Resource Directory

Rural Economic Development

RESOURCES AND GRANTS FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES

Whether you’re an individual, a business or a community organization, you can use the directory below to search a vast library of resources, tools and services. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), its economic development partners and other organizations around the state offer a range of resources on all aspects of economic well-being, from childcare and education to businesses and housing. Can’t find what you’re looking for? Reach out to us directly, we want to help.

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  • NFWF National Coastal Resilience Fund

    National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

    Sustainability

    The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) enhances protections for coastal communities from the impacts of storms, floods, and other natural coastal hazards and to improve habitats for fish and wildlife.

  • NFWF Sustain Our Great Lakes Program

    National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

    Sustainability

    Sustain Our Great Lakes is a public–private partnership designed to sustain, restore and protect fish, wildlife and habitat in the basin.

  • Non-Recourse Marketing Assistance Loans (MALs)

    U.S. Department of Agriculture

    Business

    Marketing assistance loans (MALs) are marketing tools available during harvest or shearing.

  • Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP)

    U.S. Department of Agriculture

    Business

    NAP provides financial assistance to producers of noninsurable crops when low yields, loss of inventory, or prevented planting occur due to natural disasters.

  • Organic Certification Cost Share Program

    Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP)

    Business

    Staff administer reimbursement processing and reporting for this federal rebate program providing funds to certified organic applicants. The reimbursement amount is based on applicant’s own costs paid for organic certification.

  • Our Town Grants

    National Endowment for the Arts

    Arts & Culture

    Through project-based funding, the Our Town program supports activities that integrate arts, culture, and design into local efforts that strengthen communities.

  • Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Program

    U.S. Department of Agriculture

    Forestry & Paper, Veterans

    Popularly referred to as the 2501 Program, this program ensures underserved and veteran farmers, ranchers, and foresters get needed resources to support a successful farming operation and increase profits.

  • Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health

    Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

    Arts & Culture, Health & Mental Health, Workforce

    This funding opportunity seeks proposals primed to impact health equity moving forward, particularly those that address any of these four areas of focus: Future of Evidence; Future of Social Interaction; Future of Food; Future of Work.

  • Preservation Revolving Loan Fund

    Housing Assistance Council

    Housing

    The Housing Assistance Council’s Preservation Revolving Loan Fund (PRLF) provides needed capital to preserve and rehabilitate Section 515 rental housing units.

  • Producer-Led Watershed Protection Grant Program

    Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP)

    Other

    Producer-Led Watershed Protection Grant program is a competitive grant program that provides funding to producer-led groups that focus on nonpoint source pollution abatement activities in their watersheds.

  • Project Growth

    Wisconsin Department of Children and Families

    Business, Child Care

    Project Growth helps Wisconsin businesses, communities, and Early Care and Education partners add services, find solutions, and innovate.

  • Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and CostSaving Transportation (PROTECT) – Discretionary

    U.S Department of Transportation

    Sustainability, Transportation

    PROTECT Grants will support planning, resilience improvements, community resilience and evacuation routes, and at-risk coastal infrastructure.