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Rural Cooperative Development Grants

Program Information

Popular name

RCDG

Program Number

10.771

Program objective

To improve the economic condition of rural areas by assisting individuals and businesses in the startup, expansion or operational improvement of rural cooperatives and other mutually-owned businesses through Cooperative Development Centers.

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

    This program successfully funded 30 awards totaling $5,800,000.

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.

7 CFR 4284, Subparts A and F.

Program details

Program types

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