Project Grant SBAHQ24Y0005

The African Development Center will receive $171,500 through June 30, 2023 from the Small Business Administration Office of Capital Access under the Microloan Program (CFDA #59.046) to provide technical assistance services. Specifically, the funding will support expenses including loan officer preparations and delivery of pre-loan and post-loan technical assistance, personnel, training, and supplies. The Microloan Program aims to assist underserved entrepreneurs and business owners through...

The Northwest Regional Development Commission (NWRDC) was awarded $420,000 under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302) administered by the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration. The project grant will support NWRDC's development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for a seven-county region of northwest Minnesota through March 2025. As part of this federal planning program, the CEDS process...

The Minneapolis Saint Paul Regional Economic Development Partnership (MSP REDP) was awarded a $1,202,452 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024). The grant funds the Forge North Angel Activation Campaign project, which will establish a startup coalition in the Greater Minneapolis-Saint Paul region to recruit 200 new angel investors through educational events and cohort-based learning...

The Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation will update and complete a comprehensive economic development strategy as an alternative for Economic Development Region 10 under a $100,000 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration. The two-year grant, awarded on September 30, 2021 under the EDA's Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program, will support the Foundation in creating a regional economic development plan to stimulate and...

The Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission (UMVRDC) was awarded a $385,000 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302). The grant will support UMVRDC's work to develop and implement an economic development strategy for the Appleton, Minnesota region from July 2021 through March 2024. As part of EDA's Planning program, the funding will allow UMVRDC to...

This grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) provided $6,018,126 to DAI Global LLC for a cooperative agreement running from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2014. The grant aimed to support USAID's Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas. Five subgrants were awarded under this grant to support various development activities in Tanzania, including providing mechanic equipment, establishing solar phone charging centers, creating a job incubation center,...

The Headwaters Regional Development Commission was awarded $700,000 under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program by the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration to develop and implement a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for a five-county region in Minnesota. With an award date of April 1, 2022 and completion by March 31, 2025, this Project Grant will support the CEDS planning process to bring together public and private sector...

This $711,411 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers (CFDA 10.443) program will provide training, on-site farm visits, direct financial support, and market access opportunities to help BIPOC specialty crop farmers in Minnesota increase their growing and wholesale capacity. The grant recipient, The Good Acre, is a Minnesota-based nonprofit food hub that has received multiple...

The Latino Economic Development Center (LEDC) will receive $629,204 under a Project Grant award from the Department of Agriculture Office of Advocacy and Outreach. The grant is part of the Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers program (CFDA 10.443), which aims to encourage and assist socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, as well as veteran farmers and ranchers and beginning farmers and ranchers, with owning and operating farms and ranches...

The Inter-American Foundation awarded a $267,490 project grant to Action DES Cardes Pour L'Accompagnement Et L'Integration DES Organisation AU Developpement Rural under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750) program. The grant funds sustainable agriculture and microenterprise development initiatives in Haiti's North West Department through June 2025. Specifically, the grantee ACAIODR is working to improve food security by diversifying farmers' crops, increasing livestock...