FESTIVAL, EVENT, AND MARKETING GRANT APPLICATION

FESTIVAL, EVENT, AND MARKETING GRANT APPLICATION
Organization Information
Name of Organization *
Name of Event, Festival, or Attraction *
Name check should be written to *
Address check should be mailed to *
City, State, Zip *
Phone *
E-mail *
example@example.com
Main Contact *
Address *
City, State, Zip *
E-mail *
example@example.com
Attach a list of the current Board of Directors. *

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Start Date of Event or Festival

Month Day Year
Date
End Date of Event or Festival

Month Day Year
Date
Start Date of Marketing *

Month Day Year
Date
End Date of Marketing *

Month Day Year
Date
Total amount of funding requested from Discover Monroe-West Monroe: *
Use of Funds (choose at least one) *

Bidding, including promotion, to bring a convention or tourism business to the area. Advertising and promotion to expand the attendance at a new or existing event. Co-operative advertising directed to out-of-state visitors. Special project deemed to be of a community wide tourism interest. Brochure and/or website development assistance to a festival, attraction, or other
Please upload your Marketing or Event Budget. *

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Current Attendance/Participant Numbers for the last 3 years:

	Year	Attendance
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3

*For sporting events, list the number of participants. For attractions, list attendance during the event.
If this is a first time event, list the expected number of attendance or participants.
How will you collect participant/attendance numbers? *
Number of hotel rooms to be utilized for the event *
Names of hotels to be used *
Please upload your Statement of Funding Purposes. *

Describe the purpose, scope and significance of proposal with particular emphasis on thetourism impact (Up to 3 pages typed and double spaced)
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Please upload your Matching Fund Information. *

Summary of how the funds will be matched and expanded ( 1 page typed and double spacedformat)
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Please upload your Marketing Plan. *

How will the event/project be marketed to generate additional visitors to Ouachita Parish (Upto 2 pages typed and double spaced).
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Please upload your Marketing Expense Plan including placements, target audiences, dates, cost, etc . *

This is a breakdown of the advertisement plan.
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Please upload proof or certification of your organization's tax exempt status. *

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Please upload your organization's current Financial Statement. *

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Please upload a copy of your organization's tax return from the previous year. *

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Please upload an operating budget from your organization for the current fiscal year. *

This should detail all revenues, including revenues from sponsorships and other funding sources, as well as all ofthe organization’s expenditures.
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You may be required to submit the results of an independent audit. This woudl be at the expense of the applicant, if requested.
Signature of person filling out application *

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Printed Name & Title *
Contact Phone:
Contact Email *
example@example.com
Contact Email *
example@example.com
Date *

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FESTIVAL, EVENT, AND MARKETING GRANT APPLICATION

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