The Bountiful City is seeking applications for its Recreation Arts & Parks Tax Program.
Donor Name: Bountiful City
State: Utah
City: Bountiful
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/25/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The goal of the City has been focused on analyzing options, and providing funds to develop this park along with funding for other parks, recreational facilities, and cultural projects and organizations of benefit to Bountiful citizens, such as:
- New Creekside Park on Mill Street
- New Bountiful Town Square on Main Street
- Other Park Play Structures and Improvements
- Sports and Field Facilities
- Pavilion and Stage Improvements
- Trails
- Grants to Arts and Cultural Groups and Programs
Funding Information
Total grant funding available in FY 2024-2025 is anticipated to be up to $81,255.
Eligible Activities
State law allows RAP Tax to be used for the following eligible types of activities specified in Utah Code Annotated 59-12-1402:
- fund cultural facilities, recreational facilities, and zoological facilities and botanical organizations, cultural organizations, and zoological organizations in that city or town; or
- provide funding for a botanical organization, cultural organization, or zoological organization to pay for use of a bus or facility rental if that use of the bus or facility rental is in furtherance of the botanical organization’s, cultural organization’s, or zoological organization’s primary purpose.
City Council Intents:
- Not-for-Profit Status
- To be eligible for funding, applicants must be registered not-for-profit organizations.
- Emphasis on Project Costs over Operating Cost
- Priority will be given for funding of project costs. This guideline is designed to help ensure that funding is available to improve programs or opportunities for residents of Bountiful and not to create a dependency for funding support by the City. Operating costs such as salaries, marketing, maintenance, software, utilities, etc. will generally not be eligible for funding. Building related fixtures and equipment are deemed eligible costs where upgrades or improvements to a building are not eligible.
- Emphasis on Bountiful Community
- Events Funding of events which are one-time in nature could arguably leave the city at a risk of investing RAP Tax monies for purposes with no lasting impactful community benefits. Ongoing successful Bountiful community events, on the other hand, can have a longlasting effect and become an integral part of the city’s fabric.
- Emphasis on Funding for new Equipment
- Funding of new equipment will only be recommended after the applicant has a demonstrated track record of success in Bountiful as determined by the recommending committee and the City Council.
- Competitive Process; Not an Entitlement Program
- The residents of Bountiful City have generously voted to allow their tax dollars to fund recreation, arts, parks, cultural organizations, events and facilities for the benefit of the community. This is a gift and a responsibility for each successful applicant. All funding received is subject to applicable laws, regulations and later audit by the City.
For more information, visit Bountiful City.
