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Grants

Job Development Investment Grant (JDIG)

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
Not published

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.

Funder

North Carolina Department of Commerce / Economic Investment Committee

public · regional

Deadline: Open all year

Your odds
Not published

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.

Effort
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

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

  1. Engage the NC Department of Commerce before a site decision is made
  2. Demonstrate active competition from an out-of-state site
  3. Negotiate job, wage and investment commitments
  4. Economic Investment Committee approval
  5. Annual reporting to claim each year's payment

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · UEI and SAM.gov registration, explained

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.commerce.nc.gov/grants-incentives/job-development-investment-grant · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.commerce.nc.gov

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