Maryland Heritage Areas Authority
Deadline: Annually in January (Required Letter of Intent). Exact 2019 date TBA.
Award Range: Up to $50,000 for non-capital and programming projects and up to $100,000 for capital projects (two-year period).
Match Required: 1:1 (may include in-kind).
Capital and Non-Capital Project grants support heritage tourism-related projects involving historical, cultural, or natural resources, events, or properties. Non-capital projects can include planning and design as well as interpretive projects, such as exhibits, signage, and other materials. Capital projects include acquisition, development, new construction, rehabilitation, restoration, and pre-development costs (such as architectural designs). Grants can also fund programming, such as seminars, conferences, performances, reenactments, commemorations, and festivals (must be a pilot program or new programming).
Maryland Historical Trust
African American Heritage Preservation Program Grants (for Capital Projects)
Deadline: July 1, 2018.
Award Range: $10,000 to $100,000.
Match Required: 1:1 (may include in-kind).
The African American Heritage Preservation Program (AAHPP) was established by the General Assembly in 2010 to provide capital grants to assist in the preservation of buildings, sites, or communities of historical and cultural importance to the African American experience in Maryland. The AAHPP is administered as a partnership between the Maryland Historical Trust and the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture (MCAAHC).
Historic Preservation Capital Grants
Deadline: Annually in February/March. Exact 2019 dates TBA.
Award Range: Up to $100,000.
Match Required: 1:1 (may include in-kind).
The Historic Preservation Capital Grant Program promotes the acquisition, restoration, and rehabilitation of historic properties in Maryland. Eligible properties are limited to those which are listed in or eligible for the Maryland Register, either individually or as a contributing structure within a district.
Non-Capital Historic Preservation Grants
Deadline: July 9 (Intent to Apply); September 10 (completed applications).
Award Range: Up to $75,000.
Match Required: None.
Non-Capital grants provide support for a wide variety of research, survey, planning, and educational activities involving architectural, archaeological, or cultural resources.
Maryland Humanities
Deadline: Letters of Intent: March 1 and September 1 (annually). Full grant proposals: April 15 and October 15 (annually).
Award Range: Up to $10,000.
Match Required: 1:1 (cash or in-kind).
The Major Grants Program supports innovative projects that use the humanities as the central resource to engage diverse groups and individuals through programming like exhibits, community dialogues, and documentary films, and include a wide variety of perspectives exploring critical issues.
Deadline: Annually on March 1, July 1, and September 1.
Award Range: Up to $1,200.
Match Required: 1:1 (cash or in-kind).
The Mini Grants Program invites nonprofit organizations and schools to apply for funding in support of public humanities projects, documentary film, and civic education initiatives.
Maryland State Arts Council
Deadline: Annually in September (new applicants only). Exact 2018 deadline TBA. Annually in December (organizations currently designated on 3-year application cycle). Exact 2018 deadline TBA.
Award Range: $1,000 (minimum request).
Match Required: 3:1 (cash, non-state sources).
Provides general operating and arts programming support. General Operating Grants support nonprofit organizations whose purpose is producing or presenting the arts through public programs or services. Arts Program Grants provide operating support to nonprofit organizations whose primary purpose is other than producing or presenting the arts, but who provide ongoing public arts activities through public programs or services. Applicants are reviewed based on artistic merit, organizational effectiveness, and service to the community.
Preservation Maryland
Deadline: Sept 14, 2018.
Award Range: $1,000-$10,000.
Match Required: 10% (cash or in-kind).
Heritage Fund supports projects that protect Maryland’s historic and cultural resources, and that promote innovative demonstration projects that can be successfully replicated to meet Maryland’s historic preservation needs. Successful projects include stabilization or acquisition of endangered historic properties; feasibility studies, architectural plans, structural assessments and historic structure reports; projects benefiting archaeological resources including curatorial services; “bricks and mortar” repairs and restorations; educational, research, and planning efforts related to resource preservation; and organizational development for local preservation organizations (e.g., membership development, marketing plans, etc.).