2023 Tourism Marketing Grant
The 2023 Tourism Marketing Grant Program is designed to assist individual, established nonprofit Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs) and/or primary tourism organizations by providing matching funds for the purpose of tourism marketing to stimulate travel for the economic benefit of their communities.
- Total funding for the 2023 Tourism Marketing Grant Program is $500,000.
- All current/outstanding grants with Explore Minnesota must be reconciled before an application can be made.
- Each grantee must be a registered vendor in the state of Minnesota accounting system (SWIFT) with direct deposit banking information updated.
- There is a 1:1 cash match requirement for this program.
- Grant applications will be accepted beginning at 9 a.m. Dec. 1, 2022.
- Grant program dates run Jan. 3, 2023 through June 30, 2023.
- Funds will be available through March 31, 2023 at 4 p.m. or until all funds are exhausted.
Watch the 2023 Grant Program webinar
2023 Reimbursement Request Form - generic w/ fillable fields
2023 Project Summary Evaluation Form
2023 Mid-Year Project Summary - due no later than March 31, 2023
2023 Tourism Marketing Grant Webinar Slide Deck
2023 Tourism Marketing Grant Guidelines
2023 Tourism Marketing Grant FAQs
You can also download these Accessibility Guidelines for InDesign and Acrobat PDF files.
2023 Tourism Marketing Grant Awards
2023 Tourism Marketing Grant Application
Past Tourism Marketing Grant Award Recipients:
2022 Tourism Marketing Grant Awards