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Explore 10 active rural grant opportunities from USDA Rural Development / Electric Cooperatives, Alliant Energy — Rural Co-op Pass-Through, and more.

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Top Funding Agencies

Alliant Energy — Rural Co-op Pass-Through
Appalachian Power / AEP Community Grants
Cooperative Energy (Mississippi)
Dairyland Power Cooperative
Georgia EMC (Electric Membership Corporations)

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USDA Rural Development / Electric Cooperatives
$10,000 – $300,000
Economic DevelopmentRuralEnergyBusiness

REDLG provides zero-interest loans and grants to rural electric cooperatives, which then use those funds to finance economic development and job creat…

Alliant Energy — Rural Co-op Pass-Through
$1,000 – $100,000
Community DevelopmentRuralEnergyUtilities

Alliant Energy Foundation and community grants for nonprofits in Wisconsin and Iowa cooperative service territories. Typical programs: Operation Round…

Great Plains Energy Inc. (NE)
$1,000 – $25,000
Community DevelopmentRuralEnergyUtilities

Community grants for nonprofits in Great Plains Energy cooperative territories in Nebraska and Kansas. Typical programs: Operation Round Up, scholarsh…

Georgia EMC (Electric Membership Corporations)
$1,000 – $20,000
Community DevelopmentRuralEnergyUtilities

Georgia's 41 Electric Membership Corporations collectively administer community impact grants, scholarships, and Operation Round Up programs. Typical…

Cooperative Energy (Mississippi)
$1,000 – $15,000
Community DevelopmentRuralEnergyUtilities

Cooperative Energy community development and Round Up grants for nonprofits in Mississippi and Alabama. Typical programs: Operation Round Up, scholars…

Appalachian Power / AEP Community Grants
$1,000 – $50,000
Community DevelopmentRuralEnergyUtilities

AEP Foundation and Appalachian Power community grants for nonprofits in Virginia and West Virginia. Typical programs: Operation Round Up, scholarships…

Jackson EMC (Georgia)
$1,000 – $20,000
Community DevelopmentRuralEnergyUtilities

Jackson EMC Foundation grants and Operation Round Up for Northeast Georgia nonprofits in education, health, and community development. Typical program…

Pedernales Electric Cooperative
$1,000 – $25,000
Community DevelopmentRuralEnergyUtilities

PEC (Texas's largest distribution cooperative) Operation Round Up community grants for nonprofits in Central Texas Hill Country. Typical programs: Ope…

North Carolina Electric Cooperatives (26 co-ops)
$1,000 – $15,000
Community DevelopmentRuralEnergyUtilities

NC's 26 electric cooperatives collectively operate Operation Round Up and local community grant programs. Typical programs: Operation Round Up, schola…

Dairyland Power Cooperative
$1,000 – $25,000
Community DevelopmentRuralEnergyUtilities

Dairyland Power Cooperative community grants supporting education, safety, and rural development in upper Midwest cooperative territories. Typical pro…

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Rural Grants grants: common questions

How many rural grants grants are available right now?

GrantSonar is tracking 10 open rural grants grants as of today. That count reflects opportunities that are currently accepting applications — closed rounds and award announcements are excluded, which is why it is smaller than the headline figures some directories advertise. Federal, state and foundation sources are re-ingested daily.

Who funds rural grants grants?

The most active funders behind the 10 open rural grants grants on this page are Alliant Energy — Rural Co-op Pass-Through, Appalachian Power / AEP Community Grants and Cooperative Energy (Mississippi). Foundation funders are profiled from public IRS Form 990 / 990-PF filings, so you can see a funder's actual past giving rather than only its stated priorities.

Who is eligible for rural grants grants?

Eligibility for rural grants grants varies by opportunity, but the listings on this page are open to nonprofits, government agencies, school districts and other eligible organizations. Each listing states its own eligible applicant types, and GrantSonar filters your matches against your organization type, geography and programs so ineligible opportunities are demoted rather than surfaced.

When are the deadlines for rural grants grants?

Deadlines differ per opportunity and some are rolling with no fixed close date. Every listing on this page shows its own close date where the funder publishes one, and GrantSonar re-checks source pages so a deadline that moves is picked up rather than left stale.

Is there a free way to search rural grants grants?

Yes. This page is free to browse with no account. A free GrantSonar account additionally matches these rural grants grants against your organization's profile and eligibility, so you get a ranked shortlist rather than a list you filter by hand.

How often is this list of rural grants grants updated?

Daily. Federal, state and foundation sources are re-ingested every day, duplicate listings are collapsed onto a canonical record, and listing URLs are checked for rot — a stale catalogue is worse than a smaller current one, so dead links are flagged rather than left to look live.