Rural Cooperative Development Grant (RCDG)
Status not published
Annual competition announced in the Federal Register, historically with a spring or early summer deadline.
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%.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development
public · national
Deadline: annual_call — Annual competition announced in the Federal Register, historically with a spring or early summer deadline.
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.
You fund 25% yourself.
Who can apply
- Sectors: agri, social
- Stage: idea, pre_seed
- Locally registered entity required
Applicants are non-profit corporations and higher education institutions operating cooperative development centres; cooperatives and rural businesses benefit as centre clients.
Source. https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/business-programs/rural-cooperative-development-grant-program — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked