32 Local Nonprofits Get Grants From Visit Bucks County

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — More than 30 nonprofit organizations this week received grants from Visit Bucks County, the official tourism promotion agency for Bucks County. The agency distributed $300,000 to 32 Bucks County nonprofits during an event Wednesday.

The Visit Bucks County Tourism Grant program was established ten years ago to assist in the development and enhancement of not-for-profit tourism initiatives in Bucks County. The program is funded from a portion received from the Bucks County lodging tax assessed to visitors staying overnight in hotels and bed and breakfasts, the agency said.

Since the inception of the grant program in 2008, Visit Bucks County says it has distributed more than $4.1 million to 107 organizations. Funding has been used for advertising, new exhibits, increased signage, restorations, website redesigns, marketing collateral, educational expansions and more.

Here is a list of all 32 nonprofits that received the grants during the Wednesday event:

• African American Museum of Bucks County
• Bike Bucks County & Bucks County B&B Association
• Bristol Riverside Theatre
• Bucks County Audubon Society
• Bucks County Children’s Museum
• Bucks County Community College Foundation
• Bucks County Wine Trail
• Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce
• Craven Hall Historical Society
• Delaware River Towns
• Experience Yardley
• Friends of Silver Lake Nature Center
• Friends of Washington Crossing Park
• Heritage Conservancy
• Historical Fallsington, Inc.
• James A. Michener Art Museum
• La Fiocco
• Lenape Chamber Ensemble
• Mercer Museum
• New Hope Celebrates - Regional Meeting
• New Hope Celebrates - Retro-Scope
• New Hope Historical Society
• Newtown Arts Co.
• Newtown Historic Association
• Pearl S. Buck International
• Pennsbury Society-Pennsbury Manor
• Quakertown Alive!
• TMA Bucks Foundation
• Town & Country Players
• Twin Rivertown Projects
• Tyler Park Center for the Arts
• United States Association of Collegiate Fencing Clubs

Applications for the next tourism grant are due on April 1, 2019. More information about the application process can be found here: www.visitbuckscounty.com/grants.

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