USDA Rural Cooperative Development Grant Program

Rural Cooperative Development Grant Program
USDA's Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives would like to share
with you two funding opportunities available through USDA Rural Development
that can assist faith-based and community organizations working to build
stronger rural communities. If you would like more information on the Faith-Based and Community Initiative at USDA, please visit their website at http://www.usda.gov/fbci/. To join their mailing list, please sign up at: http://www.fbci.usda.gov/form/

Rural Cooperative Development Grants are made for establishing and operating
centers for cooperative development for the primary purpose of improving the
economic condition of rural areas through the development of new
cooperatives and improving operations of existing cooperatives. The U.S.
Department of Agriculture desires to encourage and stimulate the development
of effective cooperative organizations in rural America as a part of its
total package of rural development efforts. Applications for the grant
program must be received by June 8, 2007. For more information on the
program and the grant competition, please visit:
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=13553

If you have questions regarding this grant opportunity, please contact
Andrew Jermolowicz by email andrew.jermolowicz@usda.gov or call (202)
690-1416.