Funding Opportunities (pdf)
-- U.S. EPA State and Local Capacity Building Branch April 2004 directory of
funding opportunities for energy efficiency, renewable energy, and environmental
protection assistance programs.
Alabama
SBA, Birmingham Office--Financing
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Alaska
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)
Municipal Loan Program
Alaska DEC
Municipal Water, Sewerage, and Solid Waste Matching Grant Program
Alaska Economic Development Resource Guide
SBA, Anchorage Office--Financing
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Arizona
SBA,
Phoenix District Office--Financing
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Arkansas
Arkansas Economic Development Commission--Financing, Incentives & Taxation
Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality
(DEQ)--Environmental Loans for Small Business
Arkansas DEQ,
Business Assistance--Recycling Equipment Tax Credit Program
Arkansas DEQ,
Business Assistance--Environmental Loans for Small Business
Arkansas Development Finance Authority
SBA, Little Rock
District Office--Financing
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California
California Air Resources Board (ARB),
Air Pollution Credits, Incentives and Grants Programs
California ARB--Environmental
Financing Resources for California Businesses
California ARB--Innovative Clean Air Technologies Program (ICAT)
California Department of Conservation, Division of Recycling--Grants
California Department of Pesticide Regulation--Pest Management Grants
California Energy Commission--Requests for Proposals--Funding Programs,
Contracts, Solicitations at the Energy Commission
California Environmental Protection Agency, California Environmental Technology
Certification Programs
California Integrated Waste Management Board--Grants and Loans
California Pollution Control Financing Authority (CPCFA)
California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) Water Quality--Financial Assistance
Programs-Grants and Loans
SBA, Fresno Office--Financing
SBA, Los Angeles Office--Financing
SBA, Sacramento Office--Financing
SBA, San Diego Office--Financing
SBA, San Francisco Office--Finance
SBA, Santa Ana Office--Financing
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Colorado
Colorado Department
of Public Health and Environment (DPHE), Hazardous Materials and Waste
Management Division, Colorado Brownfields--Revolving Loan Fund, State Incentives, and
Other Tax Benefit Programs
Colorado DPHE--Colorado EMTS Provider Grants Frequently Asked Questions
Colorado DPHE--Financial Assistance, Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund
Colorado
DPHE--Pollution Prevention Grants Program
Colorado Department of Local Affairs--Financial Assistance
Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade--Business
Finance Programs, Other Resources
SBA, Denver Office--Financing
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Connecticut
SBA, Hartford
Office--Financing
State of Connecticut, Department of Economic and Community Development
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Delaware
SBA, Wilmington
District Office--Financing
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Florida
Florida Department of Environmental Protection--Water Facilities Funding
SBA, Jacksonville
District Office--Financing
SBA, Miami
District Office--Financing
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Georgia
Georgia Department of Community Affairs
Georgia Department of Natural
Resources, Small Business Assistance Program--Pay No Sales/Use and Ad Valorem
Taxes
Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority
SBA,
Georgia District Office--Financing
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Hawaii
Hawaii Department of Health,
Clean Water Branch--Polluted Runoff Control Program
SBA, Hawaii
District Office--Financing
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Idaho
SBA,
Idaho District Office--Financing
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Illinois
Illinois Department of Commerce
and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Business Development
Illinois DCEO--Entrepreneurship
and Small Business
Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency, Bureau of Water--Financial Assistance Programs
SBA,
Illinois District Office--Financing
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Indiana
Indiana Department of
Commerce--Grants and Incentives
Indiana Department of
Environmental Management (IDEM)--Grants & Loans
SBA, Indianapolis
District Office--Financing
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Iowa
Iowa Department of Natural Resources,
Waste Management, Financial Assistance Programs
Iowa Department of Economic Development Financial Assistance for Starting Your
Business
Iowa Department
of Economic Development--Recycle
SBA, Cedar Rapids
District Office--Financing
SBA, Des Moines
District Office--Financing
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Kansas
Kansas
Department of Commerce--Business Development
Kansas
Department of Commerce--Grants
Kansas
Department of Commerce--Loans
SBA, Kansas District Office--Financing
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Kentucky
Kentucky Cabinet for
Economic Development--Funding
SBA,
Kentucky District Office--Financing
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Louisiana
Louisiana Economic
Development--Business Resources
Louisiana Economic Development--Louisiana
Businesses, Financial Assistance
SBA,
Louisiana District Office--Financing
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Maine
Finance Authority of Maine--Business,
Innovative Financial Solutions
SBA,
Augusta District Office--Financing
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Maryland
Maryland Department of Business & Economic Development--Business Financing
Maryland Department of
the Environment--Small Businesses Loan Program (page down)
SBA, Baltimore
District Office--Financing Resources
Southern Region Maryland Small Business Development Center--Small Business Financing
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Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Department of Business and Technology, Funding Sources
Massachusetts
Office of Technical Assistance for Toxics Use Reduction--Technology Development
SBA,
Boston District Office--Financing
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Michigan
Michigan
Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)--Grants and Loans
SBA,
Detroit District Office--Financing
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Minnesota
Minnesota Department of
Employment and Economic Development, Business Services, Business Financing
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Small Business Assistance Program--The Small Business
Environmental Improvement Loan Program
SBA,
Minneapolis District Office--Financing
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Mississippi
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality--Grants, Loans, and Trust Funds
Available Through MDEQ
Mississippi Development Authority--Financial Assistance
for Business Customers
SBA,
Jackson District Office--Financing
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Missouri
Missouri Department of Natural
