The City of Vancouver offers lodging tax grants for projects or events that increase overnight and day-visit tourism within the city.
Donor Name: City of Vancouver
State: Washington
City: Vancouver
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 07/27/2022
Grant Size: $5,000
Details:
The grants are available to non-profit organizations or government agencies with projects, events or activities that increase visits to the city or help increase tourism-related revenues.
Authorized uses for lodging taxes are:
- Tourism marketing including operation of a destination marketing organization (DMO);
- Marketing and operation of special events and festivals designed to attract tourists;
- Operations and capital expenditures of tourism-related facilities owned or operated by a municipality or by a public facilities district;
- Operations of tourism-related facilities owned or operated by non-profit organizations.
Program requirements include:
- Organizations eligible to receive the funds are municipalities, DMO’s or non-profit organizations (which includes main street organizations, lodging associations and chambers of commerce).
- All applicants, including municipalities, must follow the same application process.
Funding Information
Grants must be for a minimum of $5,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations may submit more than one application each year but there must be a separate application form and budget for each project/activity.
- Matching funds are not required but are encouraged as a sign of community support and organizational commitment.
- Special events/festivals, capital projects or facilities requesting operating funds must be located inside the City limits.
- Special events/festivals:
- Must be sponsored by a non-profit or the City;
- Grants funds can be used for operational expenses, including marketing and promotion, with the exception of salaries and/or benefits for event organizers or other key staff, insurance and travel. Funds may be used for security staff, traffic control, etc.;
- Funds are available beginning in December 2022 and must be spent by December 2023.
- For existing special events – in operation for more than three years- proposals must be for expansion or enhancements for the event and those expansions and/or enhancements must be clearly defined and measurable.
For more information, visit City of Vancouver.
