The federal Project Grant award of $179,520 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Rural Business Development Grant (RBDG) program (CFDA 10.351). The grant was awarded on July 25, 2024 to Northeast South Dakota Economic Corp (Nesdec), a non-profit organization focused on supporting small businesses and entrepreneurs in rural South Dakota. The funding will be used by Nesdec to deliver a range of economic development services over a...
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Northeast South Dakota Economic Corp (Nesdec), a non-profit organization, under the SBA's Microloan Program (CFDA 59.046). The grant, effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, will enable Nesdec to provide microloans up to $50,000 and technical assistance to small businesses, particularly those owned by women, minorities, and low-income individuals in underserved rural areas of South Dakota. Nesdec has...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $150,000 Rural Business Development Grant to the South Dakota Development Corporation. The award period is from July 2022 through July 2024 to support the Rural Enterprise Grant program. Under the Rural Business Development Grant program (CFDA 10.351), the funding will facilitate the development of small businesses and related employment opportunities in rural communities across South Dakota. Specifically, the South Dakota Development...
The Small Business Administration Office of Capital Access awarded a $145,000 Project Grant to the Northeast South Dakota Economic Corporation (Nesdec) through the Microloan Program (CFDA 59.046). Nesdec will provide microloans to small businesses and entrepreneurs in Sisseton, South Dakota from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. The Microloan Program aims to assist women, low-income, and minority entrepreneurs and small business owners in underserved areas lacking access to credit. Nesdec will...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (CFDA 10.870) to Grow South Dakota, a non-profit organization registered as a certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). The grant, awarded on May 7, 2025, with a performance period ending May 7, 2027, will enable Grow South Dakota to provide microloans, business training, technical assistance, and other critical support...
The federal Project Grant award was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service and Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Rural Business Development Grant (RBDG) program (CFDA 10.351). The $120,000 grant was awarded on Aug 9, 2024 to the Roosevelt-Custer Regional Council for Development, a non-profit community development organization located in Bowman, North Dakota. The funding will support the organization's efforts to promote sustainable economic development...
The federal Project Grant award of $200,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services (CFDA 10.771 - Rural Cooperative Development Grants) supports the Value-Added Agriculture Development Center Inc., a non-profit organization based in Pierre, South Dakota. The funding enables the Center to provide technical assistance, training, feasibility studies, and business planning services to help establish, expand, and enhance rural cooperative enterprises across...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $150,000 Rural Economic Development Grant to the Whetstone Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc. in South Dakota. This Project Grant, authorized under CFDA 10.854 "Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants", will support rural economic development and job creation initiatives over a 2-year period from March 2025 to March 2027. The funding enables the utility cooperative to pass through resources to local...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Washington Office Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $323,358 Project Grant to the non-profit The Susan Laflesche Picotte Center on June 23, 2023 under the Rural Business Development Grant program (CFDA 10.351). The grant funding enables the Center to provide services that promote sustainable economic development and facilitate the development of small and emerging private businesses, industry, and related employment to improve the...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $177,538 Rural Business Development Grant (CFDA 10.351) to the Center For Rural Affairs for the period of July 20, 2021 through July 20, 2023. The grant aims to promote sustainable economic development and facilitate the development of small and emerging private businesses in rural Nebraska communities through the Rural Business Cooperative Services program. Specifically, the Center For Rural Affairs will use the funding to provide...