Massachusetts Small Business Grants & Funding Programs
Massachusetts supports startups, life sciences companies, manufacturers, and neighborhood businesses through statewide innovation programs and local business assistance.
Statewide Growth Programs
Massachusetts businesses can access business growth support, financing, and technical assistance through statewide public and quasi-public partners.
Innovation and Life Sciences Support
Boston and the broader innovation ecosystem provide strong support for technology, biotech, climate, and research-led startups through accelerators and public-private programs.
Local and Corridor Programs
Boston, Worcester, Springfield, and other communities offer local small business grants, corridor support, and entrepreneur assistance for eligible firms.
Massachusetts Business Grants
127 grants found
Infrastructure
The Infrastructure section lists multiple grant and partnership programs—including broadband, municipal broadband, maritime economy, public infrastructure, dredging, and large‑scale development incentives—designed to support and finance infrastructure projects throughout Massachusetts.
CDFI-CDC Capital Matching Program
The CDFI-CDC Capital Matching Program is a grant program that provides capital to small businesses in Massachusetts.
Collaborative Research Matching Grant Program
The Collaborative Research Matching Grant Program is a grant program that supports collaborative research projects between industry and academia in Massachusetts.
MassTech R &D Fund
Supports large-scale, long-term projects that have the potential to spur innovation, promote cluster development, and grow jobs by investing in critical research & development (R&D) infrastructure.
Novel Therapeutics Delivery
Aims to foster the development of novel technologies and techniques for the delivery of existing or innovative therapies by working at the intersection of engineering, biology, chemistry, and medicine.
Women's Health
Supports collaborative projects that aim to improve the discovery, technical innovation, and/or analysis of datasets to answer pressing life science questions around women’s health.
Empower Digital Grant Program
The Empower Digital Grant is a match grant awarded to small businesses in Massachusetts that seek to improve their business’s digital capabilities. The Empower Digital Grant Program is a grant program that provides funding to small businesses in Massachusetts to support their digital transformation.
Biz-M-Power Crowdfunding Program
The Biz-M-Power crowdfunding matching grant program offers small businesses in Massachusetts financial assistance with their acquisition, expansion, improvement or lease of a facility, purchase or lease of equipment, or with meeting other capital needs for the business.
CDFI & CDC Capital Match Program
Administered by MGCC, this program seeks to spur job creation across the Commonwealth, support entrepreneurship and small business recovery, sustainability, resilience and growth by lowering the barriers to capital access faced by small businesses.
Cultivate Small Business
Santander's Cultivate Small Business program is a free, 12-week virtual training initiative designed to support early-stage food entrepreneurs, with a focus on underserved founders in low- to moderate-income communities.
Skip's $10,000 2026 Kickoff Grants
The Skip's $10,000 2026 Kickoff Grants offer funding to support U.S.-based entrepreneurs and small business owners.
Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grant
Provides up to $5,000 in funding to artists experiencing recent, unexpected medical, dental, or mental health emergencies.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about business grants in Massachusetts