Richmond Region Tourism is pleased to launch the inaugural Special Event Incubation Grant funded by the Tourism Improvement District.
Donor Name: Richmond Region Tourism
State: Virginia
County: Chesterfield County (VA), Dinwiddie County (VA), Goochland County (VA), Hanover County (VA), Henrico County (VA), New Kent County (VA), Powhatan County (VA), Prince George County (VA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: All Time
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This grant is a unique funding opportunity open to any entity/organization planning a new special event in the Richmond Region. The goal is to increase potential visitors from outside the Richmond Region with this grant. This Grant Program has a finite amount of dollars that can be awarded to deserving organizations
Funding Information
Applicants can request up to $5,000, which will be reimbursed post-event for expenses directly related to the event.
Eligible Expenses
This list represents the most common types of expenses, but the below is not an exhaustive, all-inclusive list. Even if an item may be found below, it does not guarantee reimbursement.
- Facility meeting room rental fees
- Rental of furniture, fixtures or equipment (i.e. stage, chairs, tables, easels, lectern, risers etc.)
- Contracted security or traffic services
- Event-specific signage, marketing materials, advertising, and media to promote event
- Event production and technical expense
- Local Permit fees
- Event insurance
- Transportation/Shuttling/Parking costs between venue and hotels
- Assistance with technology provider costs to host hybrid meetings
- Discount on F&B, excluding alcohol
- Charges for room set-up changes
- Box storage and shipping.
Qualifications
- Must be a new event, an event within its first three years of existence, a newly created ancillary event that is designed to enhance an existing event, or an event that has not been held within the destination for at least the past three years.
- Must attract at least 10% of its attendees from outside a 50-mile radius of the Richmond Region, with the attendees staying for at least one night.
- Organizations that are already receiving grant or incentive funding from Richmond Region Tourism and Richmond Region Tourism Foundation are also eligible for this grant, provided they are not seeking funding for the same event already being supported.
- This Grant Program has a finite amount of dollars that can be awarded to deserving organizations. It will be a competitive process and your descriptive answers will be vitally important to the committee during the review and scoring process.
For more information, visit Richmond Region Tourism.
