Economic Development
Planning Assistance Grants
This grant funding to the Commonwealth’s municipalities and Regional Planning Agencies supports their efforts to plan, regulate (zone), and act to conserve and develop land consistent with the Massachusetts’ Sustainable …
Type: Plan Your Project
Community Economic Development Planning Grants
The purpose of these grants for Community Development Corporations (CDCs) is to stimulate new Community Economic Development project development through administrative capacity building. This funding opportunity is aligned with the …
Type: Build Your Capacity
NSF Regional Innovation Engines
The National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) program creates regional-scale, technology-driven, inclusive innovation ecosystems throughout the United States by accelerating key technologies, addressing regional, national, societal, and/or geostrategic …
Social Enterprise Capital Grant Program
This program seeks to make capital grants to nonprofit organizations to purchase, repair and/or improve facilities for social enterprises that target individuals facing significant barriers to employment. For the purposes …
Type: Implement Your Project
Massachusetts Food Ventures Program FY2025
The overall goal of the MFVP is to increase access to healthy, affordable food options and improve economic opportunities for low to moderate-income communities. The MFVP will provide funding through …
Type: Implement Your Project
Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
The overall goal of the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (“SCBGP”) is to leverage efforts to market and promote specialty crops, assist producers with research and development relevant to specialty …
Type: Implement Your Project
Stewardship Assistance and Restoration (SARA) on APRs Program
Funds must be used for activities related to restoring inactive farmland for active commercial agricultural use or project implementation costs associated with resource restoration for increased agricultural production on existing …
Type: Implement Your Project
Community One Stop for Growth
The Community One Stop for Growth is a single application portal and collaborative review process of 12 community development grant programs that make targeted investments based on a Development Continuum. …
Apprenticeship Expansion and Opportunity Grants
Funds are available to expand Registered Apprenticeship to priority industries of healthcare, manufacturing, technology in addition to other new industries and occupations; diversify the existing apprenticeship workforce; and enhance apprenticeship …
Type: Build Your Capacity, Give or Receive Technical Assistance
Community Empowerment and Reinvestment Grant Program
Community Empowerment and Reinvestment is an operating grant program that supports local efforts to bring positive economic outcomes to communities that face historically disproportionate challenges to economic growth. The program …