Fredericksburg, Texas – The Fredericksburg City Council granted $458,000 of Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) funds to 25 applicants at its regular meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 3
The meeting concluded a nearly three-month process, which included an orientation meeting for potential applicants on November 5, 2025, a November 21, 2025 application deadline and then a Special City Council Meeting on January 13 to interview the applicants.
Highlights of the 2026 recipients were the Admiral Nimitz Foundation, which operates the National Museum of thePacific War and received $150,000 in funding, after welcoming over 120,000guests in 2025, and the Gillespie County Historical Society, which received $80,000for preservation of the Fassel Roeder Home.
The process was revamped in 2024to allow for a resetting of the funds used. In past years, City HOT funds have been awarded prior to their collection, requiring a forecasting of future revenues. The granting of the 2026 funds is the second time that the City has awarded grants from monies already collected.
By state law, the City collects HOT from hotels, motels, condominiums, and short-term rentals and the revenue from HOT may be used only to directly promote tourism and/or the hotel and convention industry.
First, in the two-step process every funded project must attract overnight tourists to the City ofFredericksburg’s lodging industry. Second, in the two-step process the use ofHOT funds is limited to the following statutorily provided categories:Promotions of the Arts, Historical Restoration and Preservation Activities,Sporting Event Expenses and Advertising, Solicitations and Promotions.
See below for a full list of the 2026 City of Fredericksburg HOT grant recipients…
• Admiral Nimitz Foundation (National Museum of the Pacific War) - $150,000
• Church of the Colored People of GillespieCounty - $45,000
• Die Kunstler Von Fredericksburg - $4,000
• Fredericksburg Book Festival - $5,000
• Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce(Christmas Parade) - $18,000
• Fredericksburg Community Orchestras (MusikFest 2026) - $4,000
• Fredericksburg Farmers Market - $5,000
• Fredericksburg Junior Chamber of Commerce(Crawfish Festival) - $15,000
• Fredericksburg Music Club - $7,500
• Fredericksburg Rotary Club Foundation, Inc.(Craft Beer Festival) - $10,000
• Frontier History Company - $5,000
• German Choirs of Fredericksburg - $2,500
• Gillespie County Fair & FestivalAssociations - $30,000
• Gillespie County Historical Society (Preservation) - $80,000
• Gillespie County Historical Society (HomeTour) - $10,000
• Jack & Adams Bicycles (Doss Gravel) - $10,000
• Meals for Vets - $3,000
• Oktoberfest/PCAA - $15,000
• Rotary Club of Fredericksburg Morning (CarFest) - $2,000
• Rotary Club of Fredericksburg Morning(Kraut Run) - $2,000
• Stonewall Chamber of Commerce (PeachJAMboree) - $10,000
• Systems Go (Rockets 2025) - $5,000
• Texas Cellos (Fredericksburg MusicFestival) - $10,000
• Texas Hill Country Higher EducationDevelopment Foundation - $5,000
• Vereins Quilt Guild of Fredericksburg -$5,000
The process to apply for 2027 funds will open in Fall 2026.
To learn more about the City of Fredericksburg, go to FBGTX.org or contact City Hall at (830) 997-7521.
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