Tourism Grant Program 2025
The Iowa Tourism Grant Program, funded by the Iowa Economic Development Authority, offers grants ranging from $2,500 to $10,000 to Iowa-based tourism-related entities for marketing initiatives, meetings, and events that align with IEDA's marketing plan, with a total of $300,000 available for projects to be implemented in the 2025 fiscal year.
Description
The Iowa Tourism Grant (ITG) Program promotes tourism in Iowa by funding tourism-related marketing initiatives, meetings and events that benefit both local economies and the state’s economy.
Donor Name: Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA)
State: Iowa
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 09/30/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Applications are available annually, and preference will be given to projects that support the overall marketing plan of the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) in terms of its target audiences and messaging.
Funding Information
$300,000 is available.
Awards may not be less than $2,500 or more than $10,000.
Awards will be made in increments of $100 (i.e. $2,500, $2,600, $2,700).
Project Period
The Iowa Tourism Office has $300,000 available to award to partners to implement projects during the FY25 grant cycle between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must be a tourism-related entity based in Iowa. This includes nonprofits, for-profits, cities, counties, and regional government and planning entities.
Applicants may submit one application per funding cycle. The same project cannot receive funding from the ITG program two years in a row.
For more information, visit IEDA.