Treasurer Goldberg and M&T Bank Announce Small Business Empowerment Series Series will provide valuable insights and resources to empower small businesses BOSTON – In collaboration with M&T Bank, State Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg’s Small Business Initiative (SBI) opened online registration for i ts Fall 2025 Small Business Empowerment Series. The series includes two free virtual workshops that will help Massachusetts entrepreneurs becoming business owners and protect the

Massachusetts high schools can apply to receive a grant to host a financial education fair for their students BOSTON - The State Treasurer’s Office of Economic Empowerment (OEE), in partnership with the Massachusetts Division of Banks (DOB) and the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation (OCABR), announced funding for the 2025 Financial Education Innovation Fund Grant. Created in 2015, the Financial Education Innovation Fund provides students with the opportunity t

BOSTON – The Massachusetts Clean Water Trust’s (the Trust) Board of Trustees approved $215,032,883 in new low-interest loans and grants at its meeting on October 1, 2025. Below is information on the grants and loans approved at the meeting. The Trust, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection ( MassDEP ), helps communities build or replace water infrastructure that enhances ground and surface water resources, ensures the safety of drinkin