Funding & Program Finder

Welcome to the Funding & Program Finder, the most popular tool on our site for entrepreneurs and business owners! If you’re seeking funding for a business venture, community project or site revitalization in Pennsylvania, the Funding & Program Finder puts the information you need right at your fingertips. Your search will return all of the grants, loans, and initiatives offered through the Department of Community and Economic Development that may be relevant to your initiative.

Effective September 1, 2008, the Department of Community and Economic Development will require all funding applications to be submitted using the Electronic Single Application. Paper applications will no longer be accepted. A copy of the submitted electronic application, the signature page and any supplemental/addenda information should be forwarded to DCED’s Customer Service Center, 400 North Street, 4th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17120. Any questions regarding addenda submissions should be directed to the Customer Service Center at 1-800-379-7448.

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  • Agile Manufacturing

    The Agile Program uses the resources of Lehigh University to include professors, students, and equipment to help industry solve manufacturing issue and complex manufacturing processes.

  • Alternative and Clean Energy Program

    The Alternative and Clean Energy Program provides financial assistance in the form of grant and loan funds that will be used by eligible applicants for the utilization, development and construction of alternative and clean energy projects in the Commonwealth. The Program is administered jointly by the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), under the direction of the Commonwealth Financing Authority.

  • Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority (BFTDA) - Venture Investment Program

    Investment in venture capital partnerships investing in early-stage PA technology companies.

  • Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority (BFTDA) -Technology Development Grant

    Grants to help groups or consortia of Pennsylvania companies position themselves at the cutting edge of emerging technologies and establish a competitive advantage through the use of advanced e-business systems.

  • Ben Franklin Technology Partner's Challenge Grant and Alternative Energy Development Program (AEDP)

    Provides funds to businesses through the four Ben Franklin Technology Partners for access to capital, business expertise, technology commercialization services to advance the development of new technologies and for the generation, conservation, and transportation of alternative and clean energy.

  • Building PA

    Provides mezzanine capital for developers for real estate assets in small to mid-sized Pennsylvania communities.

  • Business in Our Sites Grants and Loans

    Empowers communities to attract growing and expanding businesses by helping them build an inventory of ready sites

  • Business Opportunities Fund (BOF)

    Installment loans, lines of credit and technical assistance for minority business enterprises, women-owned business enterprises and small businesses.

  • Community Economic Development Loan Program (CED)

    Low-interest loans for projects in distressed communities.

  • Digital and Robotic Technology

    The Technology Collaborative (TTC) was formed in January 2005 through the merger of the Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse and the Robotics Foundry. TCC is a statewide economic development organization whose mission is to help increase Pennsylvania's technology-based economy through the development of collaborative industry clusters that leverage the region's world-class assets in advanced electronics, cyber security, and robotics. TTC helps to create an ideal environment for business expansion through leverage of the region's high-tech base, along with resources and support from local universities, private foundations, regional development organizations, federal, state, and local government, and industry. TCC enables regional economic growth through utilization of this "business friendly" environment to attract new companies to the region, help local companies grow, and foster start-ups. As a member-driven initiative, TTC delivers high-value-add programs and services that start-up and expansion businesses need. The services include: collaborative research, education and training, extensive business support, networking opportunities, and employee recruitment services.

  • Discovered and Developed in PA Program (D2PA)

    The Discovered and Developed in PA Program has been established to build capacity to better support Pennsylvania businesses and to spur creativity and innovation in the provision of economic development services. October 1, 2011 Announcement:  The Department of Community and Economic Development will begin accepting proposals for the Discovered and Developed in PA Program on October 15, 2011.  Those entities interested in submitting a proposal should refer to the Program Guidelines at the link below.

  • Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program (EITC)

    Tax credits to eligible businesses contributing to a Scholarship Organization, an Educational Improvement Organization, and/or a Pre-Kindergarten Scholarship Organization.  

  • Enterprise Zone Program

    Grants to financially disadvantaged communities for preparing and implementing business development strategies within municipal Enterprise Zones.

  • Export Financing Program

    Funding for small business for export activities.

  • Film Tax Credit Program

    Act 55 of 2007, the Film Tax Credit Law (Act 55) was enacted and authorized the issuance of $75 million in tax credits in an effort to expand the activity of film, television and other production companies in Pennsylvania.

  • First Industries Fund - (FIF)

    The First Industries Fund is a loan, loan guarantee, and grant program aimed at strengthening Pennsylvania’s agriculture and tourism industries. The program is administered by both the Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) and the Department of Community and Economic Development.

  • Global Access Program (GAP)

    Designed to enhance the capability of small and mid-sized Pennsylvania companies to increase export sales, the Pennsylvania Global Access Program(GAP) is a valuable tool available to qualifying companies seeking financial assistance and foreign market entry support.

  • Guaranteed Free Training Program (GFT-WEDnetPA)

    Basic skills and information technology training for eligible employees of new and expanding businesses.

  • High Performance Building Program (HPB)

    The High Performance Building Program provides financial assistance in the forms of grants and loan funds to underwrite the cost premiums associated with the design and construction or major renovation of high performance buildings in the Commonwealth. The program is administered jointly by the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) under the direction of CFA.

  • Industrial Resource Center Program

    Seven regional centers provide technical assistance and consulting services to the commonwealth’s small and medium sized manufacturers.

  • Industrial Sites Reuse Program

    Grant and low-interest loan financing to perform environmental site assessment and remediation work at former industrial sites.

  • Infrastructure and Facilities Improvement Program

    A multi-year grant program that will provide grants to certain issuers of debt in order to assist with the payment of debt service.

  • Infrastructure Development Program

    Grant and low-interest loan financing for public and private infrastructure improvements

  • Innovation Partnership (IPart)

    Assistance for early-stage PA technology companies applying to Federal Funding opportunities such as SBIR/STTR

  • Job Creation Tax Credits (JCTC)

    The Job Creation Tax Credit program awards a $1,000-per-job tax credit to businesses that exhibit leadership in technology and create new jobs in the Commonwealth within three years of the project start date.

  • Keystone Innovation Zone Tax Credit Program

    An incentive program that provides tax credits to for-profit companies less than eight years old operating within specific targeted industries within the boundaries of a Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ) Program.  With a total pool of up to $25 million in tax credits available to KIZ companies annually, the KIZ tax credit program significantly contributes to the ability of young KIZ companies to transition through the stages of growth.

  • Keystone Opportunity Zones (KOZ)

    Provides state and local tax abatement to businesses and residents locating in one of the 12 designated zones.

  • Keystone Special Development Zone (KSDZ)

    The Keystone Special Development Zone (KSDZ) program was established for the purpose of providing incentives to for-profit businesses that locate and operate in designated geographic zones. Pennsylvania continues to have a surplus of abandoned, deteriorated commercial and industrial sites in need of revitalization. The KSDZ program is an incentive-based tax credit program to foster redevelopment of these former industrial and commercial sites. 

  • Machinery and Equipment Loan Fund (MELF)

    Low-interest loans to acquire and install new or used machinery and equipment or to upgrade existing machinery and equipment

  • Marketing to Attract Tourists

    The Five-Year Strategic Tourism Plan 2010 highlighted Pennsylvania’s Ability to attract a consistent flow of visitors year round, but also recognized a need to develop assets to help increase visitor length of stays.  This is the Commonwealth’s most pressing tourism opportunity and challenge.  The Marketing to Attract Tourists Program provides funding to support and development heritage assets, enhance outdoor recreation and support the growth or development of various events.

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