The Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $144,968 Project Grant under the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (CFDA #10.870) to Maryland Capital Enterprises, Inc. The funding supports the organization's delivery of microloans, business consulting, and entrepreneurial training to empower small businesses and microentrepreneurs, particularly in underserved communities across Maryland. This two-year award, effective September 26, 2023, will enable...
This $100,000 Project Grant was awarded on January 2, 2025 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (CFDA 10.870). The grant will provide financial and technical support to the Southern Maine Finance Agency, a non-profit community development organization, to foster economic development in rural Maine. The funding will enable the organization to offer microloans, business training, technical assistance, and...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $289,324 Project Grant under the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (CFDA 10.870) to the Northern Maine Development Commission, a non-profit community development organization, on September 26, 2024. The two-year grant will enable the organization to provide financial and technical assistance to rural microenterprises and microentrepreneurs in Aroostook and Washington counties in northern Maine....
The federal Project Grant award of $100,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (CFDA 10.870). The grant funds will be used by the awardee, Feed The Hunger Fund, a non-profit community development organization, to deliver financial services, investments, and technical assistance to support rural microenterprises and microentrepreneurs in underserved communities, with a particular focus on...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $292,551 Project Grant on September 25, 2023 to the Northern Me Dev Commission (NMDC) under the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (CFDA 10.870). This grant will enable NMDC, a Community Development Financial Institution and non-profit community development corporation, to provide rural microentrepreneurs in Aroostook and Washington counties of Maine with access to affordable microloans, financial...
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 the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development, a non-profit organization and community development corporation based in Berea, Kentucky. The grant will provide financial and technical assistance to rural microenterprises and microentrepreneurs in Appalachian Kentucky over a two-year period ending January...
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 the California Coastal Rural Development Corporation (CCRDC), a non-profit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), on January 24, 2025. The grant will support CCRDC's efforts to provide rural microenterprises and microentrepreneurs in California with critical services such as revolving loan funds, business...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the Northeast Entrepreneur Fund, Inc. doing business as Entrepreneur Fund, for the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (CFDA #10.870). The grant will support Entrepreneur Fund's delivery of technical assistance and financial skills training to rural microentrepreneurs from Mar 2021 to Mar 2023. The Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program aims to provide rural business owners with less than...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services (RBCS) provides $100,000 under the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (CFDA 10.870) to support the Iowa Area Development Group LLC. The funding will be used to provide rural microentrepreneurs in Iowa with the skills necessary to establish new rural microenterprises, as well as continuing technical and financial assistance to support the successful operation of these rural...
This $150,000 Project Grant award to Maryland Capital Enterprises, Inc. was provided by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance program (CFDA #59.043). The funding will support Maryland Capital Enterprises, a non-profit community development corporation, in delivering microloans, entrepreneurial training, business consulting, and technical assistance aimed at empowering women-owned small businesses and entrepreneurs, particularly in underserved...