Tourism Marketing Grants

About

The Tourism Marketing Grant Program was developed as an ongoing grant program designed to assist organizations in new innovative, dedicated tourism advertising and marketing. 

Awardees

Applicant County  Awarded $
Lindsborg Convention and Visitors Bureau  McPherson 4,000.00
Meet KS State wide 10,000
Ness County Bank Building Foundation Ness 7,200
City of Great Bend Convention & Visitors Bureau Barton 3,468
Gun Smoke Trail Collaboration Dickinson, Ellis, Ford, Sedgwick 9,800
Ellis Alliance Association Ellis 1,908.78
Historic Elgin Hotel Marion 10,000
Rice County Economic Development/Tourism Rice 4,600
Baldwin City Chamber of Commerce Douglas 10,000
Scott County Historical Society Scott 1,400
Cherokee County Economic Development Cherokee 10000
Lawrence Restaurant Association Douglas 9,520
Boot Hill Museum, Inc  Ford 10,000
Olathe Convention and Visitors Bureau Johnson 1,800
NORTH TOPEKA ARTS DISTRICT INC Shawnee 7,270
Northeast Kansas Tourism 14 NE Counties 1,600

Application

Applications for the next round of Marketing Grants will open on June 1st, 2025.

Questions

To learn more about the Marketing Grant, please contact Kody Hardman.

Guidelines & Reporting Forms

The Tourism Marketing Grant has been developed to support Kansas Tourism's mission by assisting Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs), tourism communities, and travel industry businesses with first-time marketing and promotion activities. This grant is not intended to…

Contact Info

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Kody Hardman Fiscal and Grants Manager