The Small Business Advantage Grant (SBAG) is a grant program providing 50 percent matching grants, with a maximum grant award varying from up to $5,000 to up to $8,000, to enable a Pennsylvania small business to invest in pollution prevention measures, install energy efficient equipment, or implement natural resource protection projects. Well-designed energy efficient or pollution prevention projects can help small businesses cut costs and reduce the risk of regulatory issues, while simultaneously protecting the environment.
Larger grant award amounts will be given preference to projects that are located in an environmental justice area in Pennsylvania. A small business can find out if they are located in an EJ area by using DEP’s EJ Areas Viewer interactive map.
- Energy efficient LED lighting,
- High efficiency furnaces, boilers and air conditioners,
- Digital X-ray equipment,
- Water & waste recycling processes,
- Solvent recovery systems,
- Agricultural BMPs.
Advantage Grant applications are reviewed and awarded on a first-come, first-serve basis. Pennsylvania businesses with fewer than 100 full-time employees are eligible to apply. Applicants must be for-profit entities located in Pennsylvania and registered with the PA Department of State. Eligible projects must save the applicant a minimum of $500 annually and save operating costs by a minimum of 25%.
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