| Broadband Expansion | AARP Community Challenge | The AARP Community Challenge provides small grants to fund quick-action projects that can help communities become more livable for people of all ages. Applications are accepted for projects to improve public spaces, housing, transportation, civic engagement, coronavirus recovery, diversity and inclusion, and more. | Nationwide | Application Deadlines:
March 22, 2022 | AARP | 03/22/2022 |
| Broadband Expansion | Foundation for Rural Service Community Grant Program | Grants to support a variety of local efforts to build and sustain a high quality of life in rural communities across America. Focus areas include business development, community development, education, and telecommunications. | Nationwide | Every Year on Aug 30 | Foundation for Rural Service | 08/30/2022 |
| Broadband Expansion | Telecommunications Infrastructure Loans and Loan Guarantees | Loans and loan guarantees for the construction, maintenance, improvement, and expansion of telephone service and broadband in rural areas. | Nationwide | Applications accepted on an ongoing basis | U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Utilities Service | 12/31/2022 |
| Broadband Expansion | Virtual Living Room - Using Technology to Address the Critical Healthcare Needs of Veterans in Rural Areas | A grant program that combines rural technology, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs resources, and local support to provide solutions to improve healthcare access for veterans in rural areas. | Nationwide | Applications accepted on an ongoing basis | Foundation for Rural Service,
NTCA: The Rural Broadband Association
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | 12/31/2022 |
| Broadband Expansion | Rural Business Service - Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program (REDLG) | The program offers loans, grants and loan guarantees to help create jobs and support economic development and essential services such as housing; health care; first responder services and equipment; and water, electric and communications infrastructure. | Nationwide | Applications accepted on an ongoing basis | U.S. Department of Agriculture | 12/31/2022 |
| Broadband Expansion | The ReConnect Loan and Grant Program | ReConnect offers three types of funding options for broadband infrastructure to connect rural families, businesses, farms, ranches, schools, libraries, and public safety facilities to modern, high-speed internet. A rural area is eligible if it currently does not have sufficient access to broadband. | Nationwide | Application Deadlines:
March 9, 2022 | U.S. Department of Agriculture | 3/9/2022 |
| Broadband Expansion | North Carolina Economic Infrastructure Program | Grants to support infrastructure projects related to drinking water, wastewater, broadband, natural gas lines, railways, and roadways in rural areas of North Carolina. | North Carolina | Applications accepted on an ongoing basis | North Carolina Department of Commerce | 12/31/2022 |
| Broadband Expansion | North Carolina Open Grants Program | Grants for projects that strengthen North Carolina's long-term economy, especially in tobacco-dependent, economically distressed, and/or rural communities in the areas of agriculture, economic development, workforce preparedness, healthcare, education, and community vitality. | North Carolina | Applications accepted on an ongoing basis | Golden Leaf Foundation | 12/31/2022 |
| Broadband Expansion | Rural Relief Small Business Grant - LISC | As part of continuing commitment to elevate impact in rural America, LISC is inviting small business owners in rural locations across the country to apply for the LISC-Lowe's Rural Relief Small Business Grants program. | Nationwide | Applications accepted on an ongoing basis | LISC | 12/31/2022 |
| Broadband Expansion | CERB Rural Broadband Program | Low interest loan or loan/grant packages to build infrastructure to provide high-speed, open-access broadband service to rural underserved communities in Washington for the purpose of community economic development. | Washington | Applications accepted on an ongoing basis | Washington State Department of Commerce | 12/31/2022 |
| Broadband Expansion | Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program | A $268 million grant program directed to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and Minority-Serving Institutions for the purchase of broadband internet access service and eligible equipment or to hire and train information technology personnel. | Nationwide | | | 12/31/2022 |
| Broadband Expansion | Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program | A $980 million program directed to tribal governments to be used for broadband deployment on tribal lands, as well as for telehealth, distance learning, broadband affordability, and digital inclusion. | Nationwide | | | 12/31/2022 |
