Pennsylvania First - Grant
In plain English
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.
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- Deadline
- Dec 31, 2035
- Posted
- Jan 1, 2024
- Award amount
- Amount not specified
- Focus areas
- Community & economic development
Who can apply
Municipality; Public Agency; Other Legal Entity — Businesses; Corporations; Partnerships; Sole proprietorships; Limited liability companies; Other forprofit entities; Not-for-profit entities; Municipalities; Boroughs; Townships; Towns; Cities; Home rule municipalities; Municipal Authorities; Redevelopment Authorities; Industrial Development Authorities; Corporations; Local Development Districts
About this grant
The Pennsylvania First Program was established as a comprehensive funding tool to facilitate increased investment and job creation in the commonwealth and to enable the commonwealth to compete more effectively in the global economy. Grants under this program are processed under the authority of Section 3 of the Act of May 10, 1939 (P.L. 111, No. 51), known as the Commerce Law, which authorizes the Department of Community and Economic Development to undertake ways and means of promoting and encouraging the prosperous development of Pennsylvania business, industry and commerce, of expanding markets and promoting and developing new markets for Pennsylvania products, to encourage the location and development of new business, industry and commerce within the Commonwealth, to aid in restoring employment in communities affected by unemployment, and to assist persons, firms, associations, political subdivisions, corporations, cooperative associations and other organizations in the execution of its duties and functions under the Act.
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