The Rural Cooperative Development Grants program, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service and Rural Business Cooperative Services, awarded $200,000 to the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union Educational & Charitable Foundation on Sep 27, 2023. The grant supports the foundation's role as a Cooperative Development Center, providing technical assistance, feasibility studies, business planning, and other services to help individuals and entities establish 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 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 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 $200,000 Rural Cooperative Development Grant (CFDA 10.771) to the Lake County Community Development Corporation in Montana. The funding will support the organization's efforts 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 businesses in the region. This aligns...
The Federal Grant Award of $175,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services (RBCS) under the Socially-Disadvantaged Groups Grant (CFDA 10.871) program. The grant was awarded on September 19, 2024 to the Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center, a non-profit organization based in Denver, Colorado. The funding is being used to provide technical assistance to socially-disadvantaged groups, with a specific focus on promoting employee ownership and...
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 the Montana Cooperative Development Center Inc. (MCDC), a nonprofit organization, on September 27, 2023. This two-year grant supports MCDC's efforts to provide technical assistance, training, feasibility studies, and business planning services to individuals and entities seeking to establish or enhance rural cooperative enterprises in Montana. The...
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 Business Cooperative Services awarded a $175,000 Project Grant through the Rural Cooperative Development Grants program (CFDA 10.771) to the Democracy At Work Institute, Inc., a non-profit organization. The funding supports the startup, expansion, or operational improvement of rural cooperatives and other mutually-owned businesses in California. Specifically, the grant allows Democracy At Work Institute to provide technical assistance and training...
This Project Grant award for $200,000 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 recipient, Montana Cooperative Development Center Inc. (MCDC), is a non-profit community development corporation that specializes in supporting and developing cooperative enterprises across rural sectors in Montana. Through this two-year grant, MCDC will provide technical assistance,...