Fort Wayne, Indiana
Destination Sports
Grant Applications
Sports Business Development Grant Program
The Sports Business Development Grant Program is utilized to attract adaptive, amateur, professional, collegiate, and Olympic/Paralympic sanctioned sporting events that increase the economic impact of sports tourism in the Fort Wayne community. Support from the City of Fort Wayne and management from Visit Fort Wayne make this grant program possible.
Visit Fort Wayne will manage and administer grant awards at their discretion. Please review guidelines and deadlines before submitting application. After application is completed please send to Sports Sales Manager, Jazmin at jazmin@visitfortwayne.com for review.
Team Indiana Grant Program
Team Indiana Grants are available for tourism or sports-related organizations to support and enhance sports tourism events held in Indiana. The goal of the grant program is to assist communities in attracting and growing high quality sports events to generate significant economic impact through participant spending. Support from the Indiana Destination Development Corporation (IDDC) and Indiana Sports Corporation make this grant program possible.
Visit Fort Wayne will serve as the required grant sponsor and will coordinate with applicants directly once completed. Please review guidelines and deadlines before submitting application. After application is completed please send to Sports Sales Manager, Jazmin at jazmin@visitfortwayne.com to coordinate next steps.
Indiana Sports and Tourism Bid Fund Program
Administered through Indiana Sports Corp, the State of Indiana has designated funds that are available for sports-related or tourism organizations to support and enhance sports tourism and tourism events held in Indiana. The goal of the program is to assist communities in attracting high-quality events to generate significant economic impact through participant spending. Support from the Indiana General Assembly and Indiana Sports Corp make these funds possible.
Visit Fort Wayne will serve as the primary grant applicant representative on behalf of the event and will coordinate with applicants directly once completed. Please review the guidelines and email Sports Sales Manager, Jazmin at jazmin@visitfortwayne.com to coordinate next steps in the application process.