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Wednesday, September 10, 2025

EDA awards over $44 million in grants for economic development projects in South Dakota in 2022

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Jen Werner, Chief Financial Officer/Chief Administrative Officer at EDA | https://www.eda.gov/about/leadership/jen-werner

Jen Werner, Chief Financial Officer/Chief Administrative Officer at EDA | https://www.eda.gov/about/leadership/jen-werner

In 2022, the Economic Development Administration (EDA) issued 18 grants totaling $44,232,783 to fund economic development projects in South Dakota.

This represents a 1,110.5% increase over 2021, when the state received $3,654,000 in funding.

South Dakota ranked 26th across the U.S. in total EDA grant funding for 2022. California topped the list with $238,656,132 in funding across 57 grants.

Four Bands Community Fund, Inc. received the largest EDA grant for funding an economic development project in the state, totalling $22,172,999.

EDA Grant Recipients in South Dakota in 2022
Grantee NameTotal Funding
Four Bands Community Fund, Inc.$22,172,999
Lakota Funds$5,000,000
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe$3,676,335
State of South Dakota$2,783,533
South Dakota State University$1,900,000
City of Fort Pierre$1,860,263
City of Watertown$1,077,350
City of Mitchell$1,000,000
Rosebud Economic Development Corporation$1,000,000
Governor's Office Of Economic Development$1,000,000
Northern State University$748,036
Four Bands Community Fund Inc$496,860
Augustana University Association$438,355
Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation$321,052
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe$250,000
South Eastern Council of Governments$210,000
Oglala Sioux Tribe of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation$153,000
South Dakota State University$145,000

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