Grant Awards

Fiscal Year 2024

Tourist Information Center: July Awards

Ashland, Friends of the Center: $3,765
Beloit, Visit Beloit: $7,500
Boulder Junction, Boulder Junction Chamber of Commerce: $1,500
Hayward, Hayward Lakes VCB: $3,000
Kenosha, Visit Kenosha: $7,500
La Crosse, Explore La Crosse: $7,000
Madeline Island, Madeline Island Chamber of Commerce: $2,913
Marinette, City of Marinette: $5,500
Minocqua, Let’s Minocqua: $6,000
Mount Horeb, Mount Horeb Chamber of Commerce: $2,913
Platteville, Platteville Chamber of Commerce: $5,000
Prairie du Chien, Prairie du Chien Chamber of Commerce: $7,500
Racine, Real Racine: $2,913
St Croix Falls, Polk County Tourism: $5,000
Stevens Point, Stevens Point Area Convention & Visitors Bureau: $3,000
Superior, Richard I Bong Veterans Historical Center: $1,995
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin Dells Visitor and Convention Bureau: $7,000

Joint Effort Marketing Awards - August Awards

Between the Bluffs Frothbite Fest, Explore La Crosse, Existing Event. Awarded: $33,000
Bockfest, City of West Bend, New Event. Awarded: $15,000
The Book Smugglers: Partisans, Poets and the Race to Save Jewish Treasures from the Nazis, Jewish Museum Milwaukee, OTOK. Awarded: $15,000
Christkindlmarket – YR2, On Boradway, Inc., New Event. Awarded: $20,000
Christkindlmarket Door County - YR2, Sister Bay Historical Society, New Event. Awarded: $17,025
Cultures and Communities Festival, Milwaukee Film, Existing Event. Awarded: $39,550
First Tracks Friday, Skiing Wisconsin Inc, Sales Promotion. Awarded: $39,500
Haunted Happenings, The Grand Oshkosh, Existing Event. Awarded: $24,356.25
Jack-O-Lantern Nights at Racine Zoo – YR2, Racine Zoological Society, New Event. Awarded: $29,550
Murals In Motion, Lake Geneva Business Improvement District, New Event. Awarded: $10,000
Snowy Traditions Start in Bayfield, Bayfield Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Bureau, Sales Promotion. Awarded: $15,000
25 Million Stitches Exhibition, Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts, OTOK. Awarded: $15,000
Waupun Ice Fest, Destination Lake Winnebago, New Event. Awarded: $16,095
World's Tallest Glass Tree, Mack Glass Community, Existing Event. Awarded: $38,839.50
September round - TBD
November round - TBD
February round - TBD
April round - TBD

Meetings Mean Business and Ready, Set, Go! Awards

September round - TBD
January round - TBD
April round - TBD

Annual Grant Reports

Over the years, we have helped many destinations make their ideas a reality through our grant programs. Click on the reports below for a full listing of grant recipients for the fiscal year.

2020 TRAVEL Stimulus Grant

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Tourism Relief to Accelerate Vitality and Economic Lift (TRAVEL) Stimulus Grants have been awarded to 158 organizations totaling $11,894,966.26. The full list of recipients of is available here.