Mon Valley Initiatives

303/305 East Eighth Avenue
Homestead PA, 15120


Mon Valley Initiative (MVI) was formed in 1988 as a coalition of 16 community development corporations operating in four counties in Southwestern Pennsylvania. MVI"s target market includes low-income individuals and economically distressed communities along the Monogahela River in Allegheny, Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties.

CDFI Awards for Mon Valley Initiatives


CORE (1999) - $400,000

The CDFI Fund"s $400,000 capital grant will enable MVI to launch a business loan program that targets small businesses and manufacturing companies in the Mon Valley. This represents an expansion in MVI"s activities to date, which have been focused on providing financing to community development corporations for housing development projects.



SECA (1998) - $26,000

MVI will use the $26,000 CDFI Technical Assistance grant for staff training, new technology and consulting services to help it expand its business loan fund to target manufacturers.



Other Community Development Financial Institutions in Pennsylvania





Featured Government Grant Resources


Historically Underutilized Business Zones - HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program

The Small Business Administration has established the Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZone) Empowerment Contracting Program wherein they aim to provide federal contracting assistance to eligible small business corporations which are located in underutilized business zones so as to improve their employment opportunities, investments, and their area's economic development.







National Endowment for the Humanities: National Digital Newspaper Program

The goal of the National Digital Newspaper Program is to crate a national digital resource of historically significant newspapers published between the years 1836 and 1922, from all of the States and its territories.




Ashoka, a global platform for social innovation, introduced the Arab World Social Entrepreneurship Programme (ASEP) to support local social entrepreneurs in scaling up their operations in three key areas – healthcare, environment and women participation for inclusive growth.









More Federal Domestic Assistance Programs


Centers for International Business Education | Rural Broadband Access Loans and Loan Guarantees | Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants | Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders | Puget Sound Action Agenda: Technical Investigations and Implementation Assistance Program |  Site Style by YAML | Grants.gov | Grants | Grants News | Sitemap | Privacy Policy


Edited by: Michael Saunders

© 2004-2025 Copyright Michael Saunders