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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 · 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 · $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

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

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

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

This Community Development Block Grant program provides grants and technical assistance to municipalities eligible under Pennsylvania Act 179 of 1984 for eligible community development activities. It is limited to qualifying local governments, so businesses, nonprofits, and individuals do not apply directly. Specific eligibility and award amounts are not detailed here.

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 provides immediate assistance for temporary housing and stabilization services after natural or man-made disasters. Eligible applicants are all units of local government (counties, townships, towns, boroughs, cities, and authorities) and nonprofit organizations responding to disaster-related housing needs. Businesses and individuals are not eligible; award amounts are not specified.

Community & Economic Development · Amount varies

This Pennsylvania program is open to municipalities, municipal/redevelopment/industrial-development authorities, counties, and other local government entities, not to private individuals or typical small businesses. It does not provide cash grants; instead it offers credit-enhancement guarantees on bonds or other debt issued for Tax Increment Financing (TIF) projects that redevelop brownfield or greenfield sites, lowering borrowing costs. Projects must comply with Pennsylvania's TIF Act and be located in the Commonwealth.

Community & Economic Development · Amount varies

This Pennsylvania program offers grants and loans (gap financing) to develop competitive sites where businesses can relocate or expand within the Commonwealth. Eligible applicants are municipalities, economic development organizations, redevelopment and municipal authorities, industrial development agencies, and for-profit organizations; it is not aimed at individuals or nonprofits. Projects must be located in Pennsylvania.

Community & Economic Development · Amount varies

This Pennsylvania grant funds workforce training to help companies identify and develop skilled workers, particularly in manufacturing. Eligible applicants are technical and trade schools, school districts, post-secondary institutions, workforce investment boards, economic development organizations, and nonprofit organizations; individuals and most for-profit businesses do not apply directly. Award amounts are not stated.

Community & Economic Development · Amount varies

This program channels Appalachian Regional Commission construction funding to projects in Pennsylvania's Appalachian region. Eligible applicants are economic development organizations, nonprofit entities, and local governments located in Appalachian Pennsylvania; projects outside that region do not qualify. It supports infrastructure, workforce, health, and community-development projects; award amounts are not stated.

Community & Economic Development · Amount varies

Pennsylvania First is a broad economic-development grant supporting investment and job creation in the Commonwealth. A wide range of applicants qualify, including businesses (corporations, partnerships, sole proprietorships, LLCs, other for-profits), nonprofits, municipalities, and various authorities and development districts. The program is statewide and aimed at projects that create jobs and attract or retain employers; award amounts are not specified.

Community & Economic Development · Amount varies

The Pipeline Investment Program provides grants to extend the final miles of natural gas distribution lines to business parks and existing manufacturing or industrial sites in Pennsylvania, aiming to create jobs and expand gas access. Eligible applicants include economic development organizations, businesses, municipalities, hospitals, and school districts. Award amounts are not stated; projects must serve qualifying end users in the Commonwealth.

Community & Economic Development · Amount varies

This component of Pennsylvania's PA SITES program provides construction grants and loans as gap financing to ready competitive sites for businesses to relocate or expand within the Commonwealth. Eligible applicants are municipalities, economic development organizations, redevelopment and municipal authorities, industrial development agencies, and for-profit organizations; it does not target individuals or nonprofits. Projects must be located in Pennsylvania.

Community & Economic Development · Amount varies

This component of Pennsylvania's PA SITES program provides planning grants to fund a plan or feasibility study for a prospective development site within the Commonwealth. Eligible applicants are municipalities, economic development organizations, redevelopment and municipal authorities, industrial development agencies, and for-profit organizations; individuals and nonprofits are not the target. Award amounts are not specified.

Community & Economic Development · From $25K

The Emergency Solutions Grant is federal funding passed through Pennsylvania to support rapid rehousing, street outreach, homelessness prevention, emergency shelter, and related homeless-assistance activities. Eligible applicants are general units of local government and nonprofit organizations; businesses and individuals do not apply. Awards start at roughly $25,000, with the maximum not specified.

Community & Economic Development · Amount varies

Pennsylvania First is a state economic-development financing tool to support investment and job creation in the Commonwealth, offered here as a loan. A wide range of entities may apply, including for-profit businesses, corporations, partnerships, sole proprietorships, LLCs, nonprofits, and municipalities and other local-government bodies. Projects must benefit Pennsylvania. No specific award amounts are listed.

Community & Economic Development · Amount varies

Pennsylvania's Act 47 program provides loan and grant funds plus technical assistance to financially distressed local governments to help them develop financial recovery plans. Eligibility is limited to municipalities that are financially distressed local governments, so it is not open to nonprofits, businesses, or individuals. No specific award amounts are listed.