Friends of the Bridger-Teton’s $920,000 Ambassador Services funding in front of travel board

Friends of the Bridger-Teton is on the Jackson Hole Travel and Tourism Board’s July 9 agenda with its Ambassador Services funding already awarded at $520,000 in FY26 and $400,000 in FY27, a two-year total of $920,000, according to the group’s application materials Friends of Bridger Teton Strategic Partnerships Application Staff Report.

If the board drills into the details, the paper trail shows this is reimbursable lodging-tax money that cannot be used for capital construction or improvements. Friends of the Bridger-Teton also flags that it intends to seek funding again next year, so this meeting is a chance to hear what the board expects for reporting and oversight before it keeps writing checks at this scale Friends of Bridger Teton Strategic Partnerships Application Staff Report.