July 2024 Grants Newsletter

The July Grants Newsletter was delayed because the state budget was in its final days. We’re happy to provide you with this most recent edition, containing information on programs funded in the 2024-25 budget. We will return to our schedule of the second Wednesday of each month in August.

One of the most exciting additions to the programs this fiscal year is the Pennsylvania Strategic Investments to Enhance Sites (PA SITES) Program. Housed within the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED), the program provides funds for site development, preparation, and other needs to ready sites for businesses to locate or expand in Pennsylvania. 

The program includes both grant and loan options, and will be open to private, public, and nonprofit site developers working on both industrial and non-industrial economic development sites. A total of $500 million is dedicated to this program, with $100 million for use by the Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) for grants through the Multimodal Transportation Fund program and the Small Water and Sewer program.

Eligible applicants include a municipality, an economic development organization,

a redevelopment authority, a municipal authority, an industrial development agency, or a for‐profit organization. Eligible projects, in addition to property acquisition, demolition, rehabilitation, and remediation, may include infrastructure construction and rehabilitation, transportation needs, communications needs, and administrative and permit costs.

More information on the program may be found here:

https://dced.pa.gov/programs/pennsylvania-strategic-investments-to-enhance-sites-program-pa-sites/

Mixed Use Revitalization Program

The 2024-25 budget has also established the Mixed‐Use Revitalization Program. Administered by the CFA, the program provides grant funding for community revitalization projects that promote economic growth. This includes commercial assets and may include residential development opportunities.

Agriculture Innovation Grant Program

The Department of Agriculture will provide grants to promote and support agricultural innovation through the Agriculture Innovation Grant Program. Grants are to be awarded for projects that develop a strategic plan to use innovation to improve agricultural practices or focuses on implementing innovation practices.  

Fresh Food Financing Program

The Fresh Food Financing program allocates unspent funds to be used to strengthen local food systems and increase opportunities for Pennsylvania farmers. Grants may be used to construct, rehabilitate or expand grocery stores, farmers’ markets or retail food establishments.  

We Can Help!

Interested in these or other funding opportunities? We can help!

At C & G Strategies, we have been fortunate to find success for many of our clients in securing grants and other incentives tailored to their organization and projects. Your preparation and readiness to jump on funding opportunities is also key to securing funding for capital projects, programmatic needs, or more. A good funding strategy, along with the relationships and experience that C & G brings to the table, has resulted in success for many of our clients. Through that partnership, we can highlight the client, the project, and the work when we meet with elected and appointed officials alike.

Contact Kim Hileman at kim@cgstrategiespa.com to see how C & G can assist you in pursuing funding opportunities for your organization or project.

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