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Many states across the country offer grants designed to support community and economic development projects. While Aspire is proudly based in Pennsylvania, our team has experience helping organizations nationwide navigate and secure these opportunities. We work with a wide range of grant programs, including the following examples:

The Department of Economic and Community Development (DCED) has a large number of programs available for for-profit companies, non-profit organizations and local governments. In order to assist applicants with a list of the best possible program options for their company/organization, a Program Finder has been added to the application. The Program Finder will provide a list of programs based on eligibility and/or the use of funds, and provides a short program description along with links to the program’s fact sheet and guidelines. You can access the program finder here: http://www.newpa.com/find-and-applyfor-funding/funding-and-program-finder Pennsylvania’s Office of the Budget offers a competitive construction, land acquisition program.

The Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) is a commonwealth grant program administered by the Commonwealth for the acquisition and construction of regional economic, cultural, civic, recreational, and historical improvement projects. Projects are scored on a highly competitive basis, by economic impact, measuring job growth, increase to state and local tax base, community impact and impact on overall quality of life. Minimum project size is $500,000, with an upfront 50% match required. The average grant award is $1.5 million. Various Departments under the Commonwealth, including Health, Human Services (formerly Welfare), Education, etc. offer competitive grant opportunities over the state’s fiscal year. These announcements are available typically on the Department website.