Fast Facts

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

• 46 Centers have been approved to date.

• 29 CoEE endowed chairs have been appointed to date.

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

• The program has made $186.6 million in total awards as of September 2009.
  
  
• State funds must be matched dollar-for-dollar with private, municipal, or federal funds.

• $153,145,323 in matching funds have been pledged to the program since its inception.

• $120,025,891 in matching funds have been received since the program's inception.

• $108,959,553 in state funds have been drawn down since the program's inception.

• For a summary of funded Centers of Economic Excellence (by funding year), click here.

• For a detailed financial summary of all funded Centers of Economic Excellence, click here.