Rural business development grants - disaster (rbdg e disaster) grants

The Rural Business Cooperative Services (RBCS), a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, awarded Centros SOR Isolina Ferre Inc. a Rural Business Development Grant (CFDA 10.351) totaling $340,000 on September 26, 2025. This project grant supports small business and economic development initiatives in rural Puerto Rico through September 26, 2027. The awardee will leverage the funding to provide technical assistance and capital support to small and emerging private businesses in underserved rural communities, targeting enterprises with 50 or fewer new employees and less than $1 million in projected gross revenue.

As an experienced community development corporation with over 50 years of operational history in Puerto Rico, Centros SOR Isolina Ferre Inc. will deliver comprehensive economic development services to facilitate job creation and sustainable business growth in designated rural areas. The Rural Business Development Grant program prioritizes projects in low-income communities and those addressing high unemployment rates, aligning with the awardee's mission of promoting integral community development across Puerto Rico's most disadvantaged populations.