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Sales Tax Exclusion (STE) Program
CAEATFA supports California's mission to provide financial incentives to cutting-edge companies by offering a sales and use tax exclusion to manufacturers purchasing equipment to promote alternative energy, advanced transportation and recycling, as well as advanced manufacturing.
Grant (non-repayable) Open year-round / rolling
- Funder
- State Treasurer's Office (listed as State Treasurer's Office (State of California))
Funder profile and all of its programs - Amount
- $100,000,000.00 total available (published on the California Grants Portal).
- Where
- California
- Eligibility
- Open to businesses, self-employed people, nonprofits, individuals and state, provincial, local or tribal governments. Matching funds: not required.
- Sectors
- Community development, Disaster and emergency, Energy and clean tech, Environment and conservation, Housing, Indigenous and tribal, Manufacturing, Nonprofits and charities, Research and science, Technology, software and R&D, Transportation and infrastructure, Employment and workforce
- Deadline
- Rolling: no fixed deadline
- Source
- California Grants Portal (data.ca.gov) (1971)
- Last checked
- 2 November 2026
- Funder contacts
- Public organizational contacts on file Unlock full profile / Sign up
From official open data: official site did not answer an automated check on 2026-11-02 (403); listed in California Grants Portal (data.ca.gov). The summary is from the official listing; the eligibility line is our plain-language reading of its eligibility codes. Confirm details on the official page.
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