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Grants

Rural Cooperative Development Grant (RCDG)

Status

Status not published

Annual competition announced in the Federal Register, historically with a spring or early summer deadline.

Check with the funder
Amount
$200,000

Grants of up to $200,000 to establish and operate centres for cooperative development. A 25% match is required (5% for 1994 institutions).

You must co-fund 25%. Work out the cash you need

Funder

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development

public · national

Deadline: One call a year — Annual competition announced in the Federal Register, historically with a spring or early summer deadline.

Your odds
Not published

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.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

You fund 25% yourself.

Who can apply

Applicants are non-profit corporations and higher education institutions operating cooperative development centres; cooperatives and rural businesses benefit as centre clients.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · UEI and SAM.gov registration, explained

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/business-programs/rural-cooperative-development-grant-program · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.rd.usda.gov

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