Job Development Investment Grant (JDIG)
Open continuously
No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.
A performance-based cash grant paid annually for up to 12 years, calculated as a percentage (typically 10-80%) of the personal income tax withholdings from net new jobs created. Transformative projects can run up to 25 years.
North Carolina Department of Commerce / Economic Investment Committee
public · regional
Deadline: rolling
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Moderate — a form and supporting documents.
Who can apply
- Sectors: manufacturing, any
- Stage: growth
- Locally registered entity required
Requires net new job creation with wages meeting county averages, evidence of out-of-state competition, and a positive net state revenue impact. Not aimed at seed-stage start-ups.
How to apply
- Engage the NC Department of Commerce before a site decision is made
- Demonstrate active competition from an out-of-state site
- Negotiate job, wage and investment commitments
- Economic Investment Committee approval
- Annual reporting to claim each year's payment
Source. https://www.commerce.nc.gov/grants-incentives/job-development-investment-grant — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked