TN Rural Development Fund

Improving the overall quality of life in Rural Tennessee

Our Projects

We are extremely proud of the work we do for communities across the state.

Community Partnerships

Our team is excited for every opportunity that we have to give back to our community

Giving Rural Communities Access to Capital Resources Opportunity Growth

Tennessee Rural Development Fund was founded to provide affordable capital to spur business growth and expansion in the rural and economically distressed counties of Tennessee. 

OUR MISSION

To improve the rural economies of Tennessee by stimulating business and economic growth thru the provision of affordable capital, creative financial structures, and by leveraging private investment into low income communities; improving the overall quality of life in Rural Tennessee.

Our Projects

In the News

Tennessee Rural Development Fund Mourns the Loss of Founding Board Member Bob Duncan
2024-12-05
Tennessee Rural Development Fund Receives 1st New Markets Tax Credit Award for $25 Million
2024-09-24
Exceptional Bean
2022-10-31
Putnam County Imagination Library
2022-12-06
The Cookeville Human Fund
2022-12-01
Cookeville Rescue Mission
2022-11-15
Tennessee Rural Development Fund Mourns the Loss of Founding Board Member Bob Duncan
December 5, 2024
unnamed
Tennessee Rural Development Fund Receives 1st New Markets Tax Credit Award for $25 Million
September 24, 2024
Left to right:Michael Aikens, Cigi England, David Allen
Exceptional Bean
October 31, 2022
From left to right : JoAnne White representative for Imagination Library and Bob Duncan Chairman of TNRDF
Putnam County Imagination Library
December 6, 2022
Image-1-600x673-1
The Cookeville Human Fund
December 1, 2022
From left to right: Excecutive Director Bruce Bailey, TNRDF President David Allen, and Post President Brandon Jones
Cookeville Rescue Mission
November 15, 2022

In the News