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EDA awards over $10 million in grants for economic development projects in Indiana in 2023

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Ben Page, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Development and Chief Operating Officer at EDA | https://www.eda.gov/about/leadership

Ben Page, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Development and Chief Operating Officer at EDA | https://www.eda.gov/about/leadership

In 2023, the Economic Development Administration (EDA) issued 17 grants totaling $10,593,709 to fund economic development projects in Indiana.

This represents a 73.4% decrease from 2022, when the state received $39,845,800 in funding.

Indiana ranked 15th 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.

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Inc. received the largest EDA grant for funding an economic development project in the state, totalling $2,203,650.

EDA Grant Recipients in Indiana in 2023
Grantee NameTotal Funding
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Inc.$2,203,650
County of Cass$1,751,658
Town of Oxford$1,700,425
City of Jasper$1,186,000
Northwest Central Indiana Community Partnerships, Inc.$1,047,866
Purdue University$525,902
Ivy Tech Community College$500,000
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership$400,000
Michiana Area Council of Governments$227,500
Southern Indiana Development Commission$210,000
Kankakee-Iroquois Regional Planning Commission$210,000
Region III-A Development and Regional Planning Commission$210,000
Purdue University$134,708
Trustees of Indiana University$96,000
Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission$70,000
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution$60,000
East Central Indiana (ECI) Regional Planning District, Inc.$60,000

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