South Dakota Jobs Grant (SD)

The South Dakota Jobs Grant program provides financial assistance to companies for the upfront costs of relocating, expanding operations, or upgrading equipment within the state. Eligible applicants include businesses with project costs under $20 million for new facilities and $2 million for equipment upgrades. The program aims to support projects that demonstrate a clear necessity for the grant, ensuring economic growth and development in South Dakota.

NOTE: The project owner must apply to the Board of Economic Development for the consideration for a reinvestment payment no later than 90 days after starting construction.  If the board approves the application, the project owner must comply with the conditions of the approval, to include the payment of all taxes it owes on the project before it receives the payment.  At the conclusion of the project the project owner must file an Affidavit for Reinvestment Payment with GOED, and if all of the conditions of the reinvestment payment have been met, GOED issues the reinvestment payment to the project owner.
Purpose
The Board of Economic Development may provide grants to assist companies in offsetting the upfront costs associated with relocating or expanding operations and/or upgrading equipment in South Dakota.  The program allows for project owners to receive a South Dakota Jobs Grant for new or expanded facilities with project costs less than $20,000,000 or for equipment upgrades with project costs less than $2,000,000.

Eligibility

Who Is Eligible?Companies pursuing new or expanded facilities with a total project cost of less than $20,000,000 or equipment upgrades with a total project cost of less than $2,000,000 are eligible to apply to the Board of Economic Development for a South Dakota Jobs Grant under this program.  One of the key criteria considered by the board when approving or denying an application is the likelihood the project would have occurred without the South Dakota Jobs Grant.  South Dakota Jobs Grants are intended for projects that would not have occurred without the grant.

Ineligibility

The following projects are not eligible for a South Dakota Jobs Grant:Buildings or structures used predominantly for the sale of products at retail, other than the sale of electricity at retail, to individual consumers;Buildings or structures used predominantly for residential housing or transient lodging;Buildings or structures used predominantly to provide health care services;Buildings or structures used predominantly for the transportation or transmission of natural gas, oil, or crude oil by means of a pipeline; orBuildings or structures that are not subject ad valorem real property taxation or equivalent taxes measured by gross receipts.