Economic Development Grant Fund (EDGF)
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Provides grants to organizations, projects and programs that create and/or retain jobs, improve or otherwise enhance the community.
Geographic Scope: New England region (Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont based on website coverage)
Focus Areas:
- Job creation and retention
- Community improvement and enhancement
- Economic development projects
Contact:
- Main Office: One Cate Street, Suite 3, Portsmouth, NH 03801
- Phone: 603-436-0009
- Fax: 603-605-1050
What Granite State Economic Development Corp actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 13
- Total given
- $288K
- Median grant
- $13K
- Range
- $10K–$101K
- By dollars: New Hampshire 48%, Massachusetts 17%, Vermont 17%. Top recipient cities: Portland, ME; Hampton, NH; Lowell, MA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 31% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
University of New Hampshire · Hampton, NH
Scholarships for business students
$101K
Utec Inc · Lowell, MA
Education and job training
$25K
Vermont Community Loan Center · Montpelier, VT
For community loans
$25K
New Hampshire Small Business Dev CT · Durham, NH
Develop small business
$15K
Girls Inc · Holyoke, MA
Education job training
$13K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Community development
- Workforce development
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