Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (10.752)
Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (Assistance Listing 10.752) is run by the Rural Utilities Service, part of the Department of Agriculture. It awarded $1.4 billion in 86 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $15.7 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $14.5 million. Half of the 86 awards fell between $6.2 million and $24.9 million, and they ranged from $495,765 to $35.0 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$1.4 billion
- Grant awards86
- Typical award$14.5 million
- Awarded in FY 2025$0
- Size rank217 of 1824
- Type of assistanceGrant, cooperative agreement, direct loan
Key findings
- It is the 217th largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 20 largest recipients received 48% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 31 states and territories.
What the program funds
The ReConnect Program provides loans, grants, and loan/grant combination awards to facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas. An essential goal of the ReConnect Program is to expand broadband service to rural areas without sufficient access to broadband, defined at the time of the funding notice (at a minimum: 25 megabits per second (Mbps) downstream and 3 Mbps upstream). In facilitating the expansion of broadband services and infrastructure, the program will fuel long-term rural economic development and opportunities in rural America.
Open opportunities
No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.
Rules from the program listing
Who can apply
Applicants must submit unqualified, audited financial statements for the two previous years from the date the application is submitted. Applicants may have limited eligibility for the program depending on the characteristics of the proposed funded service area defined in the application.
What the money can and cannot pay for
Award funds may be used to pay for the following costs: (i) To fund the construction or improvement of facilities, including buildings and land, required to provide broadband service, including facilities required for providing other services over the same facilities, such as equipment required to comply with CALEA; (ii) To fund reasonable preapplication expenses in an amount not to exceed five percent of the award. Preapplication expenses may be reimbursed only if they are incurred after the publication date of this FOA, and properly documented. Preapplication expenses must be included in the first request for award funds, and will be funded with either grant or loan funds. If the funding category applied for has a grant component, then grant funds will be used for this purpose; (iii) To fund the acquisition of an existing system that does not currently provide sufficient access to broadband for upgrading that system to meet the requirements of this FOA. The cost of the acquisition is limited to 40 percent of the amount requested. Acquisitions can only be considered in the 100 percent loan category; and (iv) To fund terrestrial-based facilities for satellite broadband service, provided the applicant clearly identifies the PFSA, demonstrates the ability to provide 25 Mbps downstream and 3 Mbps upstream simultaneously to every premises in the PFSA, and offers subscribers reasonable service plans that do not cap bandwidth usage.
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. For the grant, applicants must provide a matching contribution equal to 25 percent of the cost of the overall project.MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Award range and average, in the agency's words
Award size: $100,000 - $25,000,000 Avg size: $13,100,000
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal Year2025: This Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 329 people, seven businesses and 178 farms in Cloud, Republic and Washington counties in Kansas.
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (10.752) awarded$1.4 billion across 86 grant awards, an average of $15.7 million per award.
Who usually wins
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 86 | $1.4 billion | 100% |
By state
Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 9 | $182 million |
| Alaska | 6 | $172 million |
| Oklahoma | 8 | $112 million |
| Missouri | 7 | $97.4 million |
| Illinois | 6 | $83.5 million |
| Texas | 3 | $74.6 million |
| Minnesota | 4 | $50.8 million |
| Oregon | 2 | $49.9 million |
| Montana | 2 | $47.1 million |
| Kentucky | 3 | $46.6 million |
| Mississippi | 5 | $43.8 million |
| Washington | 3 | $42.0 million |
| Michigan | 3 | $41.4 million |
| Arizona | 2 | $31.8 million |
| South Carolina | 3 | $30.2 million |
| Guam | 1 | $29.8 million |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | $25.0 million |
| Virginia | 1 | $25.0 million |
| California | 1 | $25.0 million |
| North Carolina | 1 | $24.9 million |
| Alabama | 1 | $24.8 million |
| Colorado | 1 | $18.7 million |
| Vermont | 1 | $17.5 million |
| District of Columbia | 1 | $16.0 million |
| Georgia | 1 | $9.5 million |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | $8.8 million |
| Idaho | 2 | $8.4 million |
| Iowa | 2 | $4.5 million |
| Kansas | 2 | $3.6 million |
| Utah | 2 | $2.8 million |
| Tennessee | 1 | $1.6 million |