Evaluating bed tax funding applications

Each year, Historic City News reports on a gold rush, of sorts, sponsored by the St. Johns County Tourist Development Council. This year, 34 prospectors laid their claims to $847,666 in bed tax money to publicize and promote their programs to potential out-of-town visitors.

Members of the Arts, Culture and Heritage Division funding panel, who evaluate the applications from non-profit organizations seeking funding, include:

Danny Berenberg
John Graham
Michael Kleiman
Dan Sostrom
Karen Watts
Trudy Wild
Alternate: Shandra Studivant
Alternate: Meri Mass

Assigning scores independently from 1-100, the average score is used to rank applicants and determine what percentage of their request will be funded — subject to the blessings of the Tourist Development Council, and, ultimately the St Johns County Board of Commissioners.

2017 Grant Applications	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	Total	Average
St Augustine Lighthouse and Museum Marketing	95	89	88	94	100	98	94	—	658	94
St. Johns Chamber Ponte Vedra Auto Show	99	90	88	98	99	88	92	—	654	93.4
Lightner Museum ‐ Annual Marketing	93	93	83	91	100	97	89	—	646	92.6
Cultural Center Ponte Vedra Beach Arts Marketing	95	—	—	90	100	91	76	94	546	92.5
Lightner Museum Dressing Downton Program Promotion	97	92	86	91	98	91	91	—	646	92.4
Cultural Center of Ponte Vedra Beach Home Art Tour	88	—	—	90	98	88	96	94	554	92
EMMA Ukraine to Spain	100	85	86	93	98	88	92	—	642	91.4
Flagler College Dialogue for the Next 50 Years	87	86	86	90	98	97	95	—	639	91
City of St Augustine Beach Blastoff	92	85	86	96	100	92	88	—	639	90.8
Romanza Celtic Festival	94	95	86	85	100	91	88	—	639	90.8
St Augustine Civic Association Music By The Sea	90	90	83	90	100	92	91	—	636	90.6
Cultural Center Ponte Vedra Beach Art Healing	94	—	—	87	90	92	89	90	542	90.25
St Augustine Film Festival	63	93	83	87	100	92	95	—	613	90
EPIC A Taste of St. Augustine	83	77	88	91	98	97	90	—	624	89.8
Cultural Center of Ponte Vedra Beach Holiday Shoppes	83	—	—	73	98	88	95	90	527	89
Holy Trinity Church Greek Festival	81	91	89	85	100	92	85	—	623	88.4
Florida Literary Arts Coalition ‐Other Words Conference	63	88	88	81	100	92	90	—	602	87.8
Seminole Wars Historic Foundation Convocation	69	88	84	89	100	86	89	—	605	87.2
Florida Heritage Book Festival	76	90	79	84	100	86	95	—	610	86.8
Limelight Theatre Annual Marketing	91	84	79	63	95	86	90	—	588	86
Romanza Festival	65	86	85	90	100	91	78	—	595	86
St Augustine Historic Inns	49	78	82	85	100	90	92	—	576	85.4
St Augustine Art Association Art Festival	68	88	82	84	98	86	85	—	591	85
Limelight Theatre ‐25th Anniversary Season	56	88	87	67	94	87	90	—	569	83.8
Cultural Center of Ponte Vedra Beach Crushed	69	—	—	76	96	88	88	78	495	82.5
Historic Florida Militia ‐ Searle’s Sack and Drakes Raid	56	75	81	77	99	91	86	—	565	82
Romanza ‐ St Patrick’s Parade	21	82	82	81	85	92	68	—	511	79.6
Historic Florida Militia ‐ Changing of the Guard	57	75	80	70	99	90	82	—	553	79.4
Regatta of Lights and Blessing of the Fleet	48	72	77	70	95	88	89	—	539	79.2
Art Association Nature & Wildlife Exhibition	61	83	75	59	92	87	86	—	543	78.4
St Augustine Easter Week Festival	56	54	78	81	99	87	88	—	543	78
SEA Community 5th Annual Rails to Trails Festival	51	72	80	75	85	83	69	—	515	75.8
SEA Community Gullah Geechee Tour	27	81	73	69	95	80	73	—	498	75.2
Ray Charles Band and Jazz Festival	24	34	70	56	80	60	70	—	394	58

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