Pepco Energizing Small Business Grant Program

Pepco is proud to invest in economic support and community development in neighborhoods that surround the company’s Benning Service Center in northeast Washington, D.C.

The Pepco Energizing Small Business Grant Program, presented in partnership with Hello Alice, is offering eight grants totaling nearly $600,000 in an effort to increase access to fresh, healthy, and affordable food options throughout portions of northeast Washington, D.C. If selected, each business will receive $74,000. By supporting these businesses, Pepco hopes to strengthen the local food economy and create a more equitable food system. 

Program Closed

To qualify for the grant program, a business must:

  • Be a for-profit business licensed and registered in the District of Columbia. 
  • Use program funds to expand or relocate a consumer-direct service that provides equitable access to fresh, healthy, and affordable food to US Census Bureau tracts in the following neighborhoods: Parkside/Mayfair, Marshall Heights, Carver-Langston, River Terrace, Kingman Park, Eastland/Kenilworth, and Deanwood.
  • Be in the food or food service industry.  
  • Be in operation for two years prior to applying for program funds.

For full eligibility requirements, see the Terms and Conditions. Still have questions? Read our FAQs.

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Application Timeline

Applications for the Pepco Energizing Small Business Grant Program will be accepted from September 4, 2024 at 9 a.m ET to October 11, 2024 at 6 p.m. ET.  

Applications will be reviewed by a committee in accordance with review criteria outlined in the terms and conditions. Recipients will be notified via email and publicly announced in December 2024.

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