The Williams County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) is pleased to make a total of $85,000 available from the Williams County Visitor Promotion Fund for the purpose of tourism grants in 2024.
Donor Name: Williams County
State: North Dakota
County: Williams County (ND)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/25/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Tourism Grant Program aims to promote, encourage, and attract visitors to come to Williams County and use the travel and tourism facilities within Williams County.
Funding Information
Requirements for Capital Grant
- Funds can be used for the purchase, installation, and/or improvement of equipment, infrastructure, or a facility that relates to tourism, including drawing visitors to, or serving visitors in, Williams County
- All expenses must be related to tourism
- The applicant can request up to $20,000 in which the grant can cover no more than 80% of the total project cost
Requirements for an Events & Advertising Grant
- Funds can be used to offset costs related to advertising (e.g., for an event or a facility), attracting or hosting an event located outside the city limits of the City of Williston, but within Williams County, marketing strategies and technologies including websites, signage, or other means of advertising tourism-related events or facilities in Williams County
- All expenses must be related to tourism
- The applicant can request up to $5,000 in which the grant can cover no more than 80% of the total project cost.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any grant of money must be for supporting, increasing, or enhancing tourism in Williams County. Applicants that have been previously awarded a Williams County Tourism Grant are eligible to re-apply in 2024, provided that the Applicant’s previous or current award is in good standing and the application is not for an expense that has been previously awarded or that is or has been incurred prior to the date of the 2024 award.
- One Tourism Grant Program application, either a Capital Application or an Events & Advertising application, will be accepted per organization. The application may contain several types of expenses and the total amount requested in any application may not exceed $20,000 for a capital project application or $5,000 for an events and advertising application.
Grant funds may only cover up to 80% of the total cost of the proposed project.
- For example, if the total cost of a project is $10,000, then the applicant can request up to $8,000 and $2,000 must be able to be covered by other funding sources.
- If the application is awarded $8,000, but the recipient only spends $9,000, then 80%, or $7,200, will be reimbursed and the remaining funds will be retained by Williams County.
- Similarly, if the applicant ultimately spends $11,000 (more than the anticipated amount), then only the award amount of $8,000 will be applied.
Additionally, the Applicant must meet the following criteria:
- Must be a public, private for-profit, or private non-profit entity that, if required by law to have a business license, has a business licensed to conduct its operations in the State of North Dakota
- If a private for-profit or non-profit entity required by law to be registered with the North Dakota Secretary of State’s Office to transact business in the State of North Dakota, then the entity must be duly registered and be in good standing at the time an application is submitted and remain in good standing throughout the term of the grant award, if any, and any reporting period
- If a property owner in Williams County, must be current on real property taxes incurred in Williams County and must be in compliance with applicable Williams County or applicable city zoning ordinances and subdivision regulations, and amendments thereto
- Must be requesting grant funds for costs that have not yet been incurred as of the grant award date
- Must be requesting funds related to tourism in Williams County
- Must be located, or the event must be taking place, outside of the city limits of the City of Williston, but within Williams County
- Must be able to enter into written agreement with Williams County, subject to terms and conditions acceptable to Williams County, to receive and expend the funds
- Must complete application in its entirety to be eligible for consideration
For more information, visit Williams County.
