The City of Dublin Hotel/Motel Tax Fund has established to improve the quality of life for Dublin’s residents, corporate citizens and visitors.
Donor Name: City of Dublin
State: Ohio
City: Dublin
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 09/26/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The purpose of the Hotel/Motel Tax is to provide revenue that enhances the City’s appeal to visitors and tourists. Home to nearly 20 hotels/motels, Dublin generates funds from a 6% tax on overnight stays. These funds are invested back into the community through designated projects and events that enhance visitor appeal and encourage overnight stays. City Council annually budgets the greater of $225,000 or 6.5% of the previous year’s actual hotel/motel tax revenue to provide funding to community organizations.
The primary goal of the Hotel/Motel Tax Grant is to support the community through events and programs that enhance the resident and visitor experience in Dublin.
Priority Considerations
The City is interested in funding organizations that demonstrate they have planned their projects to meet the community’s goals and values.
Priority is given to projects that:
- Generate overnight stays in Dublin hotels
- Encourage support of Dublin businesses, restaurants and attractions
- Attract positive coverage in local, regional and national media
- Reach a broad segment of the community
- Request seed money for inventive programs related to the aforementioned criteria
- Seek multiple sources of support rather than rely on the City as a single funding source
- Yield benefits to the community for the resources invested
- Promote cooperation among event organizers to reduce costs
- Enhance or improve the community.
Eligibility Criteria
The City welcomes grant requests from federally recognized, tax-exempt, not-for-profit organizations (i.e. 501(c)(3)). Grants are made in the areas of:
- Beautification of public property
- Improvement of Dublin’s historic district
- Projects/events that appeal to Dublin visitors/tourists
- Special events
- Other projects that will enhance Dublin
- Cultural arts
Limitations
Because the City cannot fund every worthwhile endeavor, resources are directed to those areas where public support will have the greatest impact. The following are not eligible for funding:
- Individuals or staffing
- Organizations that support political candidates or political philosophies
- Organizations whose primary purpose is to influence, promote or attempt to initiate legislation
- Organizations in need of funding for travel outside of Dublin
- For-profit ventures
- Budget deficits incurred prior to application
- Endowments
- Race events that require public road closures.
For more information, visit City of Dublin.
