Sales Tax Exclusion (STE) Program
- Award ceiling
- Not stated
- Closes
- Rolling — no fixed deadline
- Last verified
- 2026-09-07
Per-recipient award not stated for business, individual, nonprofit, public agency, tribal government, accepting applications on a rolling basis.
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In one sentence
Sales Tax Exclusion (STE) Program does not state a per-recipient award amount, open to business, individual, nonprofit, public agency, tribal government in CA, accepting applications on a rolling basis.
Record fields
- Program pool (total)
- $100,000,000Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
- Award ceiling (per project)
- Not confirmedApplicants do not receive direct funding. Instead, approved applicants receive a tax exclusion on qualifying property purchases or may seek reimbursement for sales and use tax paid on Qualified Property.
- Award floor
- Not confirmed
- Typical award
- Not confirmed
- Deadline
- Rolling — no fixed deadline
- Deadline type
- Rolling
- Opens
- Not stated
- Status
- Open
- Eligible entities
- Business · Individual · Nonprofit · Public Agency · Tribal Government
- Geography
- CA
- Matching funds
- No
- Disbursement
- Reimbursement
- Application effort
- Not confirmed
- Use of funds
- Manufacturing equipment purchases
- Currency
- USD
How much money is available?
Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.
Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle
$100,000,000Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
Not statedSource wording: “Applicants do not receive direct funding. Instead, approved applicants receive a tax exclusion on qualifying property purchases or may seek reimbursement for sales and use tax paid on Qualified Property.”
Who can apply?
level
Derived from the source that published this record
entity
Business, Individual, Nonprofit, Public Agency, Tribal Government
Source field: entity typesstate
Source field: states
industry
use
Manufacturing equipment purchases
Source field: use of fundssize limit
Not stated
Source field: applicant size limitclause text
Not stated
We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.When does it close?
No fixed deadlineRollingDeadline type Rolling
What can the money be used for?
1 categoryThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
Manufacturing equipment purchases
These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.
How hard is the application?
2 fieldsEffort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.
- Application effort
- Not confirmed
- Disbursement
- ReimbursementRecipients spend first and are reimbursed. Plan cash flow accordingly.
- Matching funds
- No
Who has received this funding?
100 awardsAwards on file for this programme, counted rather than modelled.
100 prior awards on file for this programme, largest first. Every row comes from the funder's own award listing; nothing here is estimated.
| Recipient | State | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| BHE Renewables, LLC | Not stated | $239,233,728 | 2023-2024 |
| BHE Renewables, LLC | Not stated | $236,966,824 | 2024-2025 |
| Robert Bosch Semiconductor LLC | Not stated | $235,000,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Hell's Kitchen LithiumCo 1 LLC | Not stated | $179,425,837 | 2023-2024 |
| Sparkz Inc. | Not stated | $177,725,118 | 2024-2025 |
| Applied Materials, Inc. | Not stated | $156,000,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Lam Research Corp | Not stated | $137,000,000 | 2024-2025 |
| HC (Contra Costa), LLC | Not stated | $119,617,224 | 2023-2024 |
| Element Lancaster 1 LLC | Not stated | $118,483,412 | 2024-2025 |
| PSGM3, LLC (Pacific Steel Group) | Not stated | $118,483,412 | 2024-2025 |
| Figure AI Inc. | Not stated | $117,771,409 | 2024-2025 |
| Archer Aviation, Inc. | Not stated | $117,250,000 | 2024-2025 |
| East County Advanced Water Purification Joint Powers Authority | Not stated | $105,101,474 | 2023-2024 |
| Joby Aero, Inc. | Not stated | $100,623,218 | 2024-2025 |
| Applied Materials, Inc. | Not stated | $86,000,000 | 2023-2024 |
| Aptera Motors Corp. | Not stated | $81,180,644 | 2023-2024 |
