Notice of Available Funding: FY25 CBE All Things Green Grant
DC Department of Small and Local Business Development (“DSLBD or the Department”) is excited to announce that it will begin accepting applications for the Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2025 Certified Business Enterprise (“CBE”) All Things Green Grant Program, beginning January 20, 2025. CBE All Things Green Grant Program is a DSLBD initiative created to promote and support CBE's involvement in the expanding green and environmentally sustainable infrastructure and energy markets. In partnership with DC’s Department of Energy and Environment (“DOEE”), DSLBD supports CBEs by providing training opportunities to prepare them for DOEE, DC Sustainable Energy Utility (“DCSEU”), and other green and environmentally sustainable procurement opportunities.
CBE Green Contract Services Grants: DSLBD intends to award up to four (4) grants between $50,000 to $70,000 each from $240,000 in available funding for FY 25.
CBE Green Pitch Grant: DSLBD intends to award one (1) grant of $50,000 to the CBE that conducts the CBE Green Pitch training program and award CBE Green Pitch Competition participants between $1,000 and $10,000 from the $175,000 in total funding for FY 25.
CBE Green Business Support Lottery Grants: Via a randomized lottery, DSLBD intends to award CBEs registered with DSLBD as small, resident-owned, and disadvantaged nine (9) grants, ranging up to $7,000, from $59,500 in available funding for FY 25.
CBE Green Event Grant: DSLBD intends to award $25,500 to one (1) CBE that will plan DC’s CBE Green Industry Rally Day.
Deadline: February 14, 2025, at 2:00 PM (EST)
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