The Bend Cultural Tourism Fund (BCTF) is a grant program created to enhance Bend’s economy through cultural tourism. From musical productions to art exhibits to film festivals and more, the BCTF supports cultural opportunities that draw visitors to Bend.
Donor Name: Visit Bend
State: Oregon
City: Bend
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/31/2022
Size of the Grant: $9,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
The Bend Cultural Tourism Fund (BCTF) grant will enhance the local economy through the promotion and cultivation of Bend’s cultural tourism programs. Grants allocated through the BCTF support art and culture-based activities, projects, and programs that attract tourists to the City of Bend, especially during the off-season.
Objectives
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. 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.
The Oregon Arts Commission uses these categories:
- Visual Arts (crafts, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, mixed media, new media)
- Literature (creative non-fiction, fiction, playwriting, poetry)
- Dance (including choreography)
- Music (composition, performance)
- Theatre and Performance Art
- Design Arts
- Media Arts
- Folk and Traditional Arts
Grants
- The Catalyst Grant is intended to support the development of new events or products that further cultural tourism in Bend.
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Marketing/Program grants are intended to support high-quality cultural tourism activities that demonstrate a clear and measurable economic benefit in Bend.
Funding Information
Catalyst grants award amounts are typically smaller than the Marketing Grants. 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, 2022 – June 30, 2023.
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, the 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 Cultural Tourism.