| Harbinger Motors Inc. | Not stated | $64,153,481 | 2024-2025 |
| Archer Aviation, Inc. | Not stated | $60,000,000 | 2024-2025 |
| WM Renewable Energy, LLC | Not stated | $53,807,523 | 2023-2024 |
| Toro Energy of California AA, LLC | Not stated | $48,500,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | Not stated | $47,184,041 | 2023-2024 |
| Infinera Corporation | Not stated | $46,000,000 | 2024-2025 |
| CalBioGas Gustine LLC | Not stated | $44,990,798 | 2023-2024 |
| rPlanet Earth Los Angeles, LLC | Not stated | $42,550,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Pratt & Whitney, a division of RTX Corporation | Not stated | $40,462,000 | 2023-2024 |
| CalBioGas South Tulare III LLC | Not stated | $31,115,681 | 2023-2024 |
| Biofuels San Bernadino Biogas, LLC | Not stated | $30,783,686 | 2023-2024 |
| Enovix Corporation | Not stated | $30,382,973 | 2023-2024 |
| Raven SR S1 LLC | Not stated | $29,824,330 | 2023-2024 |
| AggrePlex of Modesto LLC | Not stated | $26,522,315 | 2024-2025 |
| CalBioGas Hilmar LLC | Not stated | $26,373,228 | 2023-2024 |
| City of Sunnyvale | Not stated | $25,136,330 | 2025-2026 |
| Touchstone Pistachio Company, LLC | Not stated | $23,850,000 | 2023-2024 |
| Applied Materials, Inc. | Not stated | $23,750,000 | 2023-2024 |
| Bakersfield Renewable Fuels, LLC | Not stated | $23,696,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Infinera Corporation | Not stated | $23,600,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Lam Research Corporation | Not stated | $23,600,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Applied Materials, Inc. | Not stated | $23,535,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | Not stated | $23,500,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | Not stated | $23,400,000 | 2023-2024 |
| H2B2 USA, LLC | Not stated | $23,300,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Mango Materials, Inc. | Not stated | $23,065,760 | 2024-2025 |
| Kirby Canyon RNG LLC | Not stated | $23,050,000 | 2025-2026 |
| Joby Aero, Inc | Not stated | $22,704,008 | 2024-2025 |
| Biofuels Coyote Canyon BioGas, LLC | Not stated | $22,649,688 | 2024-2025 |
| CalBioGas Fresno, LLC | Not stated | $21,358,784 | 2024-2025 |
| Mariposa Bioenergy LLC | Not stated | $18,970,000 | 2023-2024 |
| Newlight Technologies, Inc. | Not stated | $17,949,389 | 2023-2024 |
| Tandem PV, Inc. | Not stated | $17,500,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Aemetis Biogas, LLC | Not stated | $17,366,750 | 2023-2024 |
| Trojan Battery Company, LLC | Not stated | $16,500,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Biggs Bioenergy LLC | Not stated | $16,490,000 | 2023-2024 |
| CalBioGas PB LLC | Not stated | $16,189,464 | 2023-2024 |
| Vernon Green Hydrogen | Not stated | $15,827,466 | 2023-2024 |
| EnergySource Minerals LLC and its subsidiary, ESM ATLiS LLC | Not stated | $15,000,000 | 2022-2023 |
| All Weather Architectural Aluminum Inc. | Not stated | $14,700,000 | 2024-2025 |
| SANCO Services, L.P. | Not stated | $13,613,115 | 2024-2025 |
| HieFo Corporation | Not stated | $13,500,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Rincell Corporation | Not stated | $13,209,100 | 2024-2025 |
| Noon Energy Inc. | Not stated | $11,518,447 | 2025-2026 |
| 5E Boron Americas LLC | Not stated | $11,473,423 | 2024-2025 |
| Sierra Institute for Community and Environment | Not stated | $11,004,234 | 2025-2026 |
| Force Energy Corporation | Not stated | $10,510,900 | 2024-2025 |
| CalBioGas Kern III LLC | Not stated | $10,399,748 | 2024-2025 |
| Heirloom Carbon Technologies, Inc. | Not stated | $9,827,600 | 2024-2025 |
| CalBioGas Buttonwillow III LLC | Not stated | $9,796,303 | 2024-2025 |
| CalBioGas West Visalia III LLC | Not stated | $9,734,028 | 2024-2025 |
| EUV Tech, Inc. | Not stated | $9,632,985 | 2023-2024 |
| Prose Beauty Inc. | Not stated | $8,900,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Nitricity, Inc. | Not stated | $8,700,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Best Express Foods, Inc. | Not stated | $8,631,614 | 2024-2025 |
