Community Resources For Historically Disadvantaged Businesses (HDB)

As a community, we encourage all historically disadvantaged businesses to take advantage of the incredible resources provided by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Below you will find resources for small business assistance and microgrant programs supported through specific counties in Pennsylvania:

Small Business Assistance for Historically Disadvantaged Businesses

Chester County Economic Development Council

Supporting Berks, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Lebanon, Montgomery, and Perry counties.

Covation Center, INC

Supporting all 67 counties across the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Duquesne University Small Business Development Center

Supporting Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Somerset, Washington, and Westmoreland counties.

Greater Erie Economic Development Corporation

Supporting Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Jefferson, McKean, Mercer, Potter, Venango, and Warren counties.

Greenline Access Capital

Supporting Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties.

Lehigh University

Supporting Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, and Schuylkill counties.

North Side Industrial Development Company

Supporting Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Somerset, Washington, and Westmoreland counties.

Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance

Supporting Bradford, Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Lycoming, Montour, Pike, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wayne, and Wyoming counties.

Pennsylvania CDFI Network

Supporting Adams, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Centre, Chester, Clinton, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Mifflin, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, Northumberland, Perry, Philadelphia, Schuylkill, Snyder, Union, and York counties.

Seton Hill University

Supporting Allegheny, Cambria, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Somerset, Washington, and Westmoreland counties.

Women’s Opportunities Resource Center

Supporting Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties.

Funding Assistance for Historically Disadvantaged Businesses

Greenline Access Capital

Providing funding for historically disadvantaged business throughout Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania CDFI Network

Providing funding for historically disadvantaged business throughout Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development

Providing opportunities for historically disadvantaged business throughout Pennsylvania.

Learn More

These programs are provided to you by the Pennsylvania Department of Commerce & Economic Development. To learn more about the Historically Disadvantaged Business Assistance Program (HDBA) you can read the press release below:

Press Release for HDBA Programs