Local
City of Columbia
06/24/21
07/02/21 12:00 PM Receipt
Grants to South Carolina nonprofit organizations to promote tourism in eligible areas. Grant funds may be used for programs, events, attractions, and organizations that attract visitors and encourage local dining. Funded programs, events, and organizations must be in the City of Columbia limits.
South Carolina State Hospitality Tax Eligible Uses
Expenses must be directly in support of one of the 6 purposes of hospitality tax funding:
In a county where at least nine hundred thousand dollars in accommodations taxes is collected annually, revenues of the hospitality tax authorized in this article may be used for the operation and maintenance of those items provided in (1) through (6), including: police, fire, emergency medical services, and emergency-preparedness operations directly attendant to those facilities.
Eligible Expenses
City of Columbia H-Tax grant funds must be used for tourism related expenses in the following categories only:
Examples of generally eligible expenses are:
Examples of possibly eligible expenses (determined on a case-by-case evaluation) are:
GrantWatch ID#: 168937
All projects/events must be completed during the fiscal year in which they are funded. Fiscal year begins July 1, and ends on June 30.
All requests for funding and/or requests to carry forward funding must be received by May 30th of the funding year. If May 30th falls on Saturday or Sunday, the deadline will be the following Monday.
Before starting your grant application, please review the funding source's website listed below for updates/changes/addendums/conferences/LOIs.
Application: https://www.zoomgrants.com/zgf/City_of_Columbia,_SC/Hospitality_Tax_Program_FY_2022
If you have any questions or concerns about the Hospitality Tax Grant funding, please contact the Budget and Program Management Department ‐ Columbia Grants Office (803) 545‐3048 / columbiacitygrants@columbiasc.gov.
Leisure Fun: editor@leisurefun.net
City Information Viewer (shows whether a project/event address is located within the city limits): https://gis.columbiasc.gov/cocinfo/
USA: South Carolina: City of Columbia
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