Partner Collaborations

Working Together

Our Partner Programs

Main Street America partners with a range of nationally recognized corporations, foundations, government entities, and organizations to deliver grants and technical services to support thriving local economies and inviting public spaces, including American Express, T‑Mobile, Grow with Google, GM, The Hartford, the Truist Foundation, U.S. Department of Transportation, and many more. Check out our current partnerships below.

American Express® Backing Small Businesses

The Backing Small Businesses grant program, presented by American Express, offers funding to small business owners.

Elisa Lyew, owner of Elisa's Love Bites in New York, NY, smiles and holds a tray of cookies in her bakery. — New York, New York © Elisa’s Love Bites

American Express® Neighborhood Champions

With American Express, we invite organizations to bring small businesses and shoppers together on Small Business Saturday® and all year long.

A woman with blonde hair and a white sweater smiles while purchasing an item at a small business. A small business owner in a black baseball cap rings her up. — Oceanside, California © Road West Photography

GM on Main Street Grant Program

The GM On Main Street Grant Program awards grants for implementing innovative placemaking initiatives in local commercial districts.

A street view of downtown Flint, Michigan, cars driving down the street, a sign reading, "Flint Vehicle City" is over the road. — Flint, Michigan © Communities First, Inc.

The Hartford Small Business Accelerator Grant Program

The Hartford Small Business Accelerator Grant Program helps Main Street districts accelerate economic development in their local community.

A photo of a downtown with brick buildings, four lane street, a hilly landscape, and a blue sky with clouds. — Middlesboro, Kentucky © Danny Vaughn

Kauffman’s Equitable Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

This grant program offers state-wide professional development training in equitable entrepreneurial ecosystem building.

Photo of a downtown scene showing historic storefronts and a line of parked cars. — Woodbine, Iowa © Main Street Woodbine

National Park Service Disaster Preparedness Program

Providing resources and education to communities to help them prepare for disaster and build resilience.

A woman volunteer with a red headband and face mask holds a cardboard box labeled "food" in front of a white van labeled "food supplies." — © RDNE Stock Project/Pexels

The Simons Foundation In the Path of Totality Initiative

This program awarded grants to Main Streets located within the path of totality for the 2024 total solar eclipse.

Photo of a crowd of people wearing eclipse protective eyeglasses look up at the sky in a downtown scene. — Sweetwater, Tennessee © Main Street Sweetwater

The Simons Foundation Science Discovery on Main Street

This initiative aims to help Main Street communities uncover and leverage their unique science assets, history, and features.

During a parade at dusk, a woman wearing a light-up dress and wings walks down a city street. — Little Rock, Arkansas © SoMA Little Rock

T‑Mobile Hometown Grant Program

T‑Mobile Hometown Grants offers $50,000 placemaking grants to small towns with 50,000 people or less.

A group of people wearing T-Mobile branded hard hats and holding shovels gather on a baseball field. — Woodstock, Illinois © T‑Mobile

The Truist Foundation’s Where It Starts: Breaking Barriers to Business Initiative

Supporting cross-sector leaders in accelerating wealth-building pathways for business owners of color.

A mural in Little Santo Domingo in Miami, Florida, mural shows hands playing the drums. — Little Santo Domingo, Florida © National Trust for Historic Preservation

USDOT Thriving Communities Program

As part of the U.S. Department of Transportation Thriving Communities Program, we’re helping communities access funding opportunities.

Photo showing a group of volunteers hanging planters in a downtown scene. — Milford, Delaware © Main Street Milford

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