nofo RDBCP-RBDG-2026

Rural Business Development Grants for Job Creation and Local Economic Growth

This program provides grant funding to eligible organizations to support business and community projects in rural areas. Projects are selected through competition in two categories: business opportunity grants and business enterprise grants, with an emphasis on economic development and job creation.

The purpose of the program is to promote economic development and job creation projects through the awarding of grant funds to eligible entities.

Applications will compete in two separate categories, business opportunity grants and business enterprise grants, for use in funding various

Funding Source

Agency: Rural Business-Cooperative Service

Awards & funding

Total Funding: $27.7M

Eligibility

Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
State governments

Rural public entities including, but not limited to: Towns, Communities, State agencies, Authorities, Nonprofit corporations, Institutions of higher education, Federally-recognized tribes, Rural cooperatives (if organized as a private nonprofit corporation).This program is only open to a Public …

Dates

Open Date: May 15, 2026
Close Date: June 30, 2026

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