Fast Facts

• The South Carolina Centers of Economic Excellence (CoEE) Program was established by the South Carolina legislature in 2002.

• 41 Centers have been approved to date.

• 20 CoEE endowed chairs have been appointed to date.

• Each approved Center is awarded between $2 million and $5 million in state funds.

• $190 million in state funds have been appropriated through 2009.
  
  
• State funds must be matched dollar-for-dollar with private, municipal, or federal funds.

• $119,693,989 in matching funds have been pledged to the program since its inception.

• $72,711,461 in matching funds have been received since the program's inception.

• $66,449,632 in state funds have been drawn down since the program's inception.