GroWest Coalition - KY Innovation Funding
Funding Amount
$322,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
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Other requirements
- Anyone with an innovative startup idea
- Existing businesses with potential to scale
- Regional Director: Monica Bilak (effective July 1st)
Overview
- Murray State University Center for Computer and Information Technology
- The Technology Council of West Kentucky
- Murray State University Center for Economic and Entrepreneurial Development
- Kentucky Innovation Station (Madisonville Hopkins County Economic Development Corporation)
Award Amount: $322,000 (regional portion of larger $2.6 million statewide grant supporting six hubs)
Geographic Scope: Western Kentucky region stretching from Carlisle to Muhlenberg Counties, including the entirety of the Purchase, Pennyrile, and portions of the Green River Development Districts
Focus Areas:
- Tech-based business development
- Entrepreneurial ecosystem development
- Client services
- Attraction of outside and developmental capital
- Pre-seed fundraising
- Early-stage education and mentorship
- Help navigating local and state regulations
- Connections to regional and statewide networks of other entrepreneurs
Eligibility:
- Anyone with an innovative startup idea
- Existing businesses with potential to scale
Regional Director: Monica Bilak (effective July 1st)
Services Provided:
- Early-stage education and mentorship
- Help navigating local and state regulations
- Connections to regional and statewide networks of entrepreneurs
Funding Source: Kentucky State Cabinet for Economic Development/Kentucky Innovation (announced by Governor Beshear)
Contact Information:
- Organization: Sprocket, Inc.
- Address: 3121 Broadway, Suite 106, Paducah, KY 42001
- Phone: 270.479.6552
- Email: info@sprocketpaducah.com
- Website: sprocketpaducah.com
Background: The regional effort was formerly known as "RISE West Kentucky" and is now rebranded as "GroWest." Sprocket is a 501(c)(3) digital economic development organization growing tech-enabled businesses in West Kentucky, located in midtown Paducah in the Coke Plant.
How to Apply
How to Apply
Detailed application procedures not provided in available content. Contact the hub closest to your location or Sprocket directly for application information and services.
Contact for Application Details:
- Email: info@sprocketpaducah.com
- Phone: 270.479.6552
- Visit: sprocketpaducah.com
What Sprocket Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024 — the most recent filing with itemized grants
Sprocket Inc reported $67K in grants for 2025 as a total without an itemized list; the grant details below are from 2024, its most recent itemized filing.
- Grants in 2024
- 1
- Total given
- $100K
- Median grant
- $100K
- By dollars: Kentucky 100%. Top recipient cities: Madisonville, KY.
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Madison - Hopkinsville Economic Development Corp · Madisonville, KY
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Fields of Work
- Startups
- Workforce development
- Community development
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