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EDA awards over $11 million in grants for economic development projects in Missouri in 2023

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Cristina Killingsworth, Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development at EDA | https://www.eda.gov/about/leadership

Cristina Killingsworth, Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development at EDA | https://www.eda.gov/about/leadership

In 2023, the Economic Development Administration (EDA) issued 21 grants totaling $11,433,177 to fund economic development projects in Missouri.

This represents an 83.2% decrease from 2022, when the state received $67,973,569 in funding.

Missouri ranked 12th across the U.S. in total EDA grant funding for 2023. South Carolina topped the list with $30,038,466 in funding across 14 grants.

The Curators of the University of Missouri on behalf received the largest EDA grant for funding an economic development project in the state, totalling $1,999,706.

EDA Grant Recipients in Missouri in 2023
Grantee NameTotal Funding
The Curators of the University of Missouri on behalf$1,999,706
Ozarks Technical Community College$1,712,580
City of Moberly$1,500,000
City of Washington$1,301,265
University Of Missouri System$1,189,816
Entrepreneur Startup Business Development Corporation dba Arch Grants$750,000
Goodwill of Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas$499,196
Codefi Foundation on Rural Innovation$321,000
Pike County$296,714
Kaysinger Basin Regional Planning Commission$210,000
Mark Twain Regional Council of Governments$210,000
Ozark Foothills Regional Planning Commission$210,000
Green Hills Regional Planning Commission$210,000
Northwest Missouri Regional Council of Governments$210,000
Harry S. Truman Coordinating Council$210,000
The Curators of the University of Missouri on behalf$200,000
Missouri State University$150,000
Meramec Regional Planning Commission$80,000
Southeast Missouri Regional Planning Commission$63,000
Mississippi County$63,000
Missouri Association of Councils of Government (MACOG)$46,900

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