Closed · RD-RBCS-26-RMAP · CFDA 10.870 · Discretionary

Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program

Federal grant opportunity posted by Rural Business-Cooperative Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $100K
Award range
Closed
Status
June 30, 2026
Close date
20
Expected awards

The verdict

Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program is a closed discretionary listing from Rural Business-Cooperative Service that offered Up to $100,000 across 20 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 127 other opportunities from Rural Business-Cooperative Service.

up to $100K
award range
Closed
application status
20
expected awards
10.870
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on June 30, 2026. CFDA 10.870 may re-announce under a new opportunity number. Historical award band was Up to $100,000.

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

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed June 30, 2026

Posted Feb 26 Closes Jun 30

Est. Total Funding

$3,200,000

Expected Awards

20

Instrument

Grant

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

Provides loans and grants to Microenterprise Development Organizations (MDOs) to provide training and technical assistance to microloan borrowers and micro entrepreneurs.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · RD-RBCS-26-RMAP

Grants.gov marks Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance 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. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Business and Commerce (BC). This eligibility-code string dominates the Rural Business-Cooperative Service book (56 peers, 44% of 128).

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

Shamika Johnson Shamika.Johnson@usda.gov

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What to do next

Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Browse open federal opportunities in the same category when this listing is closed. Open opportunities
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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