Grow Your Business Here - Financial Assistance
Federal Grant Programs
Federal Government Grants
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Economic Development
Environmental
Health
Housing
Ports
Public Works
Telecommunications
Transportation
Water
Federal Government Grants
U.S. Small Business Administration
Access information on federal grant resources.
Defense Conversion
Military Airport Program
Operated by the Federal Aviation Administration, this program provides matching grants
for military base reuse plans through their Military Airport Program Grants.
Office of Economic Adjustment
Operated by the Department of Defense, this Office provides matching grants for
military base reuse plans.
Economic Development
Economic Development Administration (EDA)
Operated by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the EDA provides various economic
development and public works related grants through eight EDA programs.
Public Works Development Facilities Program
Operated by the U.S. Department of Commerce, this program provides grants
to help distressed communities attract new industry, encourage business
expansion, diversify local economies, and generate long-term, private sector jobs.
USDA Business Programs
Provides several links to rural business and economic development grants.
Environmental
Sustainable Development Challenge Grant Program
Operated by the Environmental Protection Agency, this program provides a
federal grant that encourages people, organizations, businesses and government
to work together to improve their environment while maintaining a healthy economy.
Jobs Through Recycling Grant Program
Operated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, this program provides
grants for recycling/reuse businesses that increase the use of recyclable or
reusable materials and contribute to economic development and job creation.
Pollution Prevention Incentives for States Grants Program
Operated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, this program provides
grants for state, tribal and regional programs that address the reduction or
elimination of pollution across all environmental media: air, land, and water.
Solid Waste Program Grants
Operated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, this program provides
grants to projects with an emphasis on education and outreach, implementation
of solid waste initiatives, and development to facilitate solid waste management programs.
Border Environment Infrastructure Fund
Operated by the North American Development Bank, this fund facilitates
financing for the development, execution and operation of environmental
infrastructure projects in the U.S.-Mexico border region by combining grant
funds with loans or guaranties for projects that would otherwise be financially unfeasible.
Institutional Development Cooperation Program
Operated by the North American Development Bank, this program assists public
utilities within 100 kilometers of the U.S.-Mexico border in achieving effective
and efficient operation of their water, wastewater treatment, municipal solid waste,
and related services.
Health
California Rural Health Policy Council
This Council provides contact and general information and links for various
social welfare related federal grant programs.
Housing
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
This Department offers grants, loans, contracts, and other business opportunities
to a wide variety of agencies, organizations and companies in order to build a
partnership in creating housing opportunities and building communities.
Ports
Public Works Development Facilities Program
Operated by the Department of Commerce, this program provides grants to help
distressed communities attract new industry, encourage business expansion,
diversify local economies and generate long-term, private sector jobs. Among
the types of projects funded are water and sewer facilities primarily serving
industry and commerce; access roads to industrial parks or sites: port improvements;
and business incubator facilities.
Public Works
Public Works Development Facilities Program
Operated by the Department of Commerce, this program provides grants to help
distressed communities attract new industry, encourage business expansion,
diversify local economies and generate long-term, private sector jobs. Among
the types of projects funded are water and sewer facilities primarily serving
industry and commerce; access roads to industrial parks or sites: port improvements;
and business incubator facilities.
Telecommunications
Technology Opportunities Program
Operated by the U.S. Department of Commerce, this program provides matching
demonstration grants to help develop information infrastructures and services
in rural as well as urban areas.
Public Telecommunications Facilities Program
Operated by the U.S. Department of Commerce, this program provides matching
grants for equipment that disseminates noncommercial educational and cultural
programs to the American public.
Telecommunications Program
Operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, this program provides financing
to promote the construction of telecommunications infrastructure in rural areas.
Transportation
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Grants and Contracts
Provides links to various FTA funding opportunities for transportation projects.
FTA Capital Grant Program
Operated by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), this program provides
grants to assist with the financing of capital projects that will benefit the
country's transit systems.
FTA Metropolitan Planning Program
Operated by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), this program provides
financial assistance, through the states, to Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO)
to support the costs of preparing long-range transportation plans required as a
condition of obtaining Federal Capital Program and Urbanized Area Formula Program
grants for transit projects.
Airports Financial Assistance Division
Operated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), this Division provides
Airport Improvement Grants to public agencies, districts, and authorities.
Aviation State Block Grant Program
Operated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), this program provides
grants for airport projects.
Federal Highway Administration
Operated by the U.S. Department of Transportation, this Administration provides
funding for various transportation-related infrastructure development projects.
Transportation and Community and System Preservation Pilot Program Operated by the U.S. Department of Transportation, this program provides grants to investigate the relationship between transportation and community and system preservation and private sector-based initiatives.
Water
USDA Water and Waste Programs
Operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, these programs provide a variety
of grants for rural water and waste related projects.
Border Environment Infrastructure Fund
Operated by the North American Development Bank, this fund facilitates financing
for the development, execution and operation of environmental infrastructure
projects in the U.S.-Mexico border region by combining grant funds with loans
or guaranties for projects that would otherwise be financially unfeasible.
Institutional Development Cooperation Program
Operated by the North American Development Bank, this program assists public
utilities within 100 kilometers of the U.S.-Mexico border in achieving effective
and efficient operation of their water, wastewater treatment, municipal solid waste,
and related services.
Public Works Development Facilities Program
Operated by the U.S. Department of Commerce, this program provides grants to help
distressed communities attract new industry, encourage business expansion,
diversify local economies, and generate long-term, private sector jobs. Funds
water and wastewater facilities, primarily serving industry and commerce.