Marketing Grant

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The Tourism Marketing Grant provides tourism organizations the opportunity to expand the impact of their marketing message, increase visitation to their community and increase travel-generated revenue, while leveraging TDTD’s brand and marketing efforts/initiatives. Contracts awarded are limited to available funds, as well as the number of requests.

Tourism Marketing Grant FY 2026-27 Snapshot

  • $1,500,000 TDTD Budget
  • Eligible projects must be completed between July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027.
  • Reimbursement requests must be submitted at least quarterly, but no more than monthly.
  • Organizations within counties that are designated as at-risk per the current or previous two FYs Appalachian Regional Commission guidelines are eligible for a 70/30 reimbursable grant. Organizations within counties that are designated as distressed per the current or previous two FYs Appalachian Regional Commission guidelines are eligible for an 80/20 reimbursable grant. All other qualified organizations will be eligible for the regular 50/50 reimbursable grant as offered in years past.
  • For tourism marketing only
  • Contracts will be issued
  • All State logo usage must be approved. See FAQ and Brand Guidelines. Department logo is not required on advertising.
  • Projects included in approved scope of work for this grant will not be eligible for other grant programs. No overlap between programs is allowed.
  • Partners will be required to use the state’s new grants management system for all requests, updates, reports, etc. once it is available.

Timeline:

Aug 5, 2026                      Applications open

Aug 21, 2026                    Applications due via Formstack form link

Aug 24 - 28, 2026             Application review and scoring period

Sep 4, 2026                      Award notifications and contracts sent to partners

Sep 30, 2026                    Q1 reimbursement requests due in Salesforce

Oct 30, 2026                     Signed contracts due

Dec 31, 2026                    Q2 reimbursement requests due in Salesforce

Feb 5, 2027                      Progress reports due in Salesforce

Mar 31, 2027                    Q3 reimbursement requests due in Salesforce

Jun 30, 2027                    Q4 reimbursement requests due in Salesforce. All projects must be complete by this  date. The reimbursement request should include every expense incurred in Q4 unless the payment has not yet cleared.

Aug 30, 2027                    Final reimbursement requests due with any items that could not be included on the Q4 report.

Sep 29, 2027                   Final reports due in Salesforce

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