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Find similar grantsThese grants are awarded to qualified organizations to provide technical assistance to private, nonprofit community-based housing and community development organizations, low-income rural communities, and/or federally recognized Indian Tribes to undertake projects that improve h…
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Community Economic Development Projects is sponsored by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Community Services (OCS). This program awards discretionary funds to Community Development Corporations (CDCs) for well-planned, financially viable, and innovative projects to enhance job creation and business development for individuals with low income. The goal is to decrease dependency on federal programs, chronic unemployment, and community deterioration in urban and rural areas. Projects are expected to actively recruit low-income individuals for positions created and ensure business viability for at least one year.
Community Economic Development (CED) is sponsored by Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Community Services (OCS), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This program awards discretionary funds to Community Development Corporations (CDCs) for well-planned, financially viable, and innovative projects that enhance job creation and business development for individuals with low income. CED awards are part of a broader strategy to decrease dependency on federal programs, chronic unemployment, and community deterioration in urban and rural areas.
USDA's Rural Decentralized Water Systems Grant funds nonprofits to capitalize a revolving loan fund for household wells and septic systems: 1 percent fixed, 20-year terms, $15,000 maximum per household. The application window closes September 30, 2026. The program is chronically under-subscribed for one structural reason — the 10 percent priority-point contribution cannot be in-kind. Here is the full instrument analysis and what it takes to win.
Read articleWhile applicants chase fixed federal deadlines, USDA Rural Development keeps roughly $4.1 billion moving through programs with no deadline at all — Community Facilities, Water & Waste Disposal, and Business & Industry loans that accept applications year-round. But 2026 brought a quiet shake-up: REAP grants paused, RBDG's competitive window closed. Here is the map of what's open, what's frozen, and how rural organizations should work a rolling pipeline.
Read articleOn July 2, 2026, USDA Rural Development rescinded the FY2025 RCDI funding notice to rewrite it around new policy priorities — voiding pending applications for a small-but-strategic program that builds the capacity of rural nonprofits. Here is what RCDI funds, why the mid-cycle pull fits a larger 2026 pattern, and the concrete moves intermediaries should make now so they are ready the day a new NOFO drops.
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