Closed · MBDA-OBC-2025-1002158 · CFDA 11.805 · Discretionary

MBDA Rural Business Center Program

Federal grant opportunity posted by Minority Business Development Agency, cataloged on Grants.gov.

Varies
Award range
Closed
Status
February 3, 2025
Close date
50
Expected awards

The verdict

MBDA Rural Business Center Program is a closed discretionary listing from Minority Business Development Agency that offered Varies by applicant across 50 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 2 other opportunities from Minority Business Development Agency.

Varies
award range
Closed
application status
50
expected awards
11.805
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

MBDA Rural Business Center Program is closed (last close February 3, 2025). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Minority Business Development Agency still indexes 2 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed February 3, 2025

Posted Jan 15 Closes Feb 3

Expected Awards

50

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), a bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce, through the Rural MBDA Business Center Program, will provide awards to support technical assistance, capacity building, and entrepreneurial development services to rural Minority Business Enterprises (RMBEs) at all stages, from ideation to maturity.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · MBDA-OBC-2025-1002158

Grants.gov marks MBDA Rural Business Center Program with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). 1 other Minority Business Development Agency listings share this eligibility-code string (33% of 3).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Agency Contact

Nakita Chambers nchambers2@mbda.gov

What to do next

MBDA Rural Business Center Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants