Community Strategies Group

Community Strategies Group is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization and community development corporation registered in SAM.gov since December 2011, headquartered in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. The organization serves as a prime recipient of federal grant awards focused on economic and community development initiatives. Through its federal grant portfolio, Community Strategies Group demonstrates a commitment to supporting rural business development and fostering economic growth within underserved communities.

Community Strategies Group has received three prime federal grant awards spanning rural business development and congressionally directed economic development projects. Most recently, the organization was awarded a Rural Business Cooperative Services grant on September 29, 2025, supporting rural business cooperative and enterprise initiatives with a project completion date of September 29, 2027. Additionally, Community Strategies Group received an Economic Development Initiative grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development on August 13, 2024, authorized under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 as congressionally directed spending for community project funding, with a completion timeline extending to August 31, 2032. The organization previously received a Rural Business Cooperative Services Rural Enterprise Grant on August 18, 2022, which was completed by August 18, 2024. These grants indicate that Community Strategies Group actively engages in project-based funding to support rural enterprise development, cooperative business structures, and broader community and economic development outcomes within its service region.