MassDevelopment Grants

Open MassDevelopment grants

• Emerging Technology Fund (ETF)

  Up to $4.0Mopen

  Emerging Technology Fund (ETF) is sponsored by MassDevelopment. The MassDevelopment Emerging Technology Fund provides loans to growing technology comp...

  sbir_sttrelectric_vehiclestechnologybusiness expansionworking capital

• Green Loans

  Up to $500Kopen

  Green Loans is sponsored by MassDevelopment. These loans bridge the gap between energy efficiency and renewable energy project costs and rebates or su...

  clean_energyenergy_efficiencygreen loansenergy efficiency financingrenewable energy projects

• $780K Empowers Small Businesses

  Up to $20Kopen

  $780K Empowers Small Businesses is a grant from MassDevelopment through the Biz-M-Power Grant Program that funds Massachusetts small businesses invest...

  economic_developmentsmall businesscapital expensebusiness growthfacility

• MassDevelopment Emerging Technology Fund (ETF)

  open

  MassDevelopment Emerging Technology Fund (ETF) is sponsored by MassDevelopment. The ETF makes loans targeted at growing technology companies that have...

  small_businessinnovationtechnology companiesgrowth capitalequipment purchase

• Early Education and Out of School Time (EEOST) Small Grant Program

  open

  Early Education and Out of School Time (EEOST) Small Grant Program is sponsored by MassDevelopment. This program provides grants to tax-exempt nonprof...

  early_childhoodcommunity_developmentaffordable_housingchild_welfareearly education

• Brownfields Redevelopment Fund

  open

  Brownfields Redevelopment Fund is sponsored by MassDevelopment. This fund finances the environmental assessment and remediation of brownfield sites to...

  brownfieldsenvironmental_justiceland_conservationbrownfieldssite remediation

• Site Readiness Program

  open

  Site Readiness Program is sponsored by MassDevelopment. The Site Readiness Program aims to increase Massachusetts' inventory of large, well-located, p...

  land_conservationurban_planningeconomic_developmentbrownfieldssite_readiness

• TDI Equity Investment Program

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  TDI Equity Investment Program is sponsored by MassDevelopment. This program supports the catalytic transformation of commercial properties in and arou...

  community_developmenteconomic_developmenturban_planningaffordable_housingcommercial property

• Lending Capital Matching Grant Program

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  Lending Capital Matching Grant Program is sponsored by MassDevelopment. Empowers certified Community Development Corporations, Community Development F...

  community_development

• Transformative Development Initiative (TDI) Creative Catalyst Grant

  open

  Transformative Development Initiative (TDI) Creative Catalyst Grant is sponsored by MassDevelopment. Supports arts and culture projects in Gateway Cit...

  arts_educationcultural_preservationcommunity_developmenteconomic_developmentpublic_art

• Community One Stop for Growth

  open

  Community One Stop for Growth is sponsored by MassDevelopment. A single application portal for various community development grant programs, streamlin...

  community_developmentaffordable_housingeconomic_developmenturban_planningcommunity development

• Capital Project Grants (MassDevelopment)

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  Capital Project Grants (MassDevelopment) is sponsored by MassDevelopment. MassDevelopment offers Capital Grants for the acquisition, design, construct...

  cultural_preservationpublic_artarts_educationvisual_artsperforming_arts

• Brownfield Redevelopment Fund

  open

  Brownfield Redevelopment Fund is sponsored by MassDevelopment. This fund finances the environmental assessment and remediation of brownfield sites in ...

  brownfieldsland_conservationenvironmental_justicecommunity_developmentbrownfield redevelopment

• Small Business Technical Assistance Grant Program (Massachusetts)

  open

  Small Business Technical Assistance Grant Program (Massachusetts) is sponsored by MassDevelopment. This program empowers community and economic develo...

  small_businesseconomic_developmentcommunity_developmentsmall businessmicrobusiness

• Lending Matching Grant Program

  open

  Lending Matching Grant Program is sponsored by MassDevelopment. This grant program empowers certified Community Development Corporations, certified Co...

  community_developmentsmall_businesseconomic_developmentcommunity developmentfinancial institutions

• MassDevelopment Equipment Loan

  open

  MassDevelopment Equipment Loan is a financing program from MassDevelopment that funds companies expanding their operations in Massachusetts by providi...

  small_businesseconomic_developmentmanufacturingequipment loanbusiness expansion

• Equipment Loan

  open

  Equipment Loan is a financing program from MassDevelopment that supports companies expanding their operations in Massachusetts through equipment finan...

  small_businessmanufacturingeconomic_developmentequipment loanbusiness expansion

• Small Business Technical Assistance Program (SBTA)

  open

  Small Business Technical Assistance Program (SBTA) is a grant from MassDevelopment that programs - massdevelopment businesses and organizations can su...

  small_businessworkforce_developmenteconomic_developmentsmall business supporttechnical assistance

• Cultural Facilities Fund

  open

  Cultural Facilities Fund is sponsored by MassDevelopment. Cultural Facilities Fund is a grant from MassDevelopment that funds improvements to cultural...

  visual_artsperforming_artscultural_preservationarts_educationliterary_arts

• Small Business Technical Assistance Grant Program

  open

  The MassDevelopment Small Business Technical Assistance Grant Program empowers community and economic development nonprofits, including Community Deve...

  community_developmentsmall_businesseconomic_developmentsmall businessmicrobusiness

Where MassDevelopment grants go

Recent grant recipients are concentrated in these states. Funders sometimes fund outside their primary states for high-fit projects, so don't self-eliminate solely on geography — check each opportunity's stated eligibility.

What MassDevelopment funds

Top program areas based on GrantMind's analysis of recent MassDevelopment awards:

How to apply for MassDevelopment grants

Most MassDevelopment applications require: an organizational profile with mission and programs, a project proposal aligned with the funder's stated priorities, a project budget, and supporting attachments (IRS determination letter, board list, recent financials).