The Bend Cultural Tourism Fund (BCTF) is a grant program created to enhance Bend’s economy through cultural tourism.
Donor Name: Bend Cultural Tourism Fund
State: Oregon
City: Bend
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/07/2023
Size of the Grant: $9,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
Goals
Goals of the Bend Cultural Tourism Fund:
- Attract incremental tourists to Bend during the shoulder seasons and winter months Diversify Bend’s tourism offerings
- Enrich and cultivate Bend’s arts and cultural assets
- Establish Bend as a premier cultural tourism destination
- Enhance Bend’s quality of life
- Increase Bend’s appeal to attract new long-term investment into the community.
Types of Grants
- Catalyst Grant: Intended to support the bold ideas that aren’t yet fully developed, but can demonstrate extraordinary potential for increasing Bend’s off-season “cultural tourists.” The grant will provide successful applicants with funding to propel the development of an event or activity that will support the local economy and cultural organizations. Catalyst grants award amounts are typically smaller than the Marketing Grants.
- Marketing and Program Grant: Marketing/Program grants are intended to support high quality cultural tourism activities that demonstrate a clear and measurable economic benefit in Bend.
Grant Objectives
- Catalyst Grant: Cultural tourism grants are intended to attract tourists to Bend-based arts and culture based projects, activities or events with a measurable and positive economic and cultural impact on the community.
- Marketing and Program Grant: Cultural tourism grants are intended to attract tourists to regionally based arts and culture projects, activities or events with a measurable and positive economic and cultural impact on the community of Bend.
- Grants may support:
- Programs designed to generate incremental tourism activity in the city of Bend during the shoulder seasons and winter months
- Targeted marketing for arts and cultural activities designed to attract visitors from outside a 50-mile radius of the city of Bend
- The development of packages or special promotions for arts or cultural tourism activities
- Research projects related to existing or potential cultural tourism programs with the intent of increasing cultural tourism activity in the City of Bend
- Other forms of tourism promotion that adhere to ORS.320.350.
Funding Information
Historically, the average award is $9,000. No more than 25% of available grant funds will be allocated to this category in this grant period (approximately a total of $100,000).
Grant Period
July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024.
Eligibility Criteria
- For-profit businesses, not-for-profit organizations, government agencies, or individuals engaged in cultural tourism activities that physically occur in Bend may apply for BCTF funding. If the activity takes place outside of the city limits, applicant must demonstrate proof of visitors’ lodging in Bend over other locations.
- Completion of all required steps of the BCTF application process.
- Compliance with prior grant agreements with the BCTF Commission.
For more information, visit BCTF.
