Community Facilities Direct Loan and Grant Program

Deadline: Rolling

Amount: unspecified

Website: https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/community-facilities-direct-loan-grant-program

Description:

The purpose of this program is to provide affordable funding to develop essential community facilities in rural areas. Projects supported through this program must demonstrate substantial community support, and facilities must serve the rural area where they are or will be located. Rural areas must have no more than 20,000 residents according to the latest U.S. Census data, which can be found online at www.census.gov.

For the purposes of this program, an essential community facility is defined as a facility that provides an essential service to the local community for the orderly development of the community in a primarily rural area, and does not include private, commercial, or business undertakings.

Eligible applicants:

Government agencies

Nonprofits

Federally-recognized Native American Tribes