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Community & Economic Development · Amount varies

This Pennsylvania program offers project loans to help communities build an inventory of ready-to-develop sites to attract growing and expanding businesses. Eligible applicants include municipalities, municipal authorities, redevelopment authorities, industrial development agencies, and private developers (construction loans only). This is a loan rather than a grant, and specific amounts are not stated here. The deadline is June 30, 2026.

Community & Economic Development · Amount varies

This Pennsylvania program provides project grants to help communities build an inventory of ready-to-develop sites to attract growing and expanding businesses. Eligible applicants include municipalities, municipal authorities, redevelopment authorities, industrial development agencies, and private developers. Specific award amounts are not stated here. The deadline is June 30, 2026.

Community & Economic Development · $100K–$3M

Open to Pennsylvania municipalities, public agencies, councils of governments, businesses, economic development organizations, public transportation agencies, and ports/rail/freight entities. It funds transportation projects that support economic development and a safe, reliable transportation system across the commonwealth. Awards range from about $100,000 to $3,000,000, with applications due July 31, 2026.

Community & Economic Development · Amount varies

Pennsylvania's Neighborhood Assistance Program Enterprise Zone Tax Credit (NAP-EZP) provides tax credits to private for-profit companies that invest in rehabilitating, expanding, or improving buildings or land within designated enterprise zones. Only private for-profit businesses are eligible; nonprofits and individuals are not. Award amounts are not specified, and the program is limited to projects in Pennsylvania's designated enterprise zones, so confirm your location qualifies before applying.

Community & Economic Development · Amount varies

The Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority Venture Investment Program (BFTDA-VIP) is a Pennsylvania initiative that increases the risk capital available to technology-oriented businesses in the state. Eligible applicants are not-for-profit organizations and community groups. Award amounts are not specified; the program is focused on building a technology-based economy in Pennsylvania, so review the guidelines for the specific investment structure and eligibility details.

Community & Economic Development · Amount varies

Pennsylvania's Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP-SPP) is a state tax-credit program that encourages businesses to invest in projects improving distressed areas. It is open to nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations, which typically partner with contributing businesses that receive the tax credit. Award amounts are not specified; this program is limited to Pennsylvania and to qualifying 501(c)(3) nonprofits, so review the program guidelines for project and geographic requirements.

Community & Economic Development · Amount varies

Pennsylvania's Neighborhood Assistance Program Neighborhood Partnership Program (NAP-NPP) is a state tax-credit program that encourages businesses to invest in long-term projects improving distressed areas. It is open to nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations, which typically partner with contributing businesses that receive the tax credit. Award amounts are not stated; eligibility is limited to Pennsylvania-based 501(c)(3) nonprofits, so review the program guidelines for partnership and project requirements.

Community & Economic Development · Amount varies

Pennsylvania's Neighborhood Assistance Program Charitable Food Program (NAP-CFP) is a state tax-credit program that encourages businesses to invest in projects improving distressed areas, with a charitable food focus. It is open to nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations, which generally partner with contributing businesses that claim the tax credit. Award amounts are not stated; eligibility is limited to Pennsylvania-based 501(c)(3) nonprofits, so check the guidelines for specific project requirements.

Community & Economic Development · Amount varies

Pennsylvania's Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP) is a state tax-credit program that encourages businesses to invest in projects improving distressed areas. It is open to nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations, which generally partner with contributing businesses that claim the tax credit. Award amounts are not stated; eligibility is limited to Pennsylvania-based 501(c)(3) nonprofits, so check the program guidelines for project and geographic requirements.

Community & Economic Development · Amount varies

Pennsylvania's Marketing to Attract Tourists (MTAT) program funds marketing and event projects that draw out-of-state visitors to Pennsylvania, across four sub-programs covering travel experiences, sporting events, big-stage events, and general destination marketing. Eligible applicants include destination marketing organizations, tourism-related businesses, and coalitions of regional or industry groups. Award amounts are not stated; the program is specific to Pennsylvania tourism promotion, so review the guidelines to match your project to the right sub-program.

Community & Economic Development · Amount varies

This Pennsylvania program awards tax credits (not cash) to taxpayers who restore a qualified historic structure into an income-producing property. Every project must include a rehabilitation plan approved by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission as consistent with the U.S. Secretary of the Interior's standards. It suits property owners and developers undertaking historic rehab; it does not fit applicants without a qualifying historic, income-producing building.

Community & Economic Development · Up to $250K

The Pennsylvania Minority Business Development Authority (PMBDA) provides low-interest loans to businesses owned and operated by ethnic minorities. Eligibility is limited to minority-owned and operated businesses, with non-franchised restaurants excluded. The maximum loan is $250,000. This is a loan program rather than a grant.

Community & Economic Development · Amount varies

This Pennsylvania program provides tax credits (not cash grants) to support concert rehearsals and tours staged in the Commonwealth, expanding the live entertainment industry. It is oriented toward entertainment production companies; specific eligibility rules and credit amounts are not detailed here. Applicants outside the concert/touring production sector are not a fit.

Community & Economic Development · Amount varies

This Pennsylvania program funds counties and municipalities to plan and implement shared services, community planning, and development management, with an emphasis on intergovernmental cooperation. Only local governments are eligible, so businesses, nonprofits, and individuals do not qualify. Award amounts are not specified.

Community & Economic Development · Amount varies

The Film Production Tax Credit provides tax credits (not grants) to expand Pennsylvania's film industry, supporting qualifying film production activity in the Commonwealth. It is geared toward film production companies; specific eligibility requirements and credit amounts are not detailed here. Applicants outside film production are not a fit.

Community & Economic Development · Amount varies

This Pennsylvania measure is a tax deduction for employers, not a cash grant or loan. It rewards manufacturers that make qualified investments and create jobs in Pennsylvania by allowing a deduction against state tax liability. Only manufacturing businesses operating in the Commonwealth would qualify, so most nonprofits and individuals are not a fit.

Community & Economic Development · Amount varies

This Appalachian Regional Commission program funds area-development projects within Pennsylvania's Appalachian region. Eligible applicants are economic development organizations, nonprofit entities, and local governments in Appalachian Pennsylvania; the geographic limit excludes organizations elsewhere in the state. It supports a range of community and economic development activities; award amounts are not specified.

Community & Economic Development · Amount varies

Pennsylvania's Act 47 program provides loans and grants, plus technical assistance, to financially distressed local governments to help them formulate financial recovery plans. Eligibility is limited to local governments that are in financial distress, so businesses, nonprofits, and individuals do not qualify. Award amounts are not specified.

Community & Economic Development · Amount varies

This Pennsylvania program offers grants and low-interest loans to fund environmental site assessment and cleanup at former industrial sites. Eligible applicants include public entities, private nonprofit economic development entities, and companies reusing former industrial land, but applicants must not have caused or contributed to the contamination. Individuals and parties responsible for the pollution are not eligible.

Community & Economic Development · Amount varies

The Pennsylvania Beginning Farmer Tax Credit provides tax credits to owners of agricultural assets who sell or rent those assets to beginning farmers. Eligible applicants are individuals and other legal entities such as trusts and pass-through entities that own agricultural assets. This is a tax-credit benefit rather than a cash grant, administered with the state Departments of Agriculture and Revenue. No specific credit amounts are listed.