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Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (Assistance Listing 20.509)
The Formula Grants for Rural Areas Program provides capital, planning, and operating assistance to states to support public transportation in rural areas with populations less than 50,000.
Grant (non-repayable) Check the official page for current intake dates
- Funder
- Federal Transit Administration (listed as Transportation, Department Of / Federal Transit Administration)
Funder profile and all of its programs - Amount
- For FY 2023, the average award for a formula grant received under the Public Transportation on Indian Reservations Program was $747,417 ranging from $1,283 to $1,493,552.
- Where
- United States (federal)
- Eligibility
- Open to businesses, self-employed people, nonprofits and state, provincial, local or tribal governments. Federal assistance program (Grant); individual funding notices set the dates.
- Sectors
- Indigenous and tribal, Nonprofits and charities, Rural and northern, Transportation and infrastructure
- Deadline
- Varies: check the official page for current dates
- Source
- SAM.gov Assistance Listings (20.509)
- Last checked
- 2 November 2026
- Funder contacts
- Public organizational contacts on file Unlock full profile / Sign up
From official open data: listed in the official SAM.gov Assistance Listings on 2026-11-02. The summary is from the official listing; the eligibility line is our plain-language reading of its eligibility codes. Confirm details on the official page.
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Indigenous and tribal Nonprofits and charities Rural and northern Governments and public bodies Nonprofits and charities Businesses and entrepreneurs United States United States (national) Federal agency
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