Show-Me State Times

In 2022, the Economic Development Administration (EDA) issued 31 grants totaling $67,973,569 to fund economic development projects in Missouri.

This represents a 94.2% increase over 2021, when the state received $35,002,157 in funding.

Missouri ranked 19th across the U.S. in total EDA grant funding for 2022. California topped the list with $238,656,132 in funding across 57 grants.

City of Springfield received the largest EDA grant for funding an economic development project in the state, totalling $17,500,000.

Grantee Name	Total Funding
City of Springfield	$17,500,000
BioSTL	$7,482,464
Ranken Technical College	$7,000,000
Missouri Department of Economic Development	$5,715,416
Greater St. Louis, Inc.	$3,005,000
St. Louis Community College	$3,000,000
Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, Inc.	$2,700,461
Marquette Tech District Foundation, Inc.	$1,997,157
Westminster College	$1,875,856
City of Clarksville	$1,686,722
Saline County, Missouri	$1,608,087
City of Springfield	$1,500,000
Cole County	$1,500,000
City of Monroe	$1,449,896
City of Columbia	$1,280,272
City of Mountain Grove	$1,189,350
University of Missouri System	$1,103,939
Rung Foundation, Inc.	$1,000,001
Missouri Department of Economic Development	$1,000,000
Cortex	$997,961
City of Springfield	$800,000
Greater St. Louis, Inc.	$500,000
Missouri Department of Natural Resources	$483,487
Rung Foundation, Inc.	$250,000
Southeast Missouri Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission	$227,500
Meramec Regional Planning Commission	$227,500
South Central Ozark Council of Governments	$227,500
Lake of the Ozarks Council of Local Governments	$210,000
Mo-Kan Development, Inc.	$210,000
University of Missouri System	$162,500
Perry County Economic Development Authority	$82,500