Small Business Advantage Grant
Small Business Advantage Grant supports Pennsylvania small businesses with equipment upgrades, process improvements, and runoff-reduction projects to reduce energy use, pollution, and waste.
Funder: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Due Dates: March 19, 2027 (Application deadline, or earlier if funds are committed) | June 30, 2027 (Project completion)
Funding Amounts: 50%–80% reimbursement of eligible costs; award caps of $7,500–$12,000; $1,000,000 total funding
Summary: Supports Pennsylvania small businesses undertaking energy-efficiency, pollution-prevention, waste-reduction, and natural-resource-protection projects.
Key Information: Applicants must have 100 or fewer full-time employees and an active SAP Vendor Record with current ACH information.
Description
The Small Business Advantage Grant is administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection through its Small Business Ombudsman's Office. It helps Pennsylvania small businesses improve their competitiveness while improving environmental conditions for residents. Funding reimburses eligible costs for equipment or supply upgrades and replacements, process improvements, and projects that reduce runoff into affected waterways.
Common funded projects include lighting, HVAC, boiler, and digital x-ray upgrades, although a wider variety of improvements is eligible. The program focuses on practical reductions in energy consumption, pollution, and waste, alongside natural resource protection. A project's environmental impact and its location in a Pennsylvania Environmental Justice Area determine the level of reimbursement and maximum award.
