The Harford County Government is requesting applications for its Strides Fund Grants to increase the number of overnight stays in local hotels by creating more extended or weekend-long events.
Donor Name: Harford County Government
State: Maryland
County: Harford County (MD)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline:05/12/2023
Size of the Grant: $220,000
Details:
Harford County Government is reorganizing how it distributes its tourism dollars – generated through the county’s hotel lodging fee – in an overall effort to increase the number of overnight stays in local hotels by creating more extended or weekend-long events. Harford County will begin offering funds to entities that promote visits lasting longer than a day, rather than providing tourism grant money to individual tourism-related organizations, as it has in the past, without regard for the impact those grants have on hotel stays.
Funding Information
The total amount available through this program is $220,000, to be distributed among eligible applicants.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Applicants: Non-Profits
- Must be a Harford County 501(c)3 or 501(c)6 in good standing with Maryland’s State Department of Assessment and Taxation AND a registered organization as a Maryland charitable organization
- Must articulate successes, lessons learned, and other best practices in its business model, demonstrating how the organization is building toward a model for long-term sustainability as an easily identifiable tourism-related, collaborative program or operation that draws its audience from OUTSIDE the borders of Harford County and encourages overnight hotel stays
- Must clearly articulate the intent of the applicant’s program or operations is to drive overnight hotel stays in Harford County
- Must clearly document hardship that puts program or operations in jeopardy “but for County funding” and demonstrates that “but for this County contribution,” the organization would be unable to execute the program or operations as described for this year
- Must clearly demonstrate the ability to pursue additional funding sources, other than Harford County Government, that support the program or event through sponsorship, another grant donor, fundraising efforts, etc
- Must demonstrate a niche role in offering tourism-related program or operation
- Must not have submitted an application for the Partnership Fund.
For more information, visit Harford County Government.