Hotel Tax Grant Timeline
Timeline for FY 2024-25
GRANTS FOR JULY 1, 2024 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2025
Mid-Year Report! AVAILABLE NOW!
December 31, 2024, 11:59 PM- Mid-Year Report DEADLINE!
June 1, 2025- Final Report Available
AUGUST 15, 2025- Final Report DEADLINE!
Timeline for FY 2025-26 & FY 2026-27
2 Year Awards
Grants for July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027
November 2024
November 20, 2024
Roundtable approves new guidelines & Scoring Matrix
November 25, 2024
Grant application is available!
December 2024
December 11, 2024
Grants Review Panelists Finalized by Roundtable
January 2025
January 17, 2025:
GRANT APPLICATION DEADLINE
February 2025
February 26, 2025
5:30 to 6:30 p.m. – Grants Review Panelists Orientation
Signing of confidentiality and conflict of interest form
Training for on-line review of proposals and demo of using ranking forms
Grants assigned to Panelists
6:30 to 7:30 p.m. - Applicant/Panelist Meet and Greet Happy Hour!
February-March 2025
Grants Review Panelists review grants on their own time
March 14, 2025
Panel Deadline to submit ranking forms
April 2025
April 5, 2025
Allocations Day
Week of April 7, 2025
Staff emails application comments to the Grants Review Panelists for review and final revisions
April 16, 2025
Grants Committee Meeting to Approve Grants Review Panelists Recommendations
April or May 2025 NAC Board meeting
Grants Review Panel Chair and NAC Grants Committee Chair present Grant Award recommendations to the NAC Board for approval.
May 2025
Initial Award letters sent out to Arts Organizations
NAC full hotel tax budget submitted to City of Norman
May or June 2025
NAC Hotel Tax Budget approved by the City of Norman’s City Council as part of City’s full FY26 Budget
Final Grant Contracts Emailed