Pennsylvania State Grants

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

Keystone Opportunity Zones provide state and local tax abatements (not grants) to businesses and residents that locate in specifically designated geographic zones in Pennsylvania. The benefit only applies within those defined zones, so location is the key qualifier. Both businesses and residents in eligible zones may benefit.

Community & Economic Development · Up to $400K

This Pennsylvania program is restricted to Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and community-based Revolving Loan Funds, not to businesses or individuals directly. It supplies capital with extended repayment terms so those intermediaries can make low-interest loans to businesses owned and operated by ethnic minorities. Awards go up to roughly $400,000.

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

This Pennsylvania grant funds projects that enhance the military value of military installations and organizations in the Commonwealth. Eligibility is limited to designated Local Defense Groups, which is an unusually narrow applicant category, so general nonprofits, businesses, and individuals do not qualify. Award amounts are not stated.

Community & Economic Development · Amount varies

The Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) provides low-interest loans and lines of credit to eligible businesses that commit to creating and retaining full-time jobs, and for developing industrial parks and multi-tenant facilities. Applications are packaged and underwritten through certified economic development organizations, so applicants work with a CEDO rather than applying directly. This is debt financing tied to job commitments, not a cash grant.

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

The Keystone Special Development Zone program provides tax credits to for-profit businesses that locate and operate within designated geographic zones, encouraging redevelopment of former industrial and commercial sites in Pennsylvania. The benefit applies only inside the designated zones, so location is the key qualifier. Nonprofits and individuals are not the intended applicants.

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

The Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority (PEDFA) Tax-Exempt Bond Program provides access to low-interest financing through tax-exempt and taxable debt. Eligible uses and applicants include manufacturing, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, solid waste disposal, wastewater treatment, transportation facilities, and assisted living/housing projects. This is bond financing rather than a grant; no specific dollar amounts are listed.

Community & Economic Development · $500K–$5M

Pennsylvania's Public School Facility Improvement Grant Program funds eligible facility improvement projects for public schools. Eligibility is limited to public school districts and area career and technical schools in the Commonwealth. Awards range from $500,000 to $5,000,000, making this a large-award program.

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.

Environmental Protection · Amount varies

Agricultural producers and landowners with eligible land in designated Pennsylvania CREP project areas may apply for this state cost-share funding for agricultural conservation practices. The land must meet environmental-sensitivity and conservation-potential criteria, and applicants must be able to implement and maintain the proposed practices. As a cost-share program, participants are expected to contribute toward project costs, and eligibility is limited to qualifying farmers and landowners in specific project areas. No specific award range or deadline is listed here.

Council on the Arts · Amount varies

Nonprofits, municipalities, schools, units of government, colleges/universities/school districts, and non-arts nonprofits that provide arts programming or services in Pennsylvania may apply to this Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Creative Innovation & Impact Grant. The program supports the creative industry, and applicants generally must be tax-exempt and Pennsylvania-based. Specific award amounts and a deadline are not listed.