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Program Name: Bank Enterprise Awards Program Resource Type: Federal State: USA Agency: Program Source: Loan Description: The BEA Program complements the community development activities of insured depository institutions (i.e., banks and thrifts) by providing financial incentives to expand investments in CDFIs and to increase lending, investment, and service activities...

Program Name: Native American Initiatives Program Resource Type: Federal State: USA Agency: Program Source: Technical/Planning Assistance Description: The CDFI Fund's Native Initiatives are designed to overcome identified barriers to financial services in Native Communities. These initiatives seek to increase the access to credit, capital and financial services in Native...

Program Name: Community Development Financial Institutions Program Resource Type: Federal State: USA Agency: Program Source: Economic Development Entity Description: The Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) Program provides two types of monetary awards — Financial Assistance (FA) and Technical Assistance (TA) — to invest in CDFIs (essentially non-profit banks) that...

Program Name: Economic Development Administration Resource Type: Federal State: USA Agency: Program Source: Economic Development Entity Description: The EDA is not authorized to provide grants directly to individuals or to for-profit entities. Instead, planning awards are designed to support planning organizations in developing, implementing, revising or replacing economic...

Program Name: Farm Credit System Resource Type: Federal State: USA Agency: Program Source: Loan Description: The Farm Credit System is a nationwide network of borrower-owned lending institutions and specialized service organizations. Farm Credit provides more than $174 billion in loans, leases, and related services to farmers, ranchers, rural homeowners,...

Program Name: Foreign Market Development Program Resource Type: Federal State: USA Agency: Program Source: Technical/Planning Assistance Description: The Foreign Market Development Program (FMD), also known as the cooperator program, is administered by the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The goal of the program...

Program Name: HUD Administered Small Cities Resource Type: Federal State: USA Agency: Program Source: Grant Description: The HUD Honolulu Office directly administers the CDBG program for non-entitlement communities in the State of Hawaii. Eligible grantees are as follows: principal cities of Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs); other metropolitan cities...

Program Name: Maritime Administration Resource Type: Federal State: USA Agency: Program Source: Economic Development Entity Description: The Maritime Administration is the agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation dealing with waterborne transportation. Its programs promote the use of waterborne transportation and its seamless integration with other segments of the...

Program Name: Market Access Program Resource Type: Federal State: USA Agency: Program Source: Technical/Planning Assistance Description: The Market Access Program (MAP), formerly the Market Promotion Program, uses funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to help U.S. producers, exporters, private companies, and other trade...

Program Name: Rural Economic Development Programs Resource Type: Federal State: USA Agency: Program Source: Repository Description: The mission of the Rural Development Business and Cooperative Programs is "to enhance the quality of life for rural Americans by providing leadership in building competitive businesses including sustainable cooperatives that can prosper...