Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Community and economic development
Summaries of funding programs are provided by RHIhub for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information.
Rural and Tribal Assistance Pilot Program
Inactive
Grants to support transportation project development in rural and tribal communities that may lead to future applications to U.S. Department of Transportation credit and grant programs. Funding can support legal, technical, and financial advisors to help advance infrastructure projects.
Grants to support transportation project development in rural and tribal communities that may lead to future applications to U.S. Department of Transportation credit and grant programs. Funding can support legal, technical, and financial advisors to help advance infrastructure projects.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Apr 17, 2025
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Transportation
Application Deadline: Apr 17, 2025
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Transportation
Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Program
Inactive
Funding for Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) to promote economic revitalization in low-income communities. Works to build capacity of programs that serve low-income people who lack access to affordable financial products and services.
Funding for Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) to promote economic revitalization in low-income communities. Works to build capacity of programs that serve low-income people who lack access to affordable financial products and services.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Feb 18, 2025
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Treasury
Application Deadline: Feb 18, 2025
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Treasury
Native American Community Development Financial Institution Assistance Program (NACA)
Inactive
Funding to increase access to credit, capital, and financial services in Native Communities through the creation and expansion of Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) primarily serving Native Communities.
Funding to increase access to credit, capital, and financial services in Native Communities through the creation and expansion of Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) primarily serving Native Communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Feb 18, 2025
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Treasury
Application Deadline: Feb 18, 2025
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Treasury
Supporting Community Agriculture and Local Education Systems (Project SCALES)
Inactive
Funding for projects that aim to build capacity and increase the resilience of food systems by supporting partnerships between school food authorities and growers, producers, distributors, and processors, as well as other industry partners.
Funding for projects that aim to build capacity and increase the resilience of food systems by supporting partnerships between school food authorities and growers, producers, distributors, and processors, as well as other industry partners.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Dec 13, 2024
Sponsors: Center for School and Community Partnerships at Boise State University, LunchAssist, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Application Deadline: Dec 13, 2024
Sponsors: Center for School and Community Partnerships at Boise State University, LunchAssist, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund Grants
Inactive
Grants to eligible agencies to capitalize a revolving loan fund that will provide loans and subgrants to eligible entities to carry out cleanup activities at brownfield sites contaminated with hazardous substances and/or petroleum. The program has a focus on areas historically affected by economic disinvestment, health disparities, and environmental contamination.
Grants to eligible agencies to capitalize a revolving loan fund that will provide loans and subgrants to eligible entities to carry out cleanup activities at brownfield sites contaminated with hazardous substances and/or petroleum. The program has a focus on areas historically affected by economic disinvestment, health disparities, and environmental contamination.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Nov 14, 2024
Sponsor: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Application Deadline: Nov 14, 2024
Sponsor: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Community Facilities Technical Assistance and Training Grant
Inactive
Grants to intermediary organizations to provide technical assistance and training for rural organizations and agencies to identify and plan for community facility needs in their area and locate public and private resources to finance them.
Grants to intermediary organizations to provide technical assistance and training for rural organizations and agencies to identify and plan for community facility needs in their area and locate public and private resources to finance them.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jul 3, 2024
Sponsors: U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA Rural Development
Application Deadline: Jul 3, 2024
Sponsors: U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA Rural Development
Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program
Inactive
Grants for scholarship programs leading to either baccalaureate degrees within the food and agricultural sciences or Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.) degrees in order to educate students in national need areas of the food and agricultural sciences and in rural economic, community, and business development.
Grants for scholarship programs leading to either baccalaureate degrees within the food and agricultural sciences or Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.) degrees in order to educate students in national need areas of the food and agricultural sciences and in rural economic, community, and business development.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Apr 1, 2024
Sponsors: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Application Deadline: Apr 1, 2024
Sponsors: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Capital Magnet Fund
Inactive
Grants to finance affordable housing and community revitalization efforts that benefit low-income people and communities.
Grants to finance affordable housing and community revitalization efforts that benefit low-income people and communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Mar 14, 2024
Sponsors: Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, U.S. Department of Treasury
Application Deadline: Mar 14, 2024
Sponsors: Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, U.S. Department of Treasury
Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants Program
Inactive
Grants to promote and strengthen food and agricultural science education in K-12, secondary, and postsecondary settings.
Grants to promote and strengthen food and agricultural science education in K-12, secondary, and postsecondary settings.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Mar 8, 2024
Sponsors: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Application Deadline: Mar 8, 2024
Sponsors: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture
National Rural Health Policy, Community, and Collaboration Program
Inactive
Funding for a single entity to identify, educate, engage, and collaborate with rural stakeholders on national rural health and policy issues and promising practices in an effort to improve the health of people living in rural communities nationwide.
Funding for a single entity to identify, educate, engage, and collaborate with rural stakeholders on national rural health and policy issues and promising practices in an effort to improve the health of people living in rural communities nationwide.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Dec 14, 2023
Sponsors: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Application Deadline: Dec 14, 2023
Sponsors: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

