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Happy New Year! Top Grants To Apply for in 2025

GrantNews

Improve Energy Efficiency : Grant funding for small and medium-sized manufacturing facilities and waste and water treatment facilities for projects to improve energy efficiency. Public Transit to Make Buses Safer : Cooperative agreement to a nonprofit, or public transportation provider.

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Grants for Business Owners: Purpose-Driven Business Models

GrantNews

Purpose-driven business models enrich communities by manufacturing eco-friendly alternatives, advancing scientific research, and reducing waste. Verified business grant s are available for industries like agriculture, electronic manufacturing, mental wellness, green building initiatives, environmental services, and more.

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What Will Trump’s 2025 Presidency Mean for the Grant-Seeking Community: Potential Shifts and Focus Areas

GrantNews

This was particularly impactful in high-demand fields such as technology and manufacturing. Rural Development Initiatives: Addressing rural job losses, especially in industries like manufacturing, was a priority in Trump’s first term. This could provide valuable opportunities for organizations in these areas.

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NPOs Consistently Better Than For-Profits on Jobs

The NonProfit Times

Job losses during the recession were most pronounced in industries with relatively few nonprofits, such as construction and manufacturing. Nonprofit employment jumped 5.5% while employment in private-sector for-profit businesses declined 8.1 percent from 2007 through 2010 — which includes the December 2007–June 2009 recession.

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Independent Retailers – the Backbone of Business and Industry

GrantNews

This includes agriculture, manufacturing, and transportation. They buy merchandise at wholesale prices from manufacturers or distributors and sell it to consumers at retail prices. Independent retailers, in general, generate billions in federal, state, and local tax revenue.

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TechSoup to Host Mozilla Ignite Idea Jam

Tech Soup

Priority topics for app ideas include: Clean energy and transportation. Advanced manufacturing. Visionaries of all types – developers, researchers, and nonprofit professionals, alike – are invited to submit their ideas through the Ignite Apps Challenge. Emergency preparedness and public safety. Workforce technologies.

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Spotlight State: Pennsylvania

GrantNews

Pennsylvania is home to one of the largest manufacturers of chocolates in the world. Located in Pittsburgh, PA, Bicycle Heaven is the largest transportation museum in the world dedicated to bicycles…some bikes worth more than $50,000. On the original Liberty Bell , Pennsylvania is spelled with only one “n.”