The Endless Mountains Visitors Bureau (EMVB) awarded over $125,000 to tourism-related projects and events as part of the 2024 Room Tax Grant Program. Grant recipients include:
Sullivan County
- Dushore Area Business Association for annual events
- Loyalsock Foundation for brochures and marketing
- Sullivan County Agricultural Society for the Sullivan County Fair
- Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce for the Taste Full Event, Fall Festival, and Sullivan County Stay & Play Brochure/Map
- Sullivan County Historical Society for museum brochures, History Quest brochures, business cards, and road signage
Wyoming County
- Endless Mountains Heritage Region for outdoor recreation events
- Endless Mountains Primitive Outdoorsmen for event and club promotion and advertising
- Factoryville Borough for the Factoryville Christmas Market
- Moose Lodge #1276 for the Lake Carey Loop
- Nicholson Heritage Association for brochures
- Oldest House – Laceyville Area Historical Society for event advertising
- Tunkhannock Business & Professional Association for Founder’s Day, Christmas in Our Hometown, Hometown Fall Fest, and Spring Fling
- Tunkhannock Public Library for the Christmas show
- Wyoming County Chorale for spring and fall concerts
- Wyoming County Cultural Center at the Dietrich Theater for event brochures, film festivals, Wyoming County Parks & Trails brochure, Shakespeare in the Park, and Tunkhannock River Day
- Wyoming County Fair for the 2025 fair and Endless Mountains HalloWINEfest
The grant program is funded through the hotel occupancy tax, a state-mandated tax that is collected by lodging establishments and paid by their guests. Thirty percent of the tax goes into the room tax grant fund, while the rest is used by EMVB to promote tourism and market the region. EMVB has awarded over $2.5 million in grants since the program began in 2004.
Each county has a room tax committee consisting of community members and at least one county commissioner. The committee makes the final decision of awarding the money, while EMVB oversees the grant program and distributes the funds.
Application for the 2025 grant round will be available on www.endlessmountains.org/media in June. The application deadline will be September 25, 2025. The program is open to any 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization or branch of local or county government in Sullivan or Wyoming counties.