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Economic development funding opportunities via the Rural Assistance Center
Economic development funding opportunities, with information provided via the Rural Assistance Center
- Native American CDFI Assistance Program
Awards to Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) that direct activities toward serving Native American, Alaska Native and/or Native Hawaiian communities. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Treasury - Patriot Express Loan Initiative
A loan initiative for veterans and members of the military community wanting to establish or expand small businesses. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- U.S. Small Business Administration - Tribal Transit Technical Assistance Program - Short Term Technical Assistance
Assistance for tribal communities to enhance economic growth and development by improving transportation services. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Community Transportation Association of America - Rural Passenger Transportation Technical Assistance Program - Short-term Technical Assistance
The focus of the program is economic development: helping small and emerging businesses and stimulating economic development through new and improved public transportation. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Community Transportation Association of America - Rural Passenger Transportation Technical Assistance Program
Technical Assistance program to provide transit planning assistance for facility and service development and expansion. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Community Transportation Association of America - USDA Business and Industry Guaranteed Loans
Helps create jobs and stimulates rural economies by providing financial backing for rural businesses. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- USDA Rural Development - SBA Certified Development Company (504) Loan Program
Provides growing businesses with long-term, fixed-rate financing for major fixed assets, such as land and buildings. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- U.S. Small Business Administration - Count Me In Loans
Provides business loans to women. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Count Me In - Midwest Assistance Program Loan Fund
Provides low-cost, short and intermediate term loans for community water and wastewater projects through its Community Revolving Loan Fund. Geographic coverage: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming -- Midwest Assistance Program - U.S. Bancorp Foundation Grants
Support for the creation of economic opportunity through grants to organizations that provide affordable housing, encourage self-sufficiency, and assist economic development. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- U.S. Bancorp Foundation - Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program
Funding that provides communities with a source of financing for economic development, housing rehabilitation, public facilities, and large-scale physical development projects. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program
Loans and grants are to assist in economically developing rural areas. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service - Colonia Economically Distressed Areas Program
This fund provides assistance to colonia areas to connect to a Texas Water Development Board Economically Distressed Areas Program (TWDB EDAP)-funded water and sewer system improvement project. Geographic coverage: Texas-Mexico border region. -- Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs