IEDA Programs
Supporting Businesses and Communities
The Iowa Economic Development Authority's (IEDA) mission is to strengthen economic and community vitality by building partnerships and leveraging resources to make Iowa the choice for people and business. Through two main divisions – business development and community development – IEDA administers several state and federal programs to meet its goals of assisting individuals, communities and businesses.
Expand Your Business
- Accelerated Career Education (260G)
- Angel Investor Tax Credit
- Business Expansion & Strategic Trends (BEST)
- Business License Information Center
- Butchery Innovation and Revitalization Program
- Community College Consortium
- Demonstration Fund
- Economic Development Set-Aside (EDSA)
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- Entrepreneurial Investment Awards (EIA) Program
- High Quality Jobs (HQJ)
- IASourceLink
- Industrial New Jobs Training (260E)
- Innovation Acceleration Fund
- Innovation Fund Tax Credit
- International Trade Office
- Iowa Apprenticeship Programs
- Iowa Jobs Training (260F)
- Iowa Student Internship Program
- New Jobs Tax Credit
- Proof of Commercial Relevance
- Renewable Chemical Production Tax Credit
- Research Activities Tax Credit
- SBIR & STTR Outreach Programs
- Stem Internship Program
- Targeted Jobs Withholding Tax Credit
- Targeted Small Business Program
- Wage Requirements
Grow Your Community
- Annexation, Discontinuance and Land Planning
- Clean Cities Program
- Community Catalyst Building Remediation
- Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Programs
- Community Facilities & Services
- Destination Iowa
- Disaster Recovery
- Disaster Workforce Housing Tax Credits
- Downtown Resource Center
- Downtown Revitalization Fund
- Employment Transportation
- Empower Rural Iowa
- Endow Iowa
- Energy Infrastructure Revolving Loan Program
- Enhance Iowa
- Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program
- Housing Rehabilitation
- Iowa Energy Center Grant Program
- Iowa Energy Office
- Iowa Green Streets
- Iowa Reinvestment Districts
- Main Street Iowa
- Nuisance Property and Abandoned Building Remediation
- Opportunities and Threats Fund
- Opportunity Zones
- Redevelopment Tax Credits
- Rural Housing Assessment Grant Program
- Rural Innovation Grant Program
- Shop Iowa
- Sustainable Land Use Planning
- Water & Sewer Fund
- Workforce Housing Tax Credit