Small Business Advantage Grant Program

NOTE: the 2024-2025 Grant Program application window opened on September 20, 2024. It will remain open until funds are exhausted. Established in July 2004, the PA Small Business Advantage Grant Program provides matching funds to for-profit businesses with a maximum of 100 full-time equivalent employees for improvements in energy efficiency and pollution prevention. The business must also be the primary source of employment for at least one full-time employee. The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) administers the grants, providing up to $12,000 for proposed projects with significant environmental savings in environmental justice areas. The DEP provides a Small Business Advantage Grant Calculator to determine the incentive amount. Itemized quotes from vendors, or invoices of completed projects, are required to be eligible for funding. Only for-profit, taxable businesses whose primary operating premises are in Pennsylvania are eligible for funding. Franchises are not eligible for funding. Residential rental units and dwellings are not eligible for awards, nor are outdoor wood burners, wood-fired boilers, photovoltaics (PV), room air-conditioners, vending machines, and some types of building envelope measures. The measures identified above as eligible equipment are based on examples provided in program documents and lists of awards made for prior solicitations.