USDA / Rural Development – Intermediary Relending Program
Rural Development IRP Fund targets non-agricultural businesses and industry that are located in rural communities with loans up to $250,000.
IRP funding may be used for a number of purposes but to be eligible, ultimate recipients must be located in a rural area. Under the IRP, a rural area is any population center with less than of 50,000 people according to the latest decennial census.
Eligible Activities include:
- The acquisition, construction, conversion, enlargement, or repair of a business or business facility, particularly when jobs will be created or retained.
- The purchase or development of land (easement, right of way, building, facility, leases, materials)
- To purchase equipment, leasehold improvements, machinery, supplies
- Start up costs and working capital
- Pollution control and abatement
- Transportation Services
- Feasibility studies
- Hotels, motels, B&Bs, convention centers
Learn more about Rural Development programs.
To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program discrimination Complaint Form, AD:3027 found online here (external link) at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:
- Mail:
U. S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 - Fax: (202) 690-7442
- Email: program.intake@usda.gov
