This grant helps teams of Colorado-based advanced industries technology businesses and nonprofits develop new large-scale projects.
This grant helps Colorado-based advanced industries technology businesses develop and commercialize advanced technologies that will be created or manufactured in Colorado.
This grant helps Colorado-based advanced industries technology businesses who want to export or are currently exporting.
This tax credit encourages investments in advanced industries businesses by giving tax credits to investors.
Brand USA is the destination marketing organization for the United States which works closely with the travel industry to maximize the economic and social benefits of travel.
The Cannabis Business Loan Fund is an opportunity for social equity licensed cannabis businesses to receive lending capital to build and improve their current business operations.
The Cannabis Business Office is excited to announce a new educational program that offers vertical specific content to social equity cannabis businesses at no cost.
This credit enhancement helps small and medium-sized businesses in Colorado access loans that they would otherwise not get because they do not have enough collateral.
This program allows eligible semiconductor and advanced manufacturing companies in Colorado to take a refund on specific types of earned credits.
This program provides eligible semiconductor companies access to specific types of Enterprise Zone income tax credits; Colorado municipalities and counties must establish a CHIPS Zone through application to the EDC before companies can access these benefits.
These loans provide up to $250 million in working capital loans to Colorado small businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
This program helps businesses and tourism partners advertise on Colorado.com by creating free and/or paid articles, business listings, maps, and events.
This grant finances various projects across the state that create or revitalize mixed-use commercial centers.
This grant helps organizations and communities create art and cultural activities through general operating support funding.
This program certifies communities that contribute to our state’s economy through creativity, culture, and the arts.
This credit enhancement is for businesses that typically struggle to get access to a bank loan.
This incentive encourages film production in Colorado with a performance-based rebate for up to 20% of qualified expenses.
This federal program encourages long-term investments in designated low-income communities by giving investors tax incentives for investing in real estate projects.
The laureate advocates for poetry, literacy, and literature by participating in readings and other events at the state capitol, schools, libraries, and literary festivals.
This fund provides helps small to medium-sized businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic get loans.
The Colorado Startup Loan Fund provides loan capital to mission-based lenders to provide loans to Colorado entrepreneurs and small business owners needing capital to start, restart, or restructure a business, and those who are not able to obtain a loan from traditional lenders.
As a part of the federal American Rescue Plan Act, the federal government passed the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) bill to fund small business credit support and investment programs.
This program allows organizations to submit brochures about their business or other travel information to display at Colorado Welcome Centers.
This tax credit helps rehabilitate historic, owner-occupied commercial properties.
This loan helps businesses in rural areas by giving loans and loan guarantees.
This grant helps Colorado communities plan economic development projects that create or retain permanent jobs.
This discounted subscription gives tourism partners access to a visual content marketing software called CrowdRiff.
This free certification helps frontline workers become Colorado experts and grow their Colorado-style hospitality.
This grant provides funding to Colorado businesses that were disproportionately impacted by the pandemic and did not receive meaningful access to federal loans and grants under the CARES Act.
This tax credit covers up to 50% of a qualified business’ conversion costs to employee ownership (up to $150,000.00). Check the program page to learn more about the recently expanded program.
This tax credit helps businesses invest in commercial vehicles and parts for vehicles.
This tax credit encourages investment in distressed areas of the state.
This tax credit encourages businesses in economically distressed communities to offer health insurance coverage to their employees.
This tax credit encourages enterprise zone businesses to invest in business personal property.
This tax credit helps businesses develop a skilled workforce in distressed communities.
This tax credit helps businesses in distressed communities add employees to their workforce.
This tax credit helps businesses invest in research and development through a tax credit.
This tax exemption expands the Manufacturing Sales and Use Tax Exemption.
This tax credit helps businesses redevelop commercial property and rehabilitate vacant buildings.
This grant provides financial support to help communities start and host successful film festivals in Colorado.
This grant funds the creation, documentation, presentation, and/or teaching of folk and traditional arts.
This award honors Colorado-based companies that have exported products or services for at least two years.
This award recognizes minority-owned for-profit businesses that contribute to the economic diversity and success of minority communities in Colorado.
This program supports HUBZone-certified small businesses in designated areas of the State by providing them with preferential treatment in awarding federal contracts.
This program helps address Colorado’s housing shortage by supporting the development and expansion of the state’s innovative housing manufacturing businesses through grants and loans.
The program helps organizations and tourism businesses advertise to consumers through tour operators in other countries to promote their destinations.
This tax credit is an eight-year job creation incentive to support competitive, multi-state, or country relocation and expansion projects.
This grant provides up to 50% of eligible direct support costs, not to exceed $200,000 for hosting events in Colorado that take place on or before June 30, 2024.
This grant supports an annual workshop that helps motivate and inspire native students who are struggling to find a passion in high school.
This program will provide one-time scholarships to 2024 high school graduates and equivalent completers that reside in Colorado for use in the 2024-2025 academic year, and will prioritize those who pursue an in-demand or high-priority postsecondary pathway as indicated by Colorado’s labor market index data.
This program supports outdoor recreation business development through research, partnerships, trade shows, and trade and investment missions.
El Programa entrega recursos para negocios en Colorado que fueron desproporcionadamente impactados por la pandemia de COVID-19 y no han tenido un acceso significativo a programas de préstamo o subsidios a nivel federal o estatal bajo los recursos de CARES Act.
These partners share expertise with filmmakers and help attract productions to their communities.
This grant and tax credit helps new businesses start in or move into rural, economically distressed areas and hire new employees.
This grant helps businesses and nonprofits create customized job training for employees.
The following lenders are possible sources of funding for small businesses in Colorado.
This grant helps small businesses expand internationally by funding international business development activities.
This cash incentive is a five-year program for competitive business expansion or relocation projects.
This grant provides funding to support projects that develop, enhance or better manage visitor experiences.
This grant provides funding to support tourism marketing and promotional campaigns.
This program helps Colorado tourism partners maximize their advertising and marketing dollars through group purchasing of media buys.
The Colorado Tourism Office produces and distributes two print publications called the Official Colorado State Vacation Guide and Love, Colorado magazine.
These promotions help tourism partners and small businesses take advantage of public relations connections to help them market themselves.
This program provides funding to eligible applicants to support the economic recovery of the travel and tourism industry in Colorado through the execution of tourism marketing and promotional campaigns.
This program helps promote content through Visit Colorado's social media pages to help share your destination with residents and visitors.
This program allows your organization to showcase tailored advertising messages on a digital screen within the interior walls of Colorado Welcome Centers.