska Indian Community College, Delta Regional Authority, Communities Unlimited Inc, Community Transportation Association of America
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
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.
Who can apply
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Private institutions of higher education
- County governments
- State governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Rural public entities including, but not limited to: Towns, Communities, State agencies, Authorities, Nonprofit corporations, Institutions of higher education, Federally-recognized tribes, Rural cooperative (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.
The official record
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