Small Business Grants from the Department of Agriculture
Established in 1862, the Department of Agriculture serves all Americans through anti-hunger efforts, stewardship of nearly 200 million acres of national forest and rangelands, and through product safety and conservation efforts. The USDA opens markets for American farmers and ranchers and provides food for needy people around the world.
Rural Energy for America Program
Broadband Technical AssistanceThe Rural Utilities Service (RUS or the Agency), a Rural Development (RD) agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), announces the acceptance of applications for Broadband...more
Rural Community Development Initiative (RCDI)Technical Assistance & Training Grant Qualified private, nonprofit and public (including tribal) intermediary organizations proposing to carry out financial and technical assistance programs will...more
Wetland Mitigation Banking ProgramNotice of Funding Opportunity (NFO) SUMMARY INFORMATION Federal Awarding Agency Name: U.S. Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Notice of Funding...more
Puerto Rico Rural Partners Network Rural Community Development InitiativeTechnical Assistance & Training Grant The program is designed to assist qualified private organizations, nonprofit organizations, and public (including tribal) intermediary organizations located...more
Kentucky NRCS Agricultural Conservation Easement Program – Reserve Easement (ACEP WRE) Acquisition Services AgreementSUMMARY INFORMATION Federal Awarding Agency Name: U.S. Department of Agriculture – NRCS Notice of Funding Opportunity Title: Kentucky NRCS Agricultural Conservation Easement Program –...more
Kentucky Easement Programs RestorationFederal Awarding Agency Name: U.S. Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)Notice of Funding Opportunity Title: Kentucky NRCS Easement Restoration and...more
Conservation Technical Assistance for Fiscal Year 2024 – MarylandSUMMARY INFORMATIONFederal Awarding Agency Name: U.S. Department of Agriculture – USDA – Natural Resources Conservation Service Maryland Notice of Funding Opportunity Title: Conservation...more
Outreach Cooperative NOFOSUMMARY INFORMATIONFederal Awarding Agency Name: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) – Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)Notice of Funding Opportunity Title: Announcement for...more
Featured Government Grant Resources
Department of Agriculture: Value Added Producer Grants
The Value-Added Producer Grants program is geared towards helping the Independent Producers of Agricultural Commodities, Agriculture Producer Groups, Farmer and Rancher Cooperatives, and Majority-Controlled Producer-Based Business Ventures in developing techniques that would create marketing opportunities and establish business plans involving viable marketing opportunities that involve the production of bio-based products from agricultural commodities.
Small Business Administration's Recovery Capital Loans
The Recovery Capital Loans Program provides financial assistance to small business with less than 500 employees to obtain a deferred payment loan from the agency, in order to meet existing debt payments, thereby giving the business the opportunity to refocus their business strategy.
Social Entrepreneurship
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The Social Innovators of 2014
For 2014, the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship has recognized 37 individuals for their outstanding work in the field of social enterprise.
