EDA awards over $72 million in grants for economic development projects in Oregon in 2022

EDA awards over $72 million in grants for economic development projects in Oregon in 2022

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

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In 2022, the Economic Development Administration (EDA) issued 30 grants totaling $72,746,060 to fund economic development projects in Oregon.

This represents a 565.4% increase over 2021, when the state received $10,933,427 in funding.

Oregon ranked 17th across the U.S. in total EDA grant funding for 2022. California topped the list with $238,656,132 in funding across 57 grants.

University of Oregon received the largest EDA grant for funding an economic development project in the state, totalling $14,596,800.

EDA Grant Recipients in Oregon in 2022
Grantee NameTotal Funding
University of Oregon$14,596,800
Port of Portland$10,000,000
Oregon Tourism Commission$9,151,632
City of Cottage Grove$5,000,000
Oregon State University$4,400,000
Southwestern Oregon Workforce Investment Board$3,439,407
Oregon Department Of Forestry$3,240,378
Port of Portland$3,050,000
Oregon State University$2,480,000
University of Oregon$2,000,000
City of John Day$1,804,475
CCD Business Development Corporation$1,600,000
City of Umatilla$1,441,004
City of Eugene$1,214,479
City of Portland$1,209,600
Columbia Gorge Community College$1,200,000
Oregon State University$1,120,000
Bohemia Foundation$1,097,807
Oregon Business Development Department$1,000,000
Liberty Theatre Foundation, Inc.$585,534
Tillamook Bay Community College$559,944
Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development$500,000
Port of Portland$500,000
Mid-Columbia Economic Development District$240,000
Greater Portland Economic Development District, Inc.$225,000
CCD Business Development Corporation$225,000
Northeast Oregon Economic Development District$225,000
Columbia-Pacific Economic Development District of Oregon$225,000
Southern Oregon Regional Economic Development, Inc.$225,000
University of Oregon$190,000

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