Assistance Listing 10.890
Rural Development Cooperative Agreement Program
Rural Business Cooperative Service · Department of Agriculture
The verdict for a small nonprofit
Recipient types are not reported for most awards under this program, so read the past winners below before you commit time.
Based on 3 new awards in FY2023–25. The median award is $315,000. Expect about 38 days between posting and deadline.
- First-time winners
- —
- of new awards, last 3 FYs
- Nonprofit share
- n/a
- recipient types not reported for most awards
- Under-$1M orgs
- n/a
- revenue join unavailable
- Median award
- $315K
- $315K – $315K middle half
- New awards, FY2025
- 1
- $315K committed to them
- Usually posts
- Aug
- irregular · 38-day window
Open right now under this program
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Who won in FY2025
Largest recipients by dollars. From USAspending.
| Recipient | Type | State | Awards | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appalachian Regional Commission | Other | DC | 3 | $3,496,160 |
| Appalachian Regional Commission | Other | DC | 2 | $3,200,000 |
New awards by fiscal year
Awards first made in each fiscal year; dollars are the total committed to that year's new awards over their life.
| FY | New awards | Committed | Median | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.6M – $1.6M |
| 2022 | 1 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.6M – $1.6M |
| 2023 | 1 | $2.9M | $2.9M | $2.9M – $2.9M |
| 2024 | 1 | $315K | $315K | $315K – $315K |
| 2025 | 1 | $315K | $315K | $315K – $315K |
Past rounds
Every announcement under this listing that Grants.gov still lists. Use it to plan next year.
| Posted | Closed | Window | Announcement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-09 | 2023-09-08 | 30 d | USDA-RD-RBCS-INVESTFSC-23 · Evaluation of Rural Development’s Investments in Food Supply Chains |
| 2022-06-30 | 2022-08-15 | 46 d | RPIC2022 · RPIC COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT |
| 2021-05-27 | 2021-07-26 | 60 d | RPIC2021 · RPIC COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT |
| 2020-08-10 | 2020-09-10 | 31 d | RD-RPIC-2020 · Rural Placemaking Innovation Challenge (RPIC) |
| 2018-08-21 | 2018-09-05 | 15 d | RD-RDCA-REDI2018 · Rural Development Cooperative Agreement Program |
Common questions
How hard is it to win a grant under 10.890?
Recipient types are not reported for most awards under this program, so read the past winners below before you commit time. Based on 3 new awards in FY2023–25. The median award is $315,000. Expect about 38 days between posting and deadline.
How much does Rural Development Cooperative Agreement Program award?
In FY2025 the median new award was $315K; the middle half ran from $315K to $315K. 1 new awards were made, with $315K committed to them.
When does 10.890 usually post?
Over the last several years, new rounds most often posted in Aug with about 38 days to apply. The most recent round posted Aug 9, 2023.
Who runs this program?
Department of Agriculture (Rural Business Cooperative Service). Assistance Listing 10.890 on SAM.gov describes the authorizing statute and standard terms.
Sources: USAspending FY2021–25 award archive (2026-10-06); Grants.gov Search2 (fetched 2026-10-28); IRS EO BMF (fetched 2026-10-28). Award counts are new awards by fiscal year of first action. Shares are computed from award counts, not dollars. Recipient type comes from the award record's business-type codes. Always confirm details in the official announcement.