The City of New Braunfels is accepting applications from tax-exempt, non-profit arts and heritage organizations for funds collected through the local Hotel Occupancy Tax.
Donor Name: City of New Braunfels
State: Texas
City: New Braunfels
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/31/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The City of New Braunfels utilization of Hotel Occupancy Tax proceeds are governed by city ordinance and the Texas local government code. The proceeds are to be used by the City Council for the purpose of advertising and encouraging the growth of tourist and convention activity in the city with fifteen percent of the total hotel occupancy tax revenue for the enhancement of the arts and cultural organizations and programs.
Funds are available for arts and heritage projects in the City of New Braunfels. Available funding is calculated on 15% of the previous fiscal year’s Hotel Occupancy Tax collections and is split 50/50 between the Arts Grants and Heritage Grants.
- Arts Grants
- Grants to support art-related programs that also promote tourism, encouragement, promotion, improvement, and application of the arts including instrumental and vocal music, dance, drama, folk art, creative writing, architecture, design and allied fields, painting, sculpture, photography, graphic and crafts arts, motion pictures, radio television, tape and sound recording, and other arts related to the presentation, performance, execution, and exhibition of these major art forms.
- Heritage Grants
- Grants to support the enhancement of historical restoration and preservation projects or activities, or advertising and conducting solicitations and promotional programs to encourage tourists and convention delegates to visit preserved historic sites or museums.
Eligibility Requirements
- Applicant Eligibility
- The applicant must be a non-profit, tax-exempt organization registered with the Internal Revenue Service. Applicant’s name must appear on the letter of determination.
- Applicants must be in good standing.
- Project Eligibility
- For a project to be eligible to receive grant awards funded through Hotel Occupancy Tax, the applicant organization must demonstrate that grant awards are expended in a manner that promotes tourism as defined in the Texas Tax Code.
- The project must promote local tourism and the city’s convention and hotel industry.
- The project must promote the arts and heritage. This may include art-related programs that also promote tourism, encouragement, promotion, improvement, and application of the arts including instrumental and vocal music, dance, drama, folk art, creative writing, architecture, design and allied fields, painting, sculpture, photography, graphic and crafts arts, motion pictures, radio television, tape and sound recording, and other arts related to the presentation, performance, execution, and exhibition of these major art forms. It also includes the enhancement of historical restoration and preservation projects or activities, or advertising and conducting solicitations and promotional programs to encourage tourists and convention delegates to visit preserved historic sites or museums.
For more information, visit City of New Braunfels.
