This federal Project Grant award of $200,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services provides funding to Western Illinois University under the Rural Cooperative Development Grants program (CFDA 10.771). The grant supports efforts to improve economic conditions in rural areas by assisting in the startup, expansion, and operational improvement of rural cooperatives and other mutually-owned businesses. As a Cooperative Development Center, Western Illinois...
This federal Project Grant award of $199,871.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Rural Cooperative Development Grants (CFDA 10.771) program. The grant was awarded to the University of Wisconsin System on September 9, 2024 to support the development of cooperative enterprises and improve economic conditions in rural areas. The funding will enable the university's Research and Sponsored Programs division to provide technical...
This $200,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service and Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Rural Cooperative Development Grants (RCDG) program (CFDA 10.771). The funding will support the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska in providing technical assistance, training, feasibility studies, and business planning services to help establish, expand, or enhance rural cooperatives and mutually-owned businesses across various...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded Cooperative Development Services Inc. a $200,000 Project Grant under the Rural Cooperative Development Grants program (CFDA 10.771) to improve economic conditions in rural Wisconsin. The two-year award runs from September 2022 to September 2024 and will support CDS's delivery of services to startup, expand or improve the operations of rural cooperatives and mutually-owned businesses. As the sole sub-awardee, CDS will utilize the funding...
The Rural Cooperative Development Grants (RCDG) program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service and Rural Business Cooperative Services, awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to the Northcountry Cooperative Foundation on August 28, 2024. The grant enables the non-profit organization to provide technical assistance, training, feasibility studies, and business planning services to support the startup, expansion, and operational improvement of rural cooperatives and...
The Federation of Southern Cooperatives / Land Assistance Fund Inc. was awarded a $175,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Cooperative Development Grants (RCDG) program (CFDA 10.771). The grant, with a performance period from August 12, 2024, to August 12, 2026, will fund the organization's efforts to provide technical assistance, training, feasibility studies, and business planning services to individuals and entities seeking to establish, expand, or...
Iowa State University was awarded a $176,083 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service on September 26, 2022 through the Rural Cooperative Development Grants program (RCDG, CFDA #10.771). The grant will support the VALUE-ADDED AGRICULTURAL MARKETING RESOURCE CENTER to improve the economic conditions of rural areas. As the RCDG program aims to assist individuals and businesses through Cooperative Development Centers in starting, expanding or improving rural...
The Agricultural Utilization Research Institute Inc., doing business as AURI, received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service on September 16, 2022 through the Rural Cooperative Development Grants program (RCDG, CFDA #10.771). The RCDG program aims to improve economic conditions in rural areas by supporting the start-up, expansion, or operational improvement of rural cooperatives and other mutually-owned businesses. Under this award, AURI...
The Rural Cooperative Development Grants (RCDG) program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service and Rural Business Cooperative Services (CFDA 10.771), awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to the Indiana Cooperative Development Center Inc. on August 6, 2024. This funding enables the non-profit organization to provide technical assistance, training, feasibility studies, and business planning services to support the startup, expansion, and operational improvement...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Housing Service awarded a $498,528 Project Grant on September 24, 2024 to the Cooperative Development Institute, Inc. (CDI), a non-profit organization based in Maynard, Massachusetts. The funding was provided through the USDA's Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766), which supports the development of essential community infrastructure and services in rural areas. Under this award, CDI will provide a range of cooperative...