Hotel Tax Grant Timeline

Timeline for FY 2024-25

Grants for July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025

December

December 13, 2023

Roundtable approves new guidelines – email vote for board to approve, ratify at December meeting

December 18, 2023

Grant application OPEN

FEBRUARY

February 14, 2024

Grants Review Panelists Finalized by Roundtable

February 16, 2024:

GRANT APPLICATION DEADLINE

February 29, 2024

5:30 to 6:30 p.m. – Grants Panelist Orientation

  1. Signing of confidentiality and conflict of interest form

  2. Training for on-line review of proposals and demo of using ranking forms

  3. Grants assigned to Panelists

6:30 to 7:30 p.m. - Applicant/Panelist Meet and Greet Happy Hour

March 2023

Grant Panel Reviews Grants on their own time

April 2024

April 1, 2024

Panel Deadline to submit ranking forms

April 6, 2024

Allocations Day

April 12, 2024

Staff emails application comments to the Grants Panel members for review and final revisions.

Week of April 8, 2024

Grants Committee Meeting to Approve

April or May 2024 Board meeting

Chair of the Grants Panel and NAC Chair of the Grants Committee present the recommendations to the NAC Board for approval.

May 2024

Initial Award letters sent out to Arts Organizations

NAC full hotel tax budget submitted to City

June 2024

NAC Hotel Tax Budget approved by City Council as part of City’s full FY25 Budget

Grant Contracts Sent out

July 1, 2024 – Start of Grant Year

For questions, please contact Cher Duncan, Programs and Development Manager, at cher@normanarts.org