Resources (DNR)--Grants and Loans
Missouri
DNR--Energy Revolving Fund (Low-Interest Loans for Energy Efficiency
Improvements)
Missouri DNR--Environmental Improvement and Energy Resources Authority (EIERA)
SBA, Kansas City
District Office--Financing
SBA, St. Louis
District Office--Financing
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Montana
Montana Department of
Commerce (DOC), Business Resource Division (scroll down to Business Finance
Assistance)
Montana DOC--Finance Information
Center
Montana Department of
Environmental Quality--Grants/Loans Available
SBA, Helena
District Office--Financing
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Nebraska
Nebraska Department of Economic Development--Financing
& Incentives
SBA,
Omaha District Office
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Nevada
Nevada Department of Business & Industry--Office of Business Finance & Planning
SBA, Las
Vegas District Office--Financing
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New Hampshire
New Hampshire Business Finance Authority--Financing for New Hampshire's Future
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services--DES Grants and Loans
New Hampshire Economic Development
Division, New Hampshire Business Resource Center, Business Services--Incentives
SBA,
Concord District Office--Financing
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New Jersey
New Jersey Economic Development Authority
SBA, Newark
District Office--Financing
State of New Jersey,
Taking Care of Business--Incentives
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New Mexico
New Mexico Business Resource
Center, Business Loan Capital
New Mexico Economic Development Department,
Sources of Finance
New Mexico Environment
Department (NMENV), Construction Programs Bureau--Water, Wastewater, and Solid
Waste Construction Funding
New Mexico Finance Authority--Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund
SBA,
Albuquerque District Office--Financing
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New York
New York Empire State Development, Pollution Prevention and Recycling--Financial
Assistance (also see Tax & Financial Incentives tab on left)
New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation--Finance
Center
New
York State--Tax & Financial Incentives
SBA, Buffalo
District Office--Financing
SBA, New York
District Office--Financing
SBA, Syracuse
District Office--Financing
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North Carolina
North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance (DPPEA)--Financial Assistance
SBA,
Charlotte District Office--Financing
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North Dakota
North Dakota
Department of Health, Division of Municipal Facilities
North Dakota,
New Business Registration--How
to Build a Business, Access to Capital
SBA, Fargo
District Office--Financing
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Ohio
Ohio Air Quality Development Authority,
Clean Air Projects, Small Business--Financial Benefits of OAQDA Financing
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)--Clean Ohio Fund
Ohio EPA--Division of Environmental and Financial Assistance
Ohio EPA--Financial Assistance
Programs and Information
SBA, Cleveland
District Office--Financing
SBA, Columbus
District Office--Financing
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma Water Resources Board--Water & Wastewater Financing
SBA, Oklahoma
District City Office--Financing
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Oregon
Oregon Business--Incentives
and Finance
Oregon Department of
Energy--Energy Information for Businesses
SBA,
Oregon District Office--Financing
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP),
Office of Energy & Technology Deployment--Grants, Loans, & Rebates
Pennsylvania DEP,
Office of the Small Business Ombudsman--Financial Assistance
Pennsylvania DEP,
Office of the Small Business Ombudsman--Site Assessment Grant (SAG) Program
SBA, Philadelphia
District Office--Financing
SBA, Pittsburgh
District Office--Financing
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Rhode Island
Rhode Island Department
of Environmental Management (DEM)--Water Related Grants and Financing
Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation--EDC
Capital, Selected Venture and Loan Opportunities From Other Rhode Island Sources
Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation--EDC
Capital, Additional Capital Consideration
Rhode Island Economic
Development Corporation--Small Business Advantage
SBA,
Rhode Island District Office--Financing
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South Carolina
SBA, Columbia Office--Financing
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South Dakota
SBA, Sioux Falls Office--Financing
South Dakota Department of Environment & Natural Resources--Water and Waste Funding
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Tennessee
SBA,
Nashville Office--Financing
Tennessee
Department of Economic & Community
Development--Financial Assistance
Tennessee DEC--Clean Water State
Revolving Fund Loan Program
Tennessee
DEC--Summary of Solid Waste Assistance Grants
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Texas
SBA, Dallas/Forth Worth Office--Financing
SBA, El Paso Office--Financing
SBA, Harlingen Office--Financing
SBA, Houston Office--Financing
SBA, Lubbock District Office--Financing
SBA, San Antonio
District Office--Financing
Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)--Contracting with TCEQ to Do
Remediation
TCEQ--Funding
Opportunities
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Utah
SBA,
Salt Lake Office--Financing
Utah.gov--Financial
Resources For Your Business
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Vermont
SBA,
Montpelier Office--Financing
Vermont Department of
Economic Development (ThinkVermont.com)--Financial Services
Vermont Department of
Economic Development (ThinkVermont.com)--Financing Assistance
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Virginia
SBA,
Richmond Office--Financing
Virginia
Department of Business Assistance--Virginia Small Business Financing
Authority
Virginia
Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Small Business Assistance--Financial Resources
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Washington
SBA, Seattle District Office--Financing
Washington State Department of Ecology--Ecology's Grants and Loans Programs
Washington State Department of Ecology, Solid Waste--Grants
and Financial Assistance
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West Virginia
SBA, Clarksburg Office--Financing
West Virginia
DEP, Division of Water and Waste Management--Clean Water State Revolving Fund
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Wisconsin
SBA,
Madison/Milwaukee Office--Financing
Wisconsin DOC--Financing Your Business in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources--Community Financial Assistance (CFA)
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Wyoming
SBA, Casper Office--Financing
Wyoming Business Council
(click on Financial Tools)
Wyoming
Department of Environmental Quality--Financial Assistance (pdf)
Wyoming State Library--Wyoming Grants Information
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Last Updated:
October 26, 2007