Skip to main content

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Technical Assistance to Cooperatives

Program Information

Popular name

TAC

Program Number

10.350

Program objective

To develop and administer research, technical assistance, statistical, and educational programs on financial, organizational, management, legal, social, and economic aspects of rural cooperatives, and to work with cooperatives and educational organizations in promoting the knowledge of cooperative principles and practices.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2024

    Accomplishments may include cooperative education and technical assistance to the public; statistical benchmarks and analysis about cooperative businesses; support and promotion of cooperative business development; implementation and continuance of the Secretary of Agriculture’s mandate under 7 U.S.C. 1932(e)(12) to chair an Interagency Working Group on Cooperative Development.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

Program details

Eligible beneficiaries

  • American Indian
  • Asian
  • Black
  • Consumer
  • Disabled (e.g. Deaf, Blind, Physically Disabled)
  • Farmer/Rancher/Agriculture Producer
  • Individual/Family
  • Industrialist/ Business person
  • Mentally Disabled
  • Minority group
  • Native American Organizations
  • Other Non-White
  • Physically Afflicted (e.g. TB, Arthritis, Heart Disease)
  • Profit organization
  • Rural
  • Small Business Person
  • Small business
  • Spanish Origin
  • Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans)
  • U.S. Citizen
  • Veteran/Service person/Reservist (including dependents
  • Women

Additional resources