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This represents a 334.1% increase over 2021, when the state received $24,780,509 in funding.
Illinois ranked eighth across the U.S. in total EDA grant funding for 2022. California topped the list with $238,656,132 in funding across 57 grants.
Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership received the largest EDA grant for funding an economic development project in the state, totalling $18,548,724.
EDA Grant Recipients in Illinois in 2022
| Grantee Name | Total Funding |
|---|---|
| Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership | $18,548,724 |
| Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity | $18,432,627 |
| Illinois Central College | $14,641,135 |
| New Growth Innovative Network | $5,464,454 |
| Lincoln Land Community College | $4,995,796 |
| Rend Lake College | $4,934,400 |
| City of Chicago | $4,750,000 |
| John A. Logan College | $4,162,645 |
| Illinois Valley Community College | $3,500,000 |
| Watermark Auto Group Foundation | $3,101,216 |
| Southwestern Illinois College | $2,503,200 |
| City of Ottawa | $2,489,571 |
| City of Rochelle | $2,478,291 |
| UChicago Argonne, LLC | $2,417,521 |
| Peoria Innovation HUB, NFP (dba Distillery Labs) | $2,000,000 |
| Galena-Jo Daviess County Historical Society | $1,800,000 |
| Rockford Local Development Corporation | $1,600,000 |
| The Historic Dixon Theatre Group | $1,200,000 |
| Applied Strategies International Ltd. | $1,072,139 |
| Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity | $1,000,000 |
| City of Carbondale | $993,265 |
| City of Streator | $948,000 |
| Illinois Central College | $911,900 |
| Strategy for Access Foundation NFP | $716,004 |
| Current Innovation NFP | $516,639 |
| mHUB | $500,000 |
| Grundy Economic Development Council | $480,000 |
| Rockford Area Convention and Visitors Bureau | $277,500 |
| EDC, Inc. The Economic Development Council for the Peoria Area | $210,000 |
| North Central Illinois Council of Governments | $210,000 |
| Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission | $210,000 |
| Historic Pullman Foundation, Inc. | $130,000 |
| University of Illinois | $106,000 |
| University of Illinois | $106,000 |
| Western Illinois Regional Council | $65,000 |
| Region 1 Joint Planning Commission | $55,000 |
| P33 | $35,500 |