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Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Supportive Services Program (DBE/SSP)

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Eligibility

Benefits

  • Intensive, instructor-led instruction in a number of business and technical topics
  • Participating businesses complete a needs assessment and receive customized, one-on-one coaching and technical assistance tailored to their business needs
  • Provided opportunities to expand professional networks and establish relationships with NJDOT's prime contractors through various programs and events

Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting
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Finance and Insurance
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Hiring & Employee Training Support
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Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program

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Eligibility

Must be a nonprofit, non-community water systems in New Jersey and use the funds for the following construction projects:

  • Water treatment facilities correcting a system's non-compliance with Surface Water Treatment requirements, acute violations, maximum contaminant levels, lead, and copper rule exceedance, or secondary drinking water regulation exceedance
  • Consolidation of water systems to comply with the SDWA
  • Rehabilitation of existing water treatment facilities, water mains, pump stations, water storage facilities, or new water storage facilities to maintain compliance with the SDWA and wells
  • Allowances for planning and design are also available

Benefits

Provides short-term loans at 0.337% Interest to replace and update drinking water infrastructure.

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Edison Innovation Angel Growth Fund

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  • Technology companies must be supported by an Angel investment with a minimum trailing 12-month commercial revenues of $250,000
  • The company must employ 75% of its W-2 employees in NJ or commit to growing 10 high-paying jobs over two years

Benefits

Businesses can receive up to $250,000 in growth capital matched with outside investors on a 1 to 2 basis.

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Edison Innovation Growth Stars Fund

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  • Technology companies supported by venture capital with a minimum trailing 12-month commercial revenues of at least $2M
  • The company must employ 75% of its W-2 employees in NJ or commit to growing 10 high-paying jobs over two years
  • The company must have received an Edison Innovation VC Growth Fund investment and be in good standing

Benefits

Businesses can receive funding of up to $500,000.

Technology
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Edison Innovation VC Growth

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Eligibility

  • Venture capital supported New Jersey-based technology companies with a minimum trailing 12-month commercial revenues of $500,000
  • This revenue amount must exceed the amount of the potential Edison Innovation Fund investment amount
  • The company must employ 75% of its W-2 employees in New Jersey or commit to growing 10 high-paying jobs over two years

Benefits

Up to $1M in growth capital matched with outside investors on a 1 to 1 basis.

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Emerging Developers Grant

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Eligibility

  • Be a non-profit or for-profit development entity
  • Have completed at least two and no more than five commercial or mixed-use projects of similar scope
  • Have at least 51% ownership of the proposed project
  • Have site control (deed) of the project at the time of application
  • Have a current Tax Clearance certificate
  • No more than 5 employees at the time of application
  • Cannot have already started construction on the proposed project

Eligible Costs: 50% of eligible predevelopment soft costs and costs unrelated to any construction activity are eligible for reimbursement under this program, including:

  • Architectural and design fees
  • Construction drawings and specifications
  • Engineering fees and surveys
  • Municipal zoning and Inspection fees
  • Insurance costs
  • Professional fees, legal fees, accounting fees, and project management fees
  • Market/feasibility study
  • Appraisal
  • Phase I environmental review
  • Property taxes (must be current)
  • Loan interest (if applicable)
  • Utilities

Benefits

You will receive up to $250,000 to cover eligible pre-development soft costs.

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Entrepreneur Support Program

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Eligibility

  • Corporate headquarters with at least one executive member and 50% of employees located in New Jersey
  • Fewer than 225 total employees at the time of application
  • Aligned with at least one of the NJEDA’s established targeted industries
  • A valid New Jersey tax clearance certificate from the Division of Taxation
  • Good standing with NJ Workforce Development at time of application

Benefits

80% guarantee of an investment amount, not to exceed $400,000, for one year from the date of issue.

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Film Tax Credit Program

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  • Feature films, television series, or television shows of 22 minutes or more in length, intended for a national or regional audience filmed and produced at a cultural venue receiving State funding
  • 60% of the total film production expenses must be incurred for services and goods purchased through vendors authorized to do business in New Jersey, or
  • Qualified film production expenses (expenses incurred in New Jersey for the production of a film) must exceed $1 million per production
  • Qualified film production expenses incurred for services for use at a sound stage or other location that's located within a 30-mile radius of the intersection of Eighth Ave./Central Park West, Broadway, and West 59th Street/Central Park South, New York, NY eligible for 30%

Not Eligible

  • Productions featuring news, current events, weather, and market reports or public programming, talk show, sports event, or reality show
  • Productions that solicit funds
  • Productions primarily for private, industrial, corporate, or institutional purposes

Benefits

Tax credits up to 35% of qualified film production expenses.

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
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Food Desert Relief Supermarket Tax Credit Program

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Eligibility

  • Newly constructed or rehabilitated supermarkets or grocery stores in a designated Food Desert Community (limited to two per FDC)
  • Stores with at least 16,000 square feet where at least 80% of square footage is occupied by food and related products and at least 10% of retail space is devoted to fresh and/or frozen fruits and vegetables
  • Proof that the store would not be economically feasible without the tax credit award, but with the tax credit award, it would operate on a full-time basis for seven years after opening and be economically and commercially viable by the end of that period
  • Be open for business to the public within six months of the receipt of a temporary Certificate of Occupancy or within three years of executing the incentive award agreement corresponding to the project [subject to possible extensions approved by the NJ Economic Development Authority (NJEDA)]
  • Acceptance benefits from federal nutrition assistance programs, including SNAP and WIC, and to holding a public listening session in the FDC at least one a year

Benefits

  • Developers will be eligible to receive tax credits up to 40% of the total project cost for the first approved supermarket/grocery store in an FDC and up to 20% for the second approved supermarket/grocery store in an FDC, capped at the project financing gap
  • Owners/operators of supermarkets/grocery stores will be eligible to receive three years of tax credits up to 100% of initial operating costs for the first approved supermarket/grocery store in an FDC and up to 50% of initial operating costs for the second approved supermarket/grocery store in an FDC, capped at the initial operating shortfall

Retail Trade and E-Commerce
Real Estate and Leasing
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Food and Agriculture Research & Development Grant Program

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February 26, 2024

Eligibility

  • Have a New Jersey tax clearance certificate listing New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology
  • Have between 1-50 full-time workers at time of application
  • Have less than or equal to $5,000,000 in prior year sales revenue (excluding grant revenue)

Benefits

The award grants up to $75,000 per business to support research and development of their innovation.

Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting
Clean Energy
Digital and Print Media
Finance and Insurance
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