The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to the Food Co-Op Initiative on September 23, 2022 under the Rural Cooperative Development Grants program (CFDA 10.771). The grant funding will support the Food Co-Op Initiative's efforts to improve economic conditions in rural Minnesota through cooperative development services. Specifically, the Initiative will assist individuals and businesses with starting, expanding, or improving the operations of rural...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $200,000 Rural Cooperative Development Grant (CFDA 10.771) to Food Co-Op Initiative, a non-profit organization headquartered in Londonderry, Vermont. The grant, awarded on September 3, 2024, will enable Food Co-Op Initiative to provide technical assistance, training, feasibility studies, and business planning services to support the establishment, expansion, and operational improvement of rural cooperatives and...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $200,000 Rural Cooperative Development Grant (CFDA 10.771) to the Northcountry Cooperative Foundation, a non-profit organization based in St. Paul, Minnesota. The grant, awarded on August 28, 2024, will support the foundation's efforts to provide technical assistance, training, feasibility studies, and business planning services to individuals and entities seeking to establish, expand, or enhance rural...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $200,000 Rural Cooperative Development Grant (CFDA 10.771) to Cooperative Development Services, Inc. (CDS), a non-profit organization headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota. The funding will support CDS in providing technical assistance, training, feasibility studies, and business planning services to individuals and entities seeking to establish, expand, or enhance rural cooperatives and mutually-owned businesses...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service and Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $200,000 Rural Cooperative Development Grant (CFDA #10.771) to the Northcountry Cooperative Foundation, a nonprofit organization, on September 25, 2023. The grant provides funding to the Northcountry Cooperative Foundation to deliver technical assistance, training, and feasibility studies to help establish and improve the operations of cooperatives and mutually-owned businesses in rural...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $174,946 Rural Cooperative Development Grant (CFDA 10.871) to the Cooperative Development Foundation (CDF), a non-profit organization, to provide technical assistance and support for the development of agricultural cooperatives and mutually-owned businesses in rural communities. The funding enables CDF to assist individuals and businesses with establishing, expanding, or operationally improving rural...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $200,000 Rural Cooperative Development Grant (CFDA 10.771) to Cooperative Development Services, Inc. (CDS) on Sep 21, 2023. CDS, a non-profit organization, will use the funding to provide technical assistance, training, feasibility studies, and operational support to help establish, expand, and improve rural cooperatives and mutually-owned businesses in the U.S. This grant will enable CDS to facilitate the...
This $200,000 Rural Cooperative Development Grant (CFDA 10.771) was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services to the Northwest Cooperative Development Center (N W C D C), a non-profit organization in Olympia, Washington. The grant funding enables N W C D C to provide technical assistance, training, feasibility studies, and business planning services to individuals and entities seeking to establish, expand, or enhance rural cooperatives and mutually-owned...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services has awarded a $175,000 Project Grant under the Rural Cooperative Development Grants (CFDA 10.771) program to the Federation of Southern Cooperatives / Land Assistance Fund Inc., a small agricultural cooperative and non-profit organization. This grant, with a performance period from August 12, 2024, to August 12, 2026, will enable the Federation to provide technical assistance, training, and business planning services to...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Cooperative Development Grants program (CFDA 10.771) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to the Northwest Cooperative Development Center (N W C D C), a non-profit organization that provides business development services for cooperatively owned businesses in the Pacific Northwest. This funding supports N W C D C's efforts to deliver technical assistance, training, feasibility studies, business planning, and other services to individuals and rural entities...