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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (DCED)
Phone: 1 (866) G0-NEWPA / 1 (866) 466-3972 www.newpa.com
GRANT/LOAN
Export 2000 Block Grant – Provide funding to the 10
regional export network partners (RENs). The RENs are the
primary regional contact for PA businesses wishing to access
OIBD services. The RENs promote and expend the delivery of
OIBD Center for Trade Development’s services and activities
within this region. They counsel PA companies in export
market selection, market entry strategy, and offer technical
support on exporting issues, etc.
Export Finance Program (EFP) – The Pennsylvania Export
Finance Program provides small businesses with access to preexport
working capital and post-export accounts receivable
financing through a direct loan program. Eligible are small
businesses (250 employees or less) exporting goods or services
internationally. It is used for working capital financing,
accounts receivable financing, revolving lines of credit.
DEADLINE / REGULATIONS
Contact – 1-866-GO-NEWPA (1-866-466-
3972) or ReadySetSucceed@newPA.com
Contact – Area Loan Organizations; Team
Pennsylvania Export Network at 1-888-483-
2672; 1-866-GO-NEWPA (1-866-466-3972)
or ReadySetSucceed@newPA.com
PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENTS
Film Tax Credit Program – Pennsylvania offers a 25 percent
Tax Credit to films that spend at least 60 percent of their total
production budget in the Commonwealth. Eligible projects
include: feature films, TV films, TV talk or game show series,
TV commercials, and TV pilots or episodes intended as
programming for a national audience.
First Industries Fund—The First Industries Fund is a grant
and loan program aimed at strengthening Pennsylvania’s
agriculture and tourism industries. The First Industries
Fund is part of PA Grows, the Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture’s new initiative designed to assist agricultural
producers in gaining access to the capital they need to begin,
continue or expand their businesses. Eligible for planning
grants, loans and loan guarantees for the agriculture and
tourism industries. Used for Agriculture & Tourism.
Loans: Land and building acquisition and construction;
Machinery and equipment purchase and upgrades; Working
capital; Operation of Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs) by
Regional organizations.
Grants: Planning and redevelopment
Loan Guarantees: Large-scale projects that demonstrate
regional impact; deploy new or innovative technologies;
demonstration of significant job creation.
Contact – 1-866-GO-NEWPA (1-866-466-
3972) or ReadySetSucceed@newPA.com
Contact – Area Loan Organizations, DCED
Customer Service, 1-866-GO-NEWPA (1-
866-466-3972) ReadySetSucceed@newPA.
com or the Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture website: www.agriculture.state.
pa.us
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