The Locally Made Manufacturing Grant program supports local businesses that are located in a Great Streets corridor that engage in light manufacturing, by providing funding for capital or tenant improvements of commercial property with a designated industrial use.
Donor Name: Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED)
State: District of Columbia
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/16/2026
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
This grant is intended to grow the District’s local business economy, bolster manufacturing, and strengthen supply chains within the city.
Funding Information
The total amount of funding available for this Program is $1,500,000. DMPED anticipates making up to 10 awards for up to $400,000, per award.
Grant Period
All grant activities must be completed within 18 months of conditional award, unless such date is extended by DMPED in its sole and absolute discretion.
Uses of Funds
Grant funds may be used solely to support the following costs:
- Up to 100% of the grant can be applied towards the following hard costs
- Up to 35% of the grant can be applied towards the following soft costs
- Point-of-sale and inventory management hardware and software
- Marketing materials and services, this can include a temporary marketing consultant
- Purchase and installation of movable equipment and furniture
- E-commerce sales systems to support existing operations, including B2C and B2B retail and wholesale activities
- Public safety equipment.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must meet the following requirements to be considered for a grant under the Program.
- Be certified or eligible to be certified as a Local Business Enterprise (LBE) pursuant to D.C;
- Business may be a manufacturer, incubator, distributor or accelerator
- Have core operations that align with manufacturing
- Includes an on-site retail component that sells general or merchandise goods
- Create at least two (2) new permanent jobs within the period of performance, with a commitment to hire District residents.
- Serves or may serve a community anchor and impacts the Great Streets corridor and community by its presence
- Support existing retailers and the designated Great Streets corridor’s economic vitality by attracting new consumers and/or visitors to the area.
- Be located in or abutting an existing Great Streets corridor.
Ineligibility
The following applicants are not eligible to receive a grant under the Program:
- Adult entertainment
- Auto-body repair
- Bank
- Construction/general contracting/architecture/design-build
- E- commerce business
- Financial services
- Home-based businesses
- Hotel or lodging business
- Liquor store
- Professional service
- Real estate development/property management/realtor
- Seasonal (open only part of the year).
- Businesses whose core operations include packaging, bottling, labeling, warehousing, printing or distribution without substantial manufacturing operations
- Businesses that have received funding from the Locally Made program in the last 5 years are not eligible to apply.
For more information, visit DMPED.
