Deadline: 13-Jun-22
The Rural Business-Cooperative Service announces the availability of competitive grant funds for the FY 2022 Socially-Disadvantaged Groups Grant (SDGG) program.
This program supports Rural Development’s (RD) mission of improving the quality of life for rural Americans and commitment to directing resources to those who most need them.
The primary objective of the SDGG program is to provide technical assistance to socially disadvantaged groups. Eligible applicants are cooperative development centers, individual cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives:
- that serve socially disadvantaged groups and
- of which a majority of the board of directors or governing board is comprised of individuals who are members of socially disadvantaged groups.
Funding Information
- Maximum Award: $175,000
- Project Period: 1 year
- Anticipated Award Date: September 30, 2022
Eligibility Criteria
- Grants may be made to individual cooperatives, groups of cooperatives, or cooperative development centers that serve socially disadvantaged groups and of which a majority of the board of directors or governing board of the applicant is comprised of individuals who are members of socially disadvantaged groups.
- You must be able to verify your legal structure in the state or the tribe under which you are legally organized or incorporated. Grants may not be made to public bodies or to individuals.
- Your application must demonstrate that you meet all definition requirements for one of the three eligible applicant types. Federally recognized tribes have a government-to-government relationship with the United States.
- Therefore, tribes may consider using a separate entity, such as a tribally owned business, tribal authority, tribal nonprofit, tribal college or university to apply for SDGG funding that would provide technical assistance to members of the tribe.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=339478