The Harford County Government is seeking applications for its Partnership Fund 2024 to encourage multiple non-profit tourism groups to work together to plan large-scale joint or extended events that will draw visitors overnight, or even longer, and not just for the day.
Donor Name: Harford County Government
State: Maryland
County: Harford County (MD)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/12/2023
Size of the Grant: $550,000
Details:
Harford County Government is reorganizing how it distributes its tourism dollars – generated through the county’s hotel lodging fee – in an overall effort to increase the number of overnight stays in local hotels by creating more extended or weekend-long events. Harford County will begin offering funds to entities that promote visits lasting longer than a day, rather than providing tourism grant money to individual tourism-related organizations, as it has in the past, without regard for the impact those grants have on hotel stays.
Funding Information
The total amount available through this program is $550,000, to be distributed among eligible applicants.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible Applicants: Non-Profits
- Must be a Harford County 501(c)3 or 501(c)6 in good standing with Maryland’s State Department of Assessment and Taxation AND a registered organization as a Maryland charitable organization
- Must convey a concise plan for an easily identifiable tourism-related, collaborative program or event that draws its audience from OUTSIDE the borders of Harford County and encourages overnight hotel stays
- Must clearly articulate the intent of the applicant’s program or event is to drive overnight hotel stays in Harford County
- Must clearly demonstrate the ability to pursue additional funding sources, other than Harford County Government, that support the program or event through sponsorship, another grant donor, fundraising efforts, etc
- Must demonstrate involvement and consent of partnerships for program or event and provides letters of commitment and support that reflect such
- Must demonstrate a niche role in offering tourism-related program or event.
For more information, visit Harford County.
