RCAC’s programs and services deliver solutions to complex community needs. Our local presence allows us to develop partnerships with communities to identify needs, set goals, and select the best options to meet those goals. RCAC and our partners provide the tools to create change and growth, but the communities chart their own course. Collaboration, plus community effort will equal community change. How can we help you?

RCAC’s Loan Fund is a financial resource for rural communities. The Loan Fund fills financing gaps and serves in unconventional markets. We offer loans for affordable housing development, environmental infrastructure, community facilities and small businesses in rural locations.

Decent housing, safe drinking water, education, financing, jobs, community facilities, leadership, families are the many facets to RCAC's work.

RCAC expands the knowledge base of the rural public through education and training. Our training expertise is in technical, financial, and administrative issues that affect rural communities. We take great pride in our professional trainer team's capacity and effectiveness. Our trainers maximize audience participation to keep trainings relevant and memorable.

RCAC's news and publications are a compilation of timely news, announcements and accomplishments produced for the rural development world.

Sub-standard housing and poverty are commonplace in low-income rural communities. Many of these communities also face daunting challenges to access safe, clean drinking water and to develop other vital infrastructure. These issues are often overlooked in policy because rural communities lack the resources, training or social networks that are found in urban areas. Learn how you can advocate for the under-served population in the West.

Founded in 1978, RCAC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides training, technical and financial resources and advocacy so rural communities can achieve their goals and visions. For more than 40 years, our dedicated staff and active board, coupled with our key values: leadership, collaboration, commitment, quality and integrity, have helped effect positive change in rural communities across the West. Learn more about who we are and how we operate.

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Thursday, Jul 08, 2021

Posted in: Featured News, Press Release

Newly created Vector Fund leverages $20 million MacKenzie Scott grant to deepen RCAC’s impact in Indigenous and rural communities

Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) recently formed the Vector Fund to house its game-changing $20 million MacKenzie Scott grant, awarded in late 2020.
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Tuesday, Jun 29, 2021

Posted in: Self-Help Builder News

Self-Help Builder June 2021

It is a national problem, building material costs are skyrocketing. And it isn’t getting better anytime soon. The Building Contractors Association stated that in the United States the total lumber package price for the average home right now is up 208 percent. That is, if you can even get all the lumber you need.
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In honor of National Homeownership Month, I interviewed Nadia Villagrán, a dear friend and colleague, about the impact Mutual Self-Help Housing (MSH) had on her childhood and life.
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Help for Small Water @help4smallwater·

27 Jul

Are you a #WaterOperator interested in learning more about distribution? Check out this #FreeWebinar hosted by @RCACorg happening August 10, 2021
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26 Jul

This summer is a great time to take advantage of RCAC’s many housing counseling trainings. If you’re a nonprofit organization there is no charge to attend. Check out our schedule and sign up today!
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Fran Seegull @franseegull·

22 Jul

Read about the work of @calvertimpcap @crf_usa and many others that partnered to flow capital to #CDFIs to support small business recovery in Chicago, NY and CA http://nyfed.org/3vm1pEr @LISC_HQ @Accion @RCACorg @bethbaff #impinv #econdev #SmallBiz https://twitter.com/impactinvestus/status/1418190211754901507

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Read about the work of @calvertimpcap and others to quickly rally around community lenders to support small businesses in the recovery https://nyfed.org/3vm1pEr #impinv #econdev

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21 Jul

“Organizations like the Rural Community Assistance Corporation, which is a nonprofit organization based in West Sacramento, provides training and technical assistance to tribal and rural communities across California and 13 other western states." 1/4

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