Rural Maryland Council Announces Fiscal Year 2025 Grant Recipients

“The Rural Maryland Council is immensely grateful to the Moore Administration and the Maryland General Assembly for this crucial funding that supports vital opportunities for rural communities across the State.”  -Susan O’Neill, Board Chair

The Rural Maryland Prosperity Investment Fund (RMPIF) supports Rural Maryland Council’s operating activities, including the Maryland Agricultural Education and Rural Development Assistance Fund (MAERDAF), and the State’s five rural Regional Councils. The RMPIF grant program is designed to facilitate significant targeted investments in important economic and community development programs and promote regional and intergovernmental cooperation. The MAERDAF grant program provides capacity building grants to rural serving nonprofit organizations and community colleges that promote statewide and regional planning, economic and community development, youth engagement & leadership development, energy, rural broadband, and agricultural and forestry education.

The Rural Maryland Council was allocated level funding at over $9,000,000 in the Fiscal Year 2025 budget. The Council experienced a $2.25 million budget reduction to their competitive grant programming this past July, which made grant decisions extremely difficult.

Click here to read the official FY2025 RMC Grant Award Press Release.