Do you have a heritage tourism related project in mind for your organization? Perhaps you are planning to restore a historic building, create a new museum exhibit, build a visitor center, develop a walking tour mobile application, or undertake some other project that showcases Maryland’s unique historical, cultural, or natural resources. Will the project take place in a certified heritage area?
A Maryland Heritage Areas project grant may be the funding source for you! The Maryland Heritage Areas Authority (MHAA) is pleased to announce that MHAA is now seeking applications for its FY 2023 grants cycle.
The deadlines are as follows:
Intent to Apply Deadline: January 28th, 2022
Application Deadline: March 1st, 2022
Webinars and Virtual “Office Hours”
Learn more about the opportunity by attending a live webinar, watching a recording of a webinar, or calling into MHAA staff’s virtual “office hours” to talk with about your project!
Click here to register for the upcoming webinars and virtual office hours.
January 12th – 11am: Questions and Answers
January 20th – 6pm: Questions and Answers
January 26th – 4:30pm: Questions and Answers
MHAA Grant Program Basics
MHAA provides dollar-for-dollar matching grants for capital and non-capital projects located within Maryland’s 13 certified heritage areas. Non-profit organizations, local jurisdictions, state agencies, and federal agencies are all eligible to apply.
Non-capital MHAA grants are awarded for up to $50,000 per project, while capital MHAA grants are awarded for up to $100,000 per project.
Projects seeking less than $5,000 in grant funding are not eligible for MHAA project grants. MHAA requires that both capital and non-capital projects support heritage tourism related activities or infrastructure.
Match Policy
Applicants may propose any combination of cash and in-kind match. This means a project might be matched entirely by volunteer time spent on the project if that makes sense for the application budget. Read more about this and the entire application process in MHAA’s FY 2023 Guidelines.
The first step in the application process–aside from attending one of the highly-encouraged webinars and/or office hour sessions–is to submit a simple online questionnaire called an “Intent to Apply” form. This form is due no later than 11:59 pm on January 28, 2022. To begin a new Intent to Apply form, please click here.
Full applications in the Stories of the Chesapeake are due online March 11, 2022. Grant awards will be announced in July 2022.
Questions?
For more information about the application process, please refer to the webinars and to MHAA’s FY 2023 Guidelines. These guidelines are updated each year to reflect policy changes.
For projects in the Stories of the Chesapeake Heritage Area, please contact:
Gail Owings, Executive Director
Stories of the Chesapeake Heritage Area
410-778-1460 | info@storiesofthechesapeake.org
