Direct Loan Program (KEDFA) — Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority (KEDFA) funding opportunity
Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority (KEDFA) · State agency

Direct Loan Program (KEDFA)

KEDFA encourages economic development business expansion and job creation by providing business loans to supplement other financing. The Direct Loan Program provides loans at below-market interest rates (subject to the a...

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Deadline Rolling Location Kentucky Type loan Level State Open
✦ AI Summary
  • Who can apply: State-level applicants (see eligibility for details).
  • Deadline: Rolling — applications accepted any time.
  • Issued by: Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority (KEDFA).
How was this generated?

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Who can apply — at a glance

  • Eligible applicants: see the Eligibility tab for the criteria from the official announcement.
  • Where: Kentucky.
  • Award: amount not specified by the source.
  • Matching funds: not required.
  • Deadline type: Rolling.

Compiled from the official listing's structured fields — always verify with the funder before applying.

About the funder

Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority (KEDFA) is a state-level funder.

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Deadline
Rolling

About this opportunity

KEDFA encourages economic development business expansion and job creation by providing business loans to supplement other financing. The Direct Loan Program provides loans at below-market interest rates (subject to the availability of state revolving loan funds) for fixed asset financing for ventures, or the service industry. Retail projects are not eligible.

Funding agency

Tags

Finance & Capital Access kentucky ky-state-incentive new-and-expanding-industry
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Who can apply

New and Expanding Industry: KEDFA encourages economic development business expansion and job creation by providing business loans to supplement other financing. The Direct Loan Program provides loans at below-market interest rates (subject to the availability of state revolving loan funds) for fixed asset financing for ventures, or the service industry. Retail projects are not eligible.

Geographic eligibility

  • Kentucky

How to apply

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Source documents

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Citation details

Source systemky-ced-incentives
Source IDdirect-loan-program-kedfa

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