The Tourist Development Cultural/Arts (TDC/A) program offers competitive funding to arts and cultural organizations for the production and marketing of performances, exhibitions and events that attract tourists to Sarasota County.
Donor Name: Arts And Cultural Alliance Of Sarasota County
State: Florida
County: Sarasota County (FL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Funding for the TDC/A program comes from the Tourist Development Tax (TDT) collected on room rentals for a term of six months or less in Sarasota County.
Each year the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County sponsors a grant-making cycle to recommend contract awards to qualifying arts and cultural organizations of Sarasota County. The ACA issues a request for proposals, assembles a panel to review applications, and then makes recommendations to the Tourist Development Council (TDC) which in turn sends its recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) for final approval.
Funding Information
Certainly! Here’s the proper formatting for the funding cap based on the organization’s operating expenses:
- Under $100,000
- The lowest of:
- $8,250
- 10% of the organization’s operating expenses
- The grant request
- The lowest of:
- $100,000 to $349,999
- The lowest of:
- $27,500
- 10% of the organization’s operating expenses
- The grant request
- The lowest of:
- $350,000 to $1,999,999
- The lowest of:
- $55,000
- 10% of the organization’s operating expenses
- The grant request
- The lowest of:
- $2,000,000 & over
- The lowest of:
- $96,250
- 10% of the organization’s operating expenses
- The grant request.
- The lowest of:
Grant Period
Projects must take place within the County’s fiscal year, 10/1/2024 through 9/30/2025.
Eligibility Criteria
Grants are available to organizations with recognized ability to produce, present and promote cultural and arts activities that appeal to tourists.
Organization Eligibility
- Applicant must be exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Support groups and guilds may not apply on their own behalf.
- The applicant organization must have been registered as a Florida non-profit for at least one full year of operation prior to application deadline.
- The applicant organization must have shown at least one year of stable arts/cultural programming prior to application deadline.
- Applicant’s activities must be Sarasota County-based.
For more information, visit ACASC.