| Vast Space, LLC | Not stated | $8,200,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Universal Waste Systems, Inc. | Not stated | $7,881,900 | 2023-2024 |
| Dairy Ave and Circle H Biogas LLC | Not stated | $7,556,035 | 2024-2025 |
| Southpoint Biogas LLC | Not stated | $7,395,283 | 2023-2024 |
| Antora Energy Inc. | Not stated | $6,533,799 | 2024-2025 |
| 6-X Dairy Biogas LLC | Not stated | $6,402,766 | 2024-2025 |
| North Fork Community Power, LLC | Not stated | $6,277,500 | 2023-2024 |
| West Coast Waste Co., Inc. | Not stated | $6,167,183 | 2022-2023 |
| American Lithium Energy Corporation | Not stated | $5,750,934 | 2024-2025 |
| Oberon Fuels, Inc. | Not stated | $5,728,000 | 2024-2025 |
| De Groot South Biogas LLC | Not stated | $5,364,667 | 2023-2024 |
| Nanoshift LLC | Not stated | $5,300,000 | 2023-2024 |
| Heirloom Carbon Technologies, Inc. | Not stated | $5,232,013 | 2023-2024 |
| Anaergia Technologies, LLC | Not stated | $5,212,500 | 2023-2024 |
| HD Ranch Biogas LLC | Not stated | $5,135,087 | 2024-2025 |
| Fiscalini Alpha, LLC | Not stated | $5,004,900 | 2025-2026 |
| American Fruits and Flavors, LLC | Not stated | $4,931,400 | 2025-2026 |
| Rivian LLC | Not stated | $4,872,625 | 2024-2025 |
| CalBioGas North Visalia III LLC | Not stated | $4,785,508 | 2024-2025 |
| AEM Americas Inc. | Not stated | $4,498,100 | 2024-2025 |
| DeJager North Biogas LLC | Not stated | $4,100,494 | 2024-2025 |
| CalBioGas Hanford LLC | Not stated | $4,025,000 | 2023-2024 |
| Southpoint Biogas III LLC | Not stated | $3,875,000 | 2024-2025 |
| ZO Motors North America LLC | Not stated | $3,395,000 | 2024-2025 |
| Black Diamond Dairy Biogas LLC. | Not stated | $3,238,839 | 2024-2025 |
| Antora Energy, Inc. | Not stated | $2,721,775 | 2024-2025 |
| Antonio Brasil Dairy Biogas LLC | Not stated | $2,595,033 | 2024-2025 |
| Sierra View Dairy Biogas LLC | Not stated | $2,131,486 | 2024-2025 |
| Fuse Energy Technologies Corp | Not stated | $1,040,162 | 2024-2025 |
Recipient names as published by the California Grants Portal.
What comparable notices state
22 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.
Among open records stored under Disadvantaged Communities, 22 of 50 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:
- 25th percentile$750,000
- Median$2,000,000
- 75th percentile$4,875,000
A statistical estimate, not a prediction. It describes what a set of notices has published in this catalogue on the day you read it, and says nothing about what this programme will award. Records stating no ceiling are excluded rather than counted as zero, and the programme pool — what a funder has across every applicant — is a different column and is never mixed in.
Common questions
8 questionsEvery answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.
- How much funding is available in total?
- $100,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
- When is the application deadline?
- This programme accepts applications on a rolling basis and states no fixed closing date.
- Who is eligible to apply?
- Business, Individual, Nonprofit, Public Agency, Tribal Government.
- Which locations are eligible?
- CA.
- What can the funding be used for?
- Manufacturing equipment purchases, as classified by the source.
- Is matching funding required?
- No. The source states that no matching funds are required.
- Is the money paid up front or reimbursed?
- Reimbursement. Recipients spend first and claim the cost back, so the money has to be found before it is repaid.
- Has this programme funded anyone before?
- 100 prior awards are on file for this programme, made by State Treasurer's Office. Recipients, amounts and fiscal years are listed on this page.
AI summary of the source text
Optional. Every core field on this record is already above, free and complete.
AI summary of the source text
Studio reads this record’s stored eligibility and materials text and breaks it into separate points, each quoting the exact words it came from. It never writes application prose, never guesses at a field the source did not state, and never estimates anyone’s chances.
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The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.