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.