RI Agricultural Producers
USDA funding has made FREE SAM registration and grant writing technical assistance available to help develop your REAP Grant application. If 50% or more of your gross income comes from labor management and operations to produce agricultural products you may be an eligible applicant for a USDA Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) grant. 
Fill out & submit the survey below to see if you are eligible for free help.
Bookmark the USDA REAP website for the most up-to-date info.

​REAP Grant Uses

Rhode Island Agricultural Producers can apply for REAP funding to cover 50% of Energy Efficiency Improvements (EEI) projects, and 25% or 50% of Renewable Energy Systems (RES) projects. Recent grant awards have been made to small business and agricultural producer applicants in Middletown, Tiverton, Chepachet, Exeter, Westerly, Little Compton, and Wakefield. 

In 2024 an unprecedented increase in REAP funding is now available from the USDA!
Take a RES or EEI Survey to see if your project is eligible for free grantwriting!
Renewable Energy System (RES) 
REAP RES grant funds may be used for the purchase and installation of renewable energy systems, such as biomass (for example: biodiesel and ethanol, anaerobic digesters, and solid fuels), geothermal for electric generation or direct use, hydropower below 30 megawatts, hydrogen, small and large wind generation, small and large solar generation, and ocean (tidal, current, thermal) generation.
Energy Efficient Improvement (EEI)
REAP EEI grant funds may be used for the purchase, installation, and construction for the improvement or replacement of existing buildings, systems, or equipment that reduce annual energy consumption such as high efficiency heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, (HVAC), insulation, lighting, cooling or refrigeration units, doors and windows, electric, solar or gravity pumps for sprinkler pivots, switching from diesel to electric irrigation motor, and replacement of energy-inefficient equipment.
All applicants are required to register at SAM.gov. 
Learn more by clicking the link below.
Current 2024 grant application window deadlines are:
  • Jun 30 2024
  • Sep 30 2024
Agricultural Producer applicants for REAP funding must be one of the following:
  • Private for-profit entity (Sole Proprietorship, Partnership or Corporation)
  • A Cooperative (including those qualified under IRS Code 501 (c) 12)
  • An electric utility (including a Tribal or governmental electric utility) that provides service to rural consumers and operates independent of direct government control
  • A Tribal corporation or other Tribal business entities that are chartered under Section 17 of the Indian Re-organization Act (25 USC 477) or that have similar structures and relationships with their Tribal entity without regard to the resources of the Tribal government
Applicants must have NO outstanding delinquent federal taxes, debt, judgement or debarment.
All projects require the agricultural producer applicant to provide at least 50% matching funds to the amount of federal grant funds requested and some projects will require a 75% match.

Types of projects requiring 50% matching funds include:
  • Renewable Energy System (RES) or RES retrofit projects that produce zero greenhouse gas emissions
  • A project located in an Energy Community as defined in 26 USC 45(b)(11)(B) and determined by the Department of the Treasury
  • Energy Efficiency Improvement projects
  • A Tribal Corporation or Tribal Business entity project
A 25% federal grant share is available for all other eligible projects.
GetYourGrant.Info is made possible by a REAP Technical Assistance (REAP TAG) Grant Award from the
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Contact RI USDA REAP
LORD & ASSOCIATES has been awarded a REAP TAG Grant to provide the GetYourGrant.Info website, technical assistance for SAM registration, and grant writing help for eligible USDA Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) grant applicants in Rhode Island.
Email: [email protected]  Phone: (401) 341-0357