The City of Plano offers a heritage preservation grant to eligible local nonprofit organizations that support community-led, heritage-related events in the historic downtown.
Donor Name: City of Plano
State: Texas
City: Plano
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/04/2026
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Grant funds may be used for downtown events such as Plano International Festival, Plano AsiaFest or similar events. Funds to support this grant are generated from Plano’s hotel occupancy tax (HOT) revenue; therefore, the downtown events funded by the grant program must demonstrate how they will promote tourism in Plano and support Plano’s hospitality industry.
Priorities
- The Plano Heritage Commission’s Mission Statement
- To preserve and promote the City of Plano’s heritage, thereby supporting and stimulating local business and strengthening the culture, prosperity, and welfare of Plano’s citizens and visitors.
- Plano Heritage Commission Goals
- Recognize, protect, and utilize historic landmarks, icons, and cultures.
- Increase public awareness and civic pride about Plano’s historic past.
- Enhance commission members’ knowledge and understanding of heritage preservation.
- Collaborative Fundraising
- In recognition of the notable differences between available Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) funds and amounts of recent grant requests, the Heritage Commission respectfully requests that some or all of the prospective applicants work together to develop a joint grant writing and fundraising program. The commission recognizes that most preservation organizations do not have the resources to devote to an active ongoing fundraising effort.
Grant Period
October 1 and September 30
Eligibility Criteria
- Agency is a non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(13), in good and active standing with the State of Texas Comptroller’s Office.
- Agency’s proposed use of funds for projects/programs are located within City of Plano, as well as events in the historic downtown area, will generate tourism within Plano.
- Agency’s proposed projects/programs/downtown events will benefit the citizens of Plano as well as for those audiences and participants attracted through the agency’s broad marketing and promotion practices.
- Projects, programs, or events that receive funding from any other city-administered source are not eligible for Heritage Preservation Grant funding. An organization may apply to multiple city grant programs within the same year; however, the same project, program, or event may only receive funding from one city source.
- Agency’s proposed projects/programs consist of historical programming, historic preservation advocacy, or historic preservation/restoration projects, and demonstrate relationship to these areas to promote heritage tourism and education within Plano.
- Agency’s proposed downtown events supports and promotes heritage tourism and Plano’s hospitality industry.
- Agency has a history of continuous, stable programming for a minimum of twelve (12) months prior to the grant application due date.
- Agency has an active Board of Directors in compliance with IRS Section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(13), that meets at least once per quarter and sets the policy of the agency.
- Agency has programming, administrative practices and board membership which are compliant with the City of Plano’s Equal Rights Ordinance.
- If agency was previously funded, agency successfully fulfilled all prior funding agreement obligations.
- Agency has the ability to produce valid documentation of all required documents listed within the Required Documentation.
For more information, visit City of Plano.
