GO TEXAN Event Grants
Deadline: Applications must be received before Thursday, March 20, 2025, by 11:59 pm Central Time (CT).
The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) will accept applications for the GO TEXAN Event (GTE) Grants under the GO TEXAN Marketing Enhancement Grant Assistance (MEGA) Program. GTE grants are designed to provide grant funds to Associate-level GO TEXAN partners who coordinate public festivals, farmers markets, and events across the state that will promote GO TEXAN businesses, Texas made products, and the overall GO TEXAN Program.
Eligible applicants
- Eligible applicants are current Associate-level GO TEXAN partners in good standing.
- Associate Partner means retailers, livestock shows, distributors, communities, restaurants, farmers markets, and other entities that have applied for and been approved to use the GO TEXAN Associate mark.
- For purposes of eligibility for GTE grants, “good standing” means that at the time of the MEGA – GTE grant application submission deadline, the applicant’s GO TEXAN registration is in full compliance with all of the provisions of the GO TEXAN Program
- the applicant’s GO TEXAN registration has been approved by TDA and is not currently suspended or terminated,
- all registration fees have been paid,
- and the registrant’s account has no outstanding issues.
- Please note: an application for GO TEXAN registration takes 2 weeks to process.
- For questions or to check on GO TEXAN partnership status, please contact (877) 99-GOTEX or gotexan@TexasAgriculture.gov.
- NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE.
Qualifying Event Information
- The event must be able to document previous participation by at least 6 GO TEXAN Partners. TDA will verify before final funding determination is made.
- The proposed event must be conducted between October 1, 2025 – December 31, 2026. TDA will only consider one event during this time frame per applicant.
- Only advertising expenses will be considered and must be after the start date of the grant award beginning date.
- Limit of one application for funding per event.
- Limit of one application per GO TEXAN Associate Partner.
- The event must be put on by a current GO TEXAN Associate Partner – to join as a GO TEXAN partner apply online at https://licensing.texasagriculture.gov/.
Additional Information
- TDA reserves the right to request additional information or documentation to determine eligibility, including verification of participating GO TEXAN partners.
- Applications missing documentation or otherwise deemed incomplete will not be considered for funding.
- TDA reserves the right to deny applications if the applicant is unable to provide required documentation within the deadline provided by TDA when requesting the information.
- All determinations regarding eligibility and funding amounts are final.
- Associate partners vary in the type of entity including but not limited to for profit business, local government, and non-profits. A for-profit applicant that has a family, employment or business relationship with an executive, officer or employee of TDA is not eligible for a grant under the MEGA Program. A local government or non-profit applicant that has a family, employment or business relationship with an executive, officer or employee of TDA will be considered during the internal administrative review process and a determination of eligibility will be made on a case-by-case basis.
- A "family” or familial relationship is defined as a relationship within the third degree of consanguinity, or second degree of affinity, as established in Texas Government Code, Sections 573.023-.025.
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