The Tourism Cares Grant Program Director will send a letter of notification to organizations that are invited to submit a full proposal.  Please do not send any of the pieces of information listed below until our Grant Program Director notifies you that your organization has been invited to submit a full proposal.  The letter of notification will specify a deadline for submission of the following items that pertain to the non-profit, tax-exempt organization that is requesting the grant funding:

1. A letter (letters) of support from your local, regional, or national tourism authority (authorities).

2. A list of your Board of Directors, along with companies or organizations they represent and organizations of which they are a member (professional affiliations and community-related activities).

3. A copy of the project description from your Letter of Inquiry, including more details, such as timeline, scope of work, and budget, as you feel necessary.

4. A detailed description of how you would evaluate the success of your project, including anticipated short- and long-term outcomes (a more developed version of what you included in your letter of inquiry).

5. A general breakdown of philanthropic support (corporate and private donors) you have successfully solicited for the project or program with a special list of foundations that support your initiatives, including size of grants to date for each.

6. Operating budgets and audited financial statements for the two most recently completed fiscal years as well as IRS Form 990s.

7. Annual report, brochure, press clippings, promotional CD or DVD,or other pieces of printed material that might help us learn more about the organization and the specific project or program. (Please note: If you wish you to send photographs of the project, we ask you to send them in hard copy and not electronically.)

The organization seeking grant funding is asked to send one Full Proposal Packet containing only one hard copy each of the abovementioned items by mail to the address below. It must ARRIVE AT TOURISM CARES’ OFFICE NO LATER THAN 5 PM ON THE DEADLINE DATE SPECIFIED IN YOUR NOTIFICATION LETTER. Please do not staple items or put them in binders. We cannot accept items which arrive via e-mail or fax or under separate cover. Incomplete or late proposals will not be considered. Please do not send any of the above pieces of information until our Grant Program Director notifies you that your organization has been invited to submit a full proposal. We ask you please to not call us to check on the status of your proposal. You can expect to hear from us about the status of your full proposal within six months of the deadline for your Grant Letter of Inquiry Packet.

Carolyn Viles, CTC, Grant Program Director
Tourism Cares
275 Turnpike Street, Suite 307
Canton, MA 02021 USA
E-mail: carolynv@tourismcares.org