https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/types/loans Loans, with information provided via the Rural Health Information Hub en Copyright 2026 Rural Health Information Hub https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/96 Provides small businesses with long-term, fixed-rate financing for major fixed assets, such as land and buildings. 504 Loans are potential options for healthcare practitioners who want to build a new office or expand/renovate an existing medical building. The Rural Initiative Pilot Program waives some small business regulations in order to expand capital access to eligible rural areas. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Small Business Administration https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/96 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 13:35:30 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/2752 Loans and/or recommendations for University of Illinois Medical School students wishing to specialize in family practice or another primary healthcare field and who agree to practice in an approved rural community in Illinois. Geographic coverage: Illinois -- Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois State Medical Society https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/2752 Wed, 31 Dec 2025 15:53:47 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/4358 Loans and loan guarantees for the construction, maintenance, improvement, and expansion of telephone service and broadband in rural areas. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA Rural Utilities Service https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/4358 Mon, 22 Dec 2025 14:08:30 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/5188 Loans, training, technical assistance, and other development services for small businesses in rural Nebraska communities. Eligible recipients of program services may include healthcare providers, healthcare and social determinants of health related businesses, nonprofit human services providers, public agencies, and reservation communities. Geographic coverage: Nebraska -- Center for Rural Affairs https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/5188 Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:39:08 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/2987 Provides micro-enterprise and capital loans to small businesses in North Carolina, including rural healthcare providers. Geographic coverage: North Carolina -- NC Rural Center https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/2987 Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:34:11 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/5851 A below market loan program designed to meet the needs of small water and wastewater utilities. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- National Rural Water Association https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/5851 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 12:44:26 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/4692 A loan fund to support the cost of equipment, software, and capital improvements that improve access to healthcare in rural and frontier Nevada. Geographic coverage: Nevada -- Nevada Rural Hospital Partners, State of Nevada https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/4692 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 12:16:18 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/3784 Financing for enterprises working to create a resilient food system across Michigan. Geographic coverage: Michigan -- Michigan Good Food Fund https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/3784 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 09:59:49 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/3819 Provides low-interest loans to healthcare entities in North Dakota for health information technology infrastructure projects. Geographic coverage: North Dakota -- Bank of North Dakota https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/3819 Thu, 04 Dec 2025 14:38:09 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/3249 Loans for rural healthcare facilities and providers in South Carolina for capital funding needs. Geographic coverage: South Carolina -- South Carolina Office of Rural Health https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/3249 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 08:38:33 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/3370 Loans to lender for contractors who build or rehabilitate affordable single-family housing in rural communities on a speculative basis. Geographic coverage: North Dakota -- North Dakota Housing Finance Agency https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/3370 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 08:23:48 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/2697 Loans to finance water and waste facility projects in the rural West, including the early funds small rural communities need to determine project feasibility and to pay pre-development costs prior to receiving state and federal funding. Geographic coverage: Available in 13 western states and the Pacific Islands. See program website for details. -- Rural Community Assistance Corporation https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/2697 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 16:43:43 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/5587 Loans for rural hospitals to assist in providing direct healthcare services for citizens of Mississippi. Geographic coverage: Mississippi -- Mississippi State Department of Health https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/5587 Fri, 28 Nov 2025 09:19:34 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/2671 Direct loans for businesses in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana, including healthcare-related businesses, to be used for working capital, inventory, and equipment. Geographic coverage: North Dakota and Minnesota -- Dakota Business Lending https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/2671 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:24:03 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/2699 Loans to help develop and improve essential community facilities in the rural West. Geographic coverage: Available in 13 western states and the Pacific Islands. See program website for details. -- Rural Community Assistance Corporation https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/2699 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:02:47 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/5965 Technical assistance, direct loans, and indirect loans for healthcare providers and facilities in rural areas of Louisiana. Geographic coverage: Louisiana -- Southeast Louisiana Area Health Education Center https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/5965 Tue, 25 Nov 2025 11:30:36 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/4753 Oweesta is an intermediary organization that provides financial products and development services for Native Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs). The primary goal is to support Native CDFIs so that they have the capacity to assist individuals, businesses, and organizations with financing and technical assistance for the development of small businesses, affordable housing/home ownership, community facilities, and financial education programs in Native communities. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- First Nations Development Institute, First Nations Oweesta Corporation https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/4753 Tue, 25 Nov 2025 10:49:36 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/1588 Community development loans to local governments, public service authorities, user associations, nonprofit organizations, and other community entities for the development and/or construction of large-scale community projects. Geographic coverage: North Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and South Carolina. -- Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project, Inc. https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/1588 Tue, 25 Nov 2025 09:59:30 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/4229 Flexible loan products, with terms up to 15 years, for small, rural community water and wastewater projects. Geographic coverage: Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas -- Communities Unlimited, Inc., Rural Community Assistance Partnership https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/4229 Mon, 24 Nov 2025 11:11:54 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/2831 Loan guarantees to improve, develop, or finance business, industry, and employment and improve economies in rural communities. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA Rural Development https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/2831 Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:55:19 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/4940 Low interest loan or loan/grant packages to build infrastructure to provide high-speed, open-access broadband service to rural underserved communities in Washington for the purpose of community economic development. Geographic coverage: Washington -- Washington State Department of Commerce https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/4940 Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:28:28 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/4246 Short-term loans at below market interest rates to local nonprofits, for-profits, and government entities that are working to develop affordable housing for low-income, rural communities. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Housing Assistance Council https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/4246 Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:15:34 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/2594 Provides flexible financing through loans and equity investments not available from most conventional lenders, which is available to any primary-sector business in North Dakota. Geographic coverage: North Dakota -- North Dakota Department of Commerce https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/2594 Thu, 20 Nov 2025 14:40:42 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/5375 Revolving loan fund program for rural hospital operations and facilities in Kentucky with the overall goal of providing needed direct healthcare services in rural areas. Geographic coverage: Kentucky -- Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/5375 Thu, 20 Nov 2025 14:28:10 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/3581 Loans for health providers in West Virginia for capital funding needs including construction, renovation, expansion equipment purchases, technology purchases, and practice acquisition. Geographic coverage: West Virginia -- West Virginia Center for Rural Health Development https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/3581 Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:55:43 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/95 Loan and mortgage insurance program to help acute care hospital facilities with remodeling, expansion, modernization, equipment, refinancing, and acquisition. Critical Access Hospitals are eligible to apply. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Federal Housing Administration, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/95 Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:49:48 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/6013 Loans for retail grocery providers, carts, co-ops, farmer markets, trucks, delivery services, food production companies and distributors, urban and rural agricultural projects, and other healthy food businesses. Loan recipients receive access to business coaching and other resources. Geographic coverage: Colorado -- Colorado Enterprise Fund https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/6013 Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:48:29 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/6296 Loans to repair, replace, rehabilitate, improve, and/or reconstruct critical broadband infrastructure in Washington that was damaged by a natural disaster or unforeseen events. Geographic coverage: Washington -- Washington State Department of Commerce https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/6296 Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:49:07 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/1540 Low, fixed interest loans for the capital needs of California's nonprofit small and rural health facilities. Geographic coverage: California -- California Health Facilities Financing Authority https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/1540 Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:05:31 -0600 https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/3642 Loans to help meet the capital needs of nonprofit primary care and behavioral health clinics located in rural and other approved areas of New Mexico. Geographic coverage: New Mexico -- New Mexico Department of Health, New Mexico Finance Authority https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/funding/3642 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 15:26:57 -0600