The Fernley Convention & Tourism Authority (FCTA) is now accepting grant applications for Round One of the Fiscal Year 2025/2026!
Donor Name: Fernley Convention & Tourism Authority (FCTA)
State: Nevada
City: Fernley
Type of Grant: Grant | Matching Grants | Reimbursement
Deadline: 05/30/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
A goal of the grant program is for the grant money awarded to serve as “seed” money, helping a project get started or grow, and for future grant awards for projects to decrease as each event or promotion becomes successful enough to be self-sustaining. This will allow funds to be used to assist new projects in getting started or to expand and to bring additional tourism to Fernley. The grant is a reimbursable grant.
Grant Period
July 1st, 2025, through December 31st, 2025.
Uses of funds
Grant funds are intended exclusively to develop, promote, and improve tourism to and within the City of Fernley. Funds may be used for no other purpose and must be obligated and/or expended in the same fiscal year as awarded.
Eligible Expenses
Grant funds may be awarded with stipulations or restrictions by the Board on how they may be expended. Generally, grant funds should be used for the following:
- Advertising. The purchase of advertising space or time, reasonable fees of an advertising agency, production, and fulfillment costs.
- Public Relations. The purchase of agency time and expertise in preparing and implementing a marketing, advertising, promotion, and publicity plan.
- Events. Start-up costs, up to the amount of grant awarded, for a special event or promotion that results in interim revenues equal to the amount of the grant which are then used for advertising, promotion, and publicity.
- Research. Costs associated with measuring project results such as surveys or research required to determine the viability of a project such as response cards or test advertising.
- Promotion. Costs associated with promoting the project outside the purview of advertising, and publicity that have a positive impact and can be verifiably measured (such as direct mail or bulk mail postage for a project promotional piece, travel associated with the project as it relates to additional media and visitor awareness).
Criteria
Grant funds will assist applicants:
- Advertising the resources of the City of Fernley.
- Advertising available accommodations (hotels, motels, restaurants, etc.) within the City of Fernley.
- Advertising available transportation (bus, air, etc.).
- Advertising special events.
- Advertising natural resources and climate.
- Reimbursements of budgeted expenses for special events, which have been approved by the Board.
For more information, visit FCTA.
