The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that it is accepting applications for its new Community Navigator Pilot Program. This new initiative, established by the American Rescue Plan, will leverage a community navigator approach to reach our nation’s smallest businesses, with a priority focus on those owned by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, as well as […]
The US Department of Agriculture announced it is seeking applications for grants to offset high energy costs in rural areas, a benefit that has never been requested in Puerto Rico. The USDA is making the grants available under the Rural Energy Cost Grant program. This program helps state and local government and nonprofit agencies acquire, […]
The U.S. Small Business Administration is launching a splash page for the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) application page in anticipation of opening applications for the critical economic relief program on April 8, 2021. “Help is here for venue operators hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. The SBA has worked diligently to build the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it is making an additional $35 million available this year through the Value-Added Producer Grant Program to support agricultural producers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This funding comes from the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 and there are $76 million available in total. The USDA is extending the application […]
Small and medium agribusinesses in Puerto Rico have a new opportunity to apply to the World Central Kitchen Food Producer Network, through which they may land a grant of up to $20,000 to expand their agricultural, fishing or agribusiness project. In addition, applicants may get business and technical training, exposure to WCK’s network of restaurants, […]
Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands farmers and private landowners are encouraged to apply by March 26th for conservation easements to protect and restore agricultural working lands and wetlands through USDA’s Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP). A conservation easement is a voluntary agreement between a landowner and a government or non-government entity that creates a […]
The next deadline for Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) applications to be considered for funding this year is Mar. 26, 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced. Through CSP, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) helps farmers, ranchers and forest landowners earn payments for expanding conservation activities while maintaining agricultural production on their land. CSP also encourages adoption of new technologies and management […]
World Central Kitchen announced 19 new participants of its sixth round of grants totaling $400,000 available through the Food Producers Network, formerly known as the “Plow to Plate” program. The nonprofit’s food security and resilience program offer direct financial support to small farmers, fishermen, agribusinesses and associations to regenerate their capacity for production, distribution and […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking grant applications for projects to improve housing, community facilities, and community and economic development in rural areas. Subject to the availability of funds, grants will be established through USDA’s Rural Community Development Initiative (RCDI) program. Eligible recipients include public bodies, nonprofit organizations, and qualified private (for-profit) organizations, the […]
As Puerto Rico still dwells on the recovery and the problems with the expected federal programs, there’s still a pervasive interest in having public and private institutions in the island tap into other competitive federal grant funding programs. Notwithstanding this approach could help address some of the current ills, it is not a panacea, and […]
Fundación MAPFRE has launched a new edition of its research grant program worth a total of $282,523, aimed at researchers and research teams in both the academic and professional world that wish to develop research programs independently or within the area of the universities, hospitals, companies or research centers they belong to. The Foundation offers its Ignacio […]
World Central Kitchen announced its fifth round of grants in Puerto Rico through Plow to Plate, the organization’s food security and resilience program that provides direct financial support to small farmers, fishermen, and food businesses. The subsidies granted support small businesses related to food production in an effort to regenerate their long-term capacity for the […]
Pfizer Inc. and The Pfizer Foundation announced the commitment of $40 million in medical and charitable cash grants to help combat the global health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. and around the world. The donation addresses “the urgent needs of partners who are working to slow the spread of the virus within […]
The Puerto Rico Community Foundation (FCPR, in Spanish) announced the start of the call for applications from students pursuing a professional career in agriculture or education, residents of the towns of Jayuya and Utuado, available through the Gualasia Scholarship Fund. The nonprofit manages the fund and will accept applications through May 29. Requirements for the […]
Two Puerto Rican projects were included in a list of 11 community environmental initiatives related to adaptation to extreme weather and meteorological events that will receive a combined $354,000 in grant support from the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) within the framework of its North American Partnership for Environmental Community Action (NAPECA) program. A trilateral […]
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