MBDA Rural Business Center Program
Closed for now
The Rural Business Center Program is authorised by the Minority Business Development Act of 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9551). MBDA has not published a successor notice; watch mbda.gov and Grants.gov.
Cooperative agreements to establish Rural Business Centers providing technical assistance, capacity building and entrepreneurial development to rural minority business enterprises. About 50 awards expected; no cost share required.
U.S. Minority Business Development Agency, Department of Commerce
public · national
Deadline: annual_call — Funding opportunity MBDA-OBC-2025-1002158 was archived on 5 March 2025.
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Stage: seed, growth
- Locally registered entity required
Eligibility limited to minority-serving institutions or consortiums led by such institutions as defined under 15 U.S.C. 9551(5); individual applicants are ineligible.
Source. https://simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/a162613c-be4b-4e22-9ba2-9f404ba075cb — checked 2026-08-14
"technical assistance, capacity building, and entrepreneurial development services to rural Minority Business Enterprises (RMBEs)"