Program areas at Arlington Convention and Visitors Bureau
Conventions sales the Bureau solicits small & medium size conventions to have their Convention meetings at the Arlington, Texas Convention center. The center is owned by the city of Arlington and therefore conventions held at the center will genreate revenue for the city of Arlington. Additionally, these conventions generate sales tax and hotel occupancy tax revenue for the city. The bureaus goal is 125,000 hotel room nights-acvb total was 155,637 or 124.5%. The Bureau booked 148 conventions to come to the center at a later date.
Marketing & public relations the Bureau is charged with marketing the city of Arlington, Texas. The Bureau markets the city in many ways advertising in printed publications, on the website and social media, via radio and television programing and through the Visitors information center. This program both solicits Visitors and informs all individuals needing information-tourist and convention/meetings attendees. The bureaus goal is $10,000,000 media value and 615,000 unique website Visitors. Acvb attained $13,387,096 in media value and 1,060,567 unique website Visitors.
Tourism & travel the Bureau solicits individuals and groups to travel to Arlington, Texas Convention center and spend money by experiencing the entertainment opportunities here in order to generate sales tax and hotel occupancy tax revenue for the city of Arlington. The Bureau solicits the individuals and groups through a variety of ways advertising in various mediums and through a Visitors information center in the bureaus building. The tourism goal was included in the conventions sales team goals above starting in 2019 and continuing forward.
Grants made by Arlington Convention and Visitors Bureau
Personnel at Arlington Convention and Visitors Bureau
Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
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Brent Deraad | President and Chief Executive Officer | $0 | 2022-09-30 |
Mary German | Chief Operating Officer | $192,323 | 2022-09-30 |
Joel McLelland | Vice President Finance and Adm. | $175,758 | 2023-05-19 |
Decima Cooper | Vice President - Marketing | $140,392 | 2022-09-30 |
Decima Mullen | Vice President of Marketing and Public Relations | $114,753 | 2021-12-22 |
...and 24 more key personnel |
Financials for Arlington Convention and Visitors Bureau
Revenues | FYE 09/2022 | FYE 09/2021 | % Change |
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Total grants, contributions, etc. | $1,558,553 | $5,514,505 | -71.7% |
Program services | $8,828,932 | $11,137,646 | -20.7% |
Investment income and dividends | $7,643 | $3,985 | 91.8% |
Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from fundraising events | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
Miscellaneous revenues | $11,777 | $0 | 999% |
Total revenues | $10,406,905 | $16,656,136 | -37.5% |
Organizations like Arlington Convention and Visitors Bureau
Organization | Type | Location | Revenue |
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Experience Columbia SC | 501(c)(6) | Columbia, SC | $4,843,981 |
Visit Buffalo Niagara | 501(c)(6) | Buffalo, NY | $6,164,269 |
Fort Worth Convention and Visitors Bureau | 501(c)(6) | Fort Worth, TX | $12,812,000 |
Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau (VSC) | 501(c)(6) | Sarasota, FL | $4,640,700 |
Meet Minneapolis | 501(c)(6) | Minneapolis, MN | $11,529,520 |
Experience Columbus | 501(c)(6) | Columbus, OH | $15,584,006 |
Saint Paul Rivercentre Convention and Visitors Authority | 501(c)(6) | Saint Paul, MN | $12,198,491 |
Visit Eau Claire | 501(c)(6) | Eau Claire, WI | $3,160,052 |
Greater Lansing Convention & Visitors Bureau (GLCVB) | 501(c)(6) | Lansing, MI | $5,706,120 |
Destination Cleveland | 501(c)(6) | Cleveland, OH | $17,425,666 |
Data update history
July 1, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 3 new personnel
May 19, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 14 new personnel
May 11, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 2 new vendors, including , and
December 23, 2021
Updated personnel
Identified 5 new personnel
October 17, 2021
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2020
Nonprofit Types
Business and community development organizationsConvention and visitors bureausHeadquarter / parent organizations
Issues
Community improvementEconomic development
Characteristics
State / local levelReceives government funding
General information
- Address
- 1717 E Randol Mill Rd 101
- Arlington, TX 76011
- Metro area
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
- Website URL
- arlington.org/Â
- Phone
- (817) 265-7721
- Facebook page
- VisitArlingtonTexasÂ
- Twitter profile
- @visit_arlingtonÂ
IRS details
- EIN
- 75-2442465
- Fiscal year end
- September
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 1992
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- No
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- S33: Visitors, Convention Bureau
- NAICS code, primary
- 561591: Convention and Visitors Bureaus
- Parent/child status
- Central organization
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