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July 11, 2025
July 11, 2025
Governor Moore Announces More Than $4.6 Million in Maryland Heritage Grant Awards to Promote Local Economic Development
Governor Moore Announces More Than $4.6 Million in Maryland Heritage Grant Awards to Promote Local Economic Development
Governor Wes Moore today announced 91 matching grant awards totaling more than $4.6 million for Maryland nonprofits, local jurisdictions, and heritage tourism organizations by the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority. Grant funding will support the development of heritage-related, place-based projects across Maryland that promote economic growth through tourism and community enhancement.
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The FY27 cycle will open in December 2025 for projects starting in July 2026. We recommend signing up for emails from the Maryland Department of Planning to hear about this and many other grant programs relevant to heritage sites.
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MHAA provides dollar-for-dollar matching grants to nonprofit organizations and government entities for capital and non-capital projects located within a Heritage Area. Grants can support projects involving historical, cultural or natural resources, sites, events or facilities. Eligible projects must have a heritage tourism component or contribute to research that will directly inform a heritage tourism product.
Non-Capital Grants
Grants of up to $50,000 are available for non-capital projects, which can include Planning (research, field investigation, data recovery, feasibility and planning studies, design documents and other planning activities that support the heritage area); Interpretation (exhibits, signage, pedestrian wayfinding signage, interpretive brochures, educational programs and materials, other interpretive activities that support the heritage area); and Programming (seminars, conferences, performances, reenactments, commemorations, festivals).
Capital Grants
Grants of up to $100,000 are available for capital projects, which can include Acquisition (fee title of real property, interest other than fee title (i.e. easement) of real property); Development (repair or alteration of an existing building, structure or site, new construction for heritage tourism purposes); Rehabilitation (returning a property to a state of utility); Restoration (accurately depicting a property as it appeared at a particular period of time, removal of features from another time period, reconstruction of missing features from the restoration period); and Pre-Development (plans and specifications, fees for architectural design and engineering).
Grants from Local
Heritage Areas
Grants from Local
Heritage Areas
Many, but not all Heritage Areas also have grant programs. Identify and contact the Heritage Area near you, to find out their grantmaking offerings, guidelines, and deadlines.
Other Funding Sources
Other Funding Sources
Being located in a Heritage Area may also make your project or program eligible for other funding from the Maryland Historical Trust including loans and tax credit programs.
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