nofo USDA-RD-HCFP-RCDI-2025

Rural Community Development Initiative (RCDI)

Nonprofit, private, and public organizations, including tribal groups, can apply for this grant if they are intermediary organizations that offer financial and technical assistance programs. These organizations must use the funds to help recipients build their capacity for projects in housing, community facilities, or economic development. The recipients will then implement programs to aid the…

Qualified private, nonprofit and public (including tribal) intermediary organizations proposing to carry out financial and technical assistance programs will be eligible to receive the funding. The RCDI structure requires the intermediary (grantee) to provide a program of financial and technical…

Funding Source

Agency: Rural Housing Service

Awards & funding

Total Funding: $5M
Award Ceiling: $500,000
Award Floor: $50,000

Eligibility

Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Small businesses
State governments

The intermediary organization must have been legally organized for a minimum of 3 years and have at least 3 years prior experience working with private nonprofit community-based housing and development organizations, low-income rural communities, or tribal organizations in the areas of housing, …

Dates

Solicitation Posted: July 8, 2025

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