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Community Connect Grant Program

The Community Connect Grant Program provides financial assistance to eligible applicants that will provide service at or above the Broadband Grant Speed (100 Mbps down and 20 Mbps up) to all premises in rural, economically-challenged communities where broadband service (10 Mbps down and 1 Mbps up)...

Grant (non-repayable) Intake closed; program continues (check for next intake)

Funder
Rural Utilities Service
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Amount
$100,000 to $5,000,000 per award; $17,000,000 total program funding (estimated) (published on Grants.gov for the latest cycle).
Where
United States (federal)
Eligibility
Open to businesses, self-employed people, nonprofits and state, provincial, local or tribal governments. Cost sharing or matching funds are required. Recurring: posted in 11 different years; this cycle has closed, watch for the next one.
Sectors
Business and entrepreneurship, Community development, Nonprofits and charities, Rural and northern, Technology, software and R&D
Deadline
Varies: check the official page for current dates
Source
Grants.gov XML extract (RDRUS-CC-2026)
Last checked
2 November 2026
Funder contacts
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From official open data: listed in the official Grants.gov extract 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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