RCAC Loan Fund lends nearly $8 million to rural communities

In the quarter ending June 30, 2017, Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) closed 14 loans totaling nearly $8 million to assist rural communities in Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. Among those that received loans were a nonprofit organization that supports Arizona migrant workers and a rural Nevada food hub.

PNM Resources Foundation awards grant to RCAC

West Sacramento, Calif. — The PNM Fund, a division of the PNM Resources Foundation has awarded a $10,000 grant to Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC). The New Century of Service Centennial Grant award will support RCAC’s Building Rural Economies (BRE)/Entrepreneurial Leadership Program in New Mexico’s Cochiti Pueblo.

California budget takes steps to address state’s drinking water crisis

Sacramento, Calif. — Water justice advocates and environmental, health, rural and equity organizations thank the California Legislature for including emergency drinking water funds in the 2017-18 state budget to continue to chip away at California’s drinking water crisis.

American Express Center for Community Development awards grant to RCAC

West Sacramento, Calif. — The American Express Center for Community Development (CCD) has awarded a $40,000 grant to Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) to support the Building Rural Economies Entrepreneurial (BRE) Leadership Program in San Juan County, Utah.

RCAC Loan Fund lends more than $6 million to rural communities

West Sacramento, Calif. — In the quarter ending March 31, 2017, Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) closed 20 loans totaling more than $6 million to assist rural communities in Arizona, California, Hawaii and New Mexico.