Yellowhammer Times

In 2022, the Economic Development Administration (EDA) issued 15 grants totaling $33,450,820 to fund economic development projects in Alabama.

This represents a 4.9% increase over 2021, when the state received $31,892,513 in funding.

Alabama ranked 41st across the U.S. in total EDA grant funding for 2022. California topped the list with $238,656,132 in funding across 57 grants.

City of Birmingham received the largest EDA grant for funding an economic development project in the state, totalling $10,764,981.

Grantee Name	Total Funding
City of Birmingham	$10,764,981
Alabama Department Economic & Comm Affairs	$3,689,493
Opportunity Alabama, Inc.	$3,000,000
Stillman College	$2,723,867
City of Fairhope	$2,500,000
Colbert County Tourism and Convention Bureau	$1,716,000
City of Sheffield	$1,680,500
City of Florence	$1,672,895
City of Daphne	$1,650,000
City of Oxford	$1,524,284
Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs	$1,000,000
Water Works & Sewer Board of the City of Gadsden	$700,000
University Of Alabama	$500,000
University of Alabama at Birmingham	$219,182
Auburn University	$109,618