HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-087-10/21/2025-APPROVING FORT FUND PROGRAM SUPPORT GRANT DISBURSEMENTSRESOLUTION 2025-087
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROVING FORT FUND PROGRAM SUPPORT GRANT
DISBURSEMENTS
A.Providers of lodging accommodations in the City are required by Section
25-242 of the City Code to pay three percent of all revenues derived from such lodging
accommodations to the City as a lodging tax.
B.The Fort Fund Grant Program (“Fort Fund”)supports projects and activities
that provide arts and cultural programming to the Fort Collins community and visitors.
Established in 1989,Fort Fund distributes lodging tax revenues deposited in the City’s
Cultural Development and Programming Account and the Tourism Programming Account
in accordance with the provisions of Section 25-244 of the City Code.
C.Local organizations may apply to Fort Fund for cultural and tourism event
support.There are three Fort Fund funding programs available for applicants:Special
Events;Program Support;and Cross-Sector Impact.
D.The City’s Cultural Resources Board reviews applications from the
community for Fort Fund monies and makes recommendations to the City Council in
accordance with Section 2-145(b)of the City Code and the administrative guidelines for
Fort Fund (the “Fort Fund Guidelines”).
E.At its meeting on September 25,2025,the Cultural Resources Board
recommended funding for various proposals in the Program Support category based on
the criteria and considerations set forth in Section 2-145(b)of the City Code and the Fort
Fund Guidelines.
F.The use of lodging tax revenues will provide a public benefit to the Fort
Collins community by supporting cultural development and public programming activities
within the City.
G.The City Council has determined it will advance these purposes to approve
Fort Fund grant disbursements as set forth in Exhibit A which is attached hereto.
In light of the foregoing recitals,which the Council hereby makes and adopts as
determinations and findings,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1.The City Council hereby finds that the distribution of funds through
the Fort Fund program as set forth on Exhibit A will promote the cultural and economic
health of the community and in doing so will serve a recognized and valuable public
purpose.
Section 2.Funds in the total amount of One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Dollars ($125,000),comprised of Seventy-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy-One
Dollars ($79,971)from the City’s Cultural Development and Programming Account,and
Forty-Five Thousand Twenty-Nine Dollars ($45,029)from the Tourism Programming
Account,are hereby approved for distribution as set forth in Exhibit A.
Passed and adopted on October 21,2025.
ATTEST:
Effective Date:October21,2025
Approving Attorney:Ted Hewitt
Exhibit:Exhibit A —Fort Fund Grant Program Distribution of Funds
EXHIBIT A TO RESOLUTION 2025-087
FORT FUND GRANT PROGRAM
Program Support:August Deadline
Approved Funding
CULTURAL PERCENT OF
FUNDING DEVELOPMENT &TOURISM UNFUNDED REQUEST
APPLICANT ~PROPOSED EVENT REQUESTS PROGRAMMING PROGRAMMING BALANCE FUNDED
ApprovediFunded ApplIcations
ACT Human Rights Film Festival (CSU)ACT Human Rights Film Festival 2026 $30000.00 $16519 $13,481 55%
Community Literacy Center Walls that Unite Us:Story Exchange Walls $10,000.00 $4,589 $5.41 I 46%
Fort Collins Mural Project FCMP Primed Exhibition $13,500.00 $7,021 $6,479 52%
Fort Collins Museum of Discovery FCMoD Exhibitions and Programs $30,000.00 $16,519 $13,481 55%
Fort Collins Musicians Association FoCoMA Annual Programs $30,000.00 $16,519 $13,481 55%
Friends of Traditional Dance FOTD Contra Dancing&Waltz $4,000.00 $1,958 $2,042 49%
Global Village Musem of Arts &Cultures The Culture of Self:2026 at the Global Village Museum $25,000.00 $12,236 $12,764 49%
In Living Colored The Thanksgiving Play $2,745.00 $1,260 $1,485 46%
Lincoln Center Support League Arts Education Outreach I School Tour 25-26 $15,345.00 $7,980 $7,365 52%
Opera Fort Collins.Inc.Season 46 Opera Fort Collins:Bringing Opera to You $28,039.50 $13,724 $14,316 49%
Poudre Heritage Alliance Capture the Cache Exhibition 2026 $5,000.00 $2,447 $2,553 49%
The YAY!Foundation VAYt for Fort Collins $19,500.00 $9,544 $9,956 49%
Wolverine Farm Publishing Wolverine Farm Programming Support $30000.00 $14,684 $15,316 49%
Unfunded ApplIcatIons
Community Radio for Norther Colorado (dba The
Colorado Sound)The Colorado Sound Fort Collins Music Meetings $12,287 00 $0 $12,287 0%
High Performance Dance Theatre 30th Season of Dance $3,475 00 $0 $3,475 0%
Staging Her Her Stage.Her Story $2,900 00 $0 $2,900 0%
Totals $261,791.50 $125,000 $118,130 50%
I Scores am based on application matedals and Foil Fund’s ‘Cdteda for Funding.*