Project Grant 350004802

The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded a $699,440 Project Grant to Outdoor Business Alliance (Outdoor Gear Builders Division) on October 1, 2025, for organizational capacity building activities in North Carolina. The award, administered under the Appalachian Area Development program (CFDA 23.002), supports the awardee's efforts to build leadership and organizational capacity within Appalachia's economic development framework. The project extends through October 1, 2028, aligning...

The Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce will receive $2.7 million under a Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's BUILD TO SCALE program (CFDA 11.024) to expand the Enterprise Capital Alliance Capital Fund Deployment Project. The project aims to foster connections between Washington entrepreneurial activity and national Fortune 500 companies through the Enterprise Capital Alliance program within the Chamber's Technology Alliance. This will...

The Green Bay Accelerator Program Project received a $1.87 million Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024). The funding will support coordinating resources, connecting people and businesses, and creating an environment to foster innovation, technology commercialization, and entrepreneurial activity across the Greater Green Bay, Wisconsin region through October 2025. Specifically, the...

The Tampa Bay Wave Inc. was awarded an $8,274,640 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA #11.024) to fund the Tampa Bay Cybersecurity/FinTech and HealthTech Accelerator + Innovation Network (TB CFHAIN) project. The project aims to support the creation of 180 new high-growth startups and retention of 2,730 jobs through nine 90-day accelerator cohorts tailored for the cybersecurity, finance, and...

The Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded $110,350 to the City of Crescent City under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302) on September 1, 2025, with a completion date of February 28, 2027. This Project Grant supports the development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the Crescent City region. The CEDS process will serve as a strategic economic development roadmap designed to diversify and...

This $2.4 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's BUILD TO SCALE program will fund the Coastal Empire Regional Ecosystem Strategy (CERES) project delivered by Georgia Southern University Research & Service Foundation Inc. CERES aims to strengthen regional business outreach and development programs to better serve underserved businesses in the Coastal Empire region of Georgia. Through activities focused on discovery, ideation, incubation and...

This $1.2 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's BUILD TO SCALE program will fund the Charlotte Community Capital Access Investment Initiative. Over three years, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte will engage multiple university and community resources to identify new local capital sources, educate underrepresented potential angel investors, and ensure 120 emerging entrepreneurs are fully prepared for investment. Specifically, the...

The Economic Development Administration awarded a $2.17 million Project Grant to Vilcap, Inc. to develop lasting investment infrastructure for technology startups led by founders of color in the Southeast region of the United States. Under the Resource Invests initiative funded through the agency's BUILD TO SCALE program (CFDA #11.024), Vilcap will work with the Black Innovation Alliance from November 2022 to April 2024 to launch infrastructure and a replicable model to improve...

The Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership (ERCGP) will receive $650,642 under a three-year Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program. The grant-funded FIRE & ICE project aims to expand Erie, Pennsylvania's entrepreneurial ecosystem by investing in technical assistance, strategic connections, and introductions to potential customers for portfolio companies in the FIRE Accelerator. Now in its fourth year, the...

The $749,216 project grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program will fund the launch and operation of a new 50,000 square foot business incubator and accelerator space in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The incubator will provide access to mentoring, seed and early-stage investment, office and meeting space, and resources to support new business formation and job growth in technology and innovation. Key services include increasing...