The Endless Mountains Visitors Bureau is accepting applications for its Room Tax Grant.
Donor Name: Endless Mountains Visitors Bureau
State: Pennsylvania
County: Sullivan County (PA), Wyoming County (PA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/25/2026
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
As the designated agency responsible for ensuring that Hotel Room Tax money collected in Sullivan and Wyoming counties is used for the purpose of tourism development, the Endless Mountains Visitors Bureau has developed the Room Tax Grant Program. Thirty percent of all Hotel Room Tax is set aside for distribution through the Grant Program in each county.
Categories
- Special Event or Exhibit – must :
- Be open to the public.
- Promote tourism in the county.
- Be advertised outside a fifty-mile radius
- Marketing and Promotional Projects – must :
- Demonstrate that the project directly correlates to increasing tourism within the region.
- Target promotion beyond a 50-mile radius.
- Historical Preservation Project – must:
- Be used to improve, restore or preserve existing historical sites/buildings that are considered to be of value to the area’s culture, history and sense of identity.
- Be an existing or potential tourist draw and will add to the existing tourism attractions within the area.
- Not be a capital improvement project – i.e., sidewalks, sewers, etc.
- Not be a private residence or business.
- Wayfinding Aides –
- Consideration will be given to groups proposing to develop maps, signage or other tools which would be of assistance to visitors to the area.
Eligibility Criteria
- An organization must:
- Be a bona fide, officially recognized not-for-profit organization (501C-3 or 501C-6) or a branch of local or county government.
- Have at least one year of audited financial reports.
- Have a proven positive record of advertising to bring patrons and audience members from beyond a 50-mile radius.
- All grants must have a 25% cash or in-kind match.
- Grant funds will not be provided for sectarian religious expenses.
- Grant funds will not be awarded for food or refreshments, travel, entertainment or operational expenses (payroll, insurance, travel and utilities).
- Grant funds may be used to match federal and state funds, but are not considered private donations.
- They can only be used to match grants that are being used for projects that will directly impact tourism within the region.
- All publicity and promotional campaigns undertaken with grant funds must include the following:
- Funded in part by the (county name) County Room Tax Fund and the Endless Mountains Visitors Bureau.
For more information, visit Endless Mountains.
