Large Economic Development Grant

Large Economic Development Grant

Funder: Impact Harrisburg

Geographic Scope: City of Harrisburg, PA

Background: Impact Harrisburg is a nonprofit created in 2014 to help steer the capital city's recovery from near-bankruptcy. The organization had approximately $6.2 million available for economic development projects.

Funding Focus Areas

Projects must demonstrate impact in at least one of the following areas:
• Improving operational efficiency, safety and livability of the City
• Improving a community or neighborhood by making it more livable or viable, providing benefit to principally low-and moderate-income people, or removing/eliminating slums or blighted areas
• Building the Tax Base by adding to real estate, redevelopment of non-taxpaying blighted properties into tax-paying properties
• Job Creation by creating permanent jobs in the City and employing City residents to the extent possible
• Quality of Life by improving operational efficiency, safety and livability
• Revenue Generation by increasing earned income or other taxes paid directly to the City

Guiding Principles

• Leverage of other funds both private and public
• Accountability of fund dispensation and management
• Funding of projects not operations
• Transparency through fair and rational scoring process
• Producing measurable outcomes
• Respect, preserve and grow the culture of Harrisburg's neighborhoods
• Inclusion: increasing opportunities and capacity for minority and other disadvantaged groups

Recent Grant Examples

Recent grants in this category included:
• $500,000 to Salvation Army for headquarters project at 506 S. 29th St.
• $500,000 to WebpageFX Inc. for campus renovation project at 1703 N. Front St. (company aims to double staff within five years)
• $500,000 to Harrisburg Redevelopment Authority for purchase and rehabilitation of blighted properties
• $500,000 to YMCA Camp Curtin for pool area resurfacing
• $500,000 to TLC Construction and Renovations for business incubator and veteran support facility on Fulton Street

Contact Information

Phone: 717-979-2566

Address: 709 Green Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 61403, Harrisburg, PA 17106-1403