Ever wonder where those tourist tax dollars go?
Some of the revenues directly fund Sarasota County arts and cultural organizations to offer high quality programming that continues to attract tourists to our area. The Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County (formerly Sarasota County Arts Council) administers a little more than one million dollars each year in Tourist Development Cultural/Arts (TDC/A) grants.
Grants are available to organizations with recognized ability to produce, present and promote cultural and arts activities that appeal to tourists.
Guidelines require that organizations:
* have a completed one full year of operation as a non-profit prior to application deadline,
* make the project accessible to the public and to disabled persons,
* demonstrate that the project has artistic/cultural purpose,
* be exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code,
* and match the dollar amount requested on a dollar-for-dollar basis, showing revenue specifically contributed for the program (25% of match may be in-kind for smaller organizations).
Click here to view the TDC/A Guidelines for FY13.
New applicants are encouraged to contact Fern Tavalin (ftavalin@sarasotaarts.org) with questions about the program qualifications and requirements.
Click here to apply for the Tourist Development Cultural/Arts grants. The grant application deadline is February 24, 2012 at 5:00 p.m.
