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

  1. Signing of confidentiality and conflict of interest form

  2. Training for on-line review of proposals and demo of using ranking forms

  3. 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

July 1, 2025 – Start of the 2- year Grant cycle!

For questions, please contact Cher Duncan, Associate Director, at cher@normanarts.org