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Creative Entrepreneurs Accelerator Program


PPA | Lehigh Valley Community Foundation

Please note: 

Funding for the CEAP has been expended for the current year. 

More funding is expected in Winter 2026.   


The Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator is not currently accepting applications. Updates on availability of future grant cycles will be shared as they are available.

PPA | Creative Entrepreneurs Accelerator Program (CEAP)

What is the Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator Program?  


  • The Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator Program is a new program purposed to help creative entrepreneurs to grow their small business, audience, and revenue, and is designed to:   


  • Pair creative entrepreneurs who aspire to start their own for-profit business or who operate an existing for-profit micro business with existing small business consulting services.   


  • Provide financial resources through $2,000 grants.


  • Advance the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts’ overarching value of diversity, equity, and inclusion.   


  •  Prioritize investments to creative entrepreneurs who identify as Black, Indigenous, or people of color (BIPOC).   


  • Prioritize investments to creative entrepreneurs located in and whose work benefits low-income communities as defined by the Small Business Administration.  


The Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator Program is funded by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA), a state agency under the Office of the Governor, and administered regionally by the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA). Lehigh Valley Community Foundation serves as the PA Partners in the Arts partner organization for Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, and Northampton Counties.  

 Key Documents for Grantees

  • W-9 Form (2021) PDF
  • CEAP Grant Agreement Form PDF

 ASK Mary | Learn more about the Community Foundation’s Partners in the Arts (PPA) grant opportunities


Mary S. Mancino
Program Associate (Part-time Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9:30 a.m. – 2:30  p.m.)
Lehigh Valley Community Foundation
840 W. Hamilton Street, Suite 310, Allentown, PA 18101
mary@lvcfoundation.org | Arts@lvcfoundation.org

Lehigh Valley Community Foundation

840 W. Hamilton Street, Suite 310, Allentown PA 18101

610-351-5353 | info@lvcfoundation.org

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