Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development
state agency
Funding opportunities
Tourism Development Act
The Tourism Development Act provides developers of approved new or expanding tourism projects the ability to recover up to 25 percent of the project’s developme...
EB-5 Immigrant Investor
EB-5 is an opportunity for immigrants to invest in the United States in exchange for green card eligibility for themselves and qualifying family members.
Kentucky Selling Farmer Tax Credit (KSFTC)
The Kentucky Selling Farmer Tax Credit program encourages continued use of agricultural land for farming by granting tax credits to selling farmers who agree to...
Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation
The Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation provides capital access for agricultural diversification and infrastructure projects. Participating Loan Programs...
Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund
The Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund provides incentives for innovative proposals that increase net farm income, stimulates markets for Kentucky agricultu...
Tax Increment Financing (TIF)
Tax Increment Financing (TIF) is an economic development tool to use future gains in taxes to finance the current public infrastructure improvements for develop...
BSSC Fact Sheet
VenCap Kentucky
VenCap Kentucky is designed to increase business’ access to seed, early and expansion stage capital by providing venture capital funding to entrepreneurs who ha...
Angel Investment Tax Credit
The Kentucky Angel Investment Tax Credit offers a credit of up to 40 percent of an investment in Kentucky small businesses. Prior to investment, both the invest...
U.S. Small Business Administration
Federal agency that provides a number of guaranteed loan and other financial assistance programs to small businesses.
The Kentucky Small Business Tax Credit (KSBTC)
The KSBTC program is designed to encourage small business growth and job creation by providing a nonrefundable tax credit to eligible businesses hiring one or m...
Kentucky Small Business Credit Initiative (KSBCI)
Designed to generate jobs and increase the availability of credit by reducing the risks participating lenders assume when making loans to small businesses. Usin...
Incentives for Energy-related Business Act (IEBA)
Companies establishing a cryptocurrency facility in Kentucky may be eligible for incentives through the IEBA program if the facility incurs eligible investment...
Kentucky New Energy Ventures Fund
The Kentucky New Energy Ventures Fund provides seed stage capital to support the development and commercialization of alternative fuel and renewable energy serv...
SBIR-STTR Matching Funds Program
The Cabinet will match, on a competitive basis, Phase 1 and Phase 2 federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (ST...
Kentucky Entertainment Incentive (KEI) Program
Designed to encourage the development of the entertainment and production industry in Kentucky. The incentive provides qualifying applicants the ability to reco...
Kentucky Rural Hospital Loan Program
The Rural Hospital Loan Program offers low-interest loans to assist rural hospitals by providing funding for the purpose of maintaining or upgrading hospital fa...
Kentucky Reinvestment Act (KRA)
Provides tax credits to existing Kentucky companies engaged in service or technology activities, headquarters operations, hospital operations, coal severing and...
Cryptocurrency Projects
Resources and programs applicable to cryptocurrency mining and related projects.
Kentucky Qualified Data Center Project Incentive Program
Provides sales and use tax exemption incentives for an approved company with a qualified data center project.
Industrial Revenue Bonds - IRB
IRBs issued by state and local governments in Kentucky can be used to finance manufacturing projects and their warehousing areas, major transportation and commu...
Kentucky Enterprise Initiative Act (KEIA)
For new or expanded companies engaged in manufacturing, non-retail service or technology operations, coal severing and processing, hospital operations, alternat...
Kentucky Business Investment (KBI) Program
Provides income tax credits and wage assessments to new and existing agribusinesses, headquarters operations, manufacturing companies, coal severing and process...