The Town of Fort Mill, South Carolina is now accepting State Accommodations Tax funding applications for the 2023-2024 budget.
Donor Name: Town of Fort Mill
State: South Carolina
Town: Fort Mill
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/31/2023
Details:
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant organizations and/or projects must be located in the Town of Fort Mill, or, if located outside the Town, must sponsor programs that bring accommodations or visitors to the Town
- Applicants must submit a complete application within the time allocated
- Applicants must provide proof of their federal employer identification number as registered with the Internal Revenue Service
- Applicants must provide proof of nonprofit status
- Fort Mill will not award State Accommodations Tax funds to individuals or political advocacy campaigns.
Grant Guidelines
Per South Carolina Code Sections 6-4-10 and 6-1-730 the revenues from the state accommodations taxes may only be used for the following tourism-related expenditures including:
- Advertising and promotion of tourism so as to develop and increase tourist attendance through the generation of publicity
- Promotion of the arts and cultural events
- Construction, maintenance, and operation of facilities for civic and cultural activities including construction and maintenance of access and other nearby roads and utilities for the facilities;
- The criminal justice system, law enforcement, fire protection, solid waste collection, and health facilities when required to serve tourists and tourist facilities. This based on the estimated percentage of the costs directly attributed to tourists;
- Public facilities such as restrooms, dressing rooms, parks and parking lots
- Tourist-shuttle transportation;
- Control and repair of waterfront erosion, including beach re-nourishment
- Operating visitor information center.
For more information, visit Town of Fort Mill.
