Quasi-public clean-tech-boosting nonprofit Oregon BEST was the recipient of a half-million dollar grant that will pay for another round of green-minded entrepreneurs.

The $499,972 award from the U.S. Economic Development Administration is intended to “strengthen and broaden” a joint startup accelerator between Oregon BEST and the CleanTech Alliance, a Washington state-based organization.

The grant will allow the so-called Cascadia CleanTech Accelerator to boost emerging business in Washington, as well as strengthen programs such as its “funding boot camp,” according to a news release.

Oregon BEST was one of 42 organizations in 28 states that received a total of $17 million in this round of EDA funding. More than 200 entities applied.

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