| Broadband Expansion | Broadband Infrastructure Program | A $288 million broadband deployment program directed to partnerships between a state, or one or more political subdivisions of a state, and providers of fixed broadband service to support broadband infrastructure deployment to areas lacking broadband, especially rural areas. | Nationwide | | | 12/31/2022 |
| Broadband Expansion | Digital Equity Programs | Dedicates $2.75 billion to establish three grant programs--State Digital Equity Planning Grant Program, State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program, and the Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program-- that promote digital inclusion and equity. | Nationwide | | | 12/31/2022 |
| Broadband Expansion | Enabling Middle Mile Broadband | Establishes and funds a $1 billion program for the construction, improvement or acquisition of middle mile infrastructure to reduce the cost of connecting unserved and underserved areas. | Nationwide | | | 12/31/2022 |
| Broadband Expansion | Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) | $42.45 billion allocated for states, territories, the District of Columbia (D.C.), and Puerto Rico (P.R.) to utilize for broadband deployment, mapping, and adoption projects. | Nationwide | | | 12/31/2022 |
| Education | E-Rate - Schools & Libraries USF Program | The schools and libraries universal service support program, commonly known as the E-rate program, helps schools and libraries to obtain affordable broadband. | Nationwide | Applications accepted on an ongoing basis | FCC | 12/31/2022 |
| Education | American Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities | This program helps eligible institutions of higher education increase their self-sufficiency by providing funds to improve and strengthen the academic quality, institutional management, and fiscal stability of eligible institutions. | Nationwide | Applications accepted on an ongoing basis | U.S. Department of Education | 12/31/2022 |
| Education | Promise Neighborhoods | The Promise Neighborhoods program is authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). | Nationwide | | U.S. Department of Education | 12/31/2022 |
| Education | Abell Foundation Grants | The Abell Foundation is dedicated to the enhancement of the quality of life in Maryland, with a focus on Baltimore City. The Foundation is committed to improving the lives of underserved populations by supporting innovative, results-oriented efforts to solve systemic social, economic, and environmental problems. | Maryland | Applications accepted on an ongoing basis | Abell Foundation | 12/31/2022 |
| Telehealth | Idaho Rural Health Care Access Program (RHCAP) | Awards funding to projects that help rural communities improve access to primary medical and dental healthcare through telehealth, community development, and recruitment/retention projects. | Idaho | Every Year on Aug 30 | Idaho Bureau of Rural Health and Primary Care | 08/30/2022 |
| Telehealth | Foundation for Rural Service Community Grant Program | Grants to support a variety of local efforts to build and sustain a high quality of life in rural communities across America. Focus areas include business development, community development, education, and telecommunications. | Nationwide | Every Year on
Sep 30 | Foundation for Rural Service | 09/30/2022 |
| Telehealth | Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Grants Program | Funding for community-based outreach education and extension programs at land-grant colleges and universities that provide individuals and families based in rural areas with information on health, wellness, and prevention. Projects should utilize telehealth, telemedicine, and distance learning strategies for education and training in minority rural communities related to opioids, preventing spread of COVID-19, and/or mitigating infection and transmission of COVID-19. | Nationwide | Application Deadline:
April 29, 2022 | National Institute of Food and Agriculture
U.S. Department of Agriculture | 04/29/2022 |
| Telehealth | Novarti COVID-19 Community Response Fund | Grants to support local initiatives and communities in the United States impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak. | Nationwide | Applications accepted on an ongoing basis | Novartis U.S. Foundation | 12/31/2022 |
| Telehealth | Strengthening Access to Care for Opioid Use Disorder Patients During the COVID-19 National Public Health Emergency: Recovery Support Services | Grants to support projects designed to strengthen access to evidence-based opioid use disorder recovery services for vulnerable and high-risk populations during the COVID-19 national emergency. | Nationwide | Applications accepted on an ongoing basis | Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts | 12/31/2022 |
