Grant Information

Maryland Heritage Areas Authority
Capital & Non-Capital Grants

 

The Maryland Heritage Areas Authority (MHAA) provides dollar-for-dollar matching grants to non-profit organizations and governments for capital and non-capital projects located within a Maryland Certified Heritage Area (CHA).  Grants can support projects involving historical, cultural, or natural resources, sites, events, or facilities.  Eligible projects must have a heritage tourism component (i.e. the project involves a visitor destination such as a museum, visitor center, or nature center; helps to provide facilities and services that support heritage tourism, such as rehabilitating a historic building for tourism related  use or is a new event that will help to create a long-term increase in visitation to the Heritage Area). (From MHAA Website)

ATHA Inc. will receive the applications and provide a ranking system for the MHAA for the applications. 

  1. A letter of intent is due in January through the Maryland Historical Trust online grants portal. Draft applications generally are due in early April.
  2. ATHA Inc.’s review committee then reviews, ranks, and submits applications to the MHAA, generally in early May.
  3. MHAA staff first review applications for completeness and accuracy and will contact ATHA Inc. or applicants if additional information is required.
  4. Complete applications are forwarded to the MHAA Grant Review Panel for review.
  5. TAC recommendations are then forwarded to the MHAA for review and final action at the Authority’s July meeting
  6. Grant awards are announced on July 2020.

All grants must be matched in an amount at least equal to the amount of the grant award (dollar-for-dollar match).

  • The match must consist of a cash match equal to at least 75% of the grant award (e.g. if $100,000 of MHAA grant funds is awarded, a minimum of $75,000 of the grantee’s total match must be cash)
  • No more than 35% of the minimum required cash match may consist of applicant staff salaries.
  • The balance of project match may consist of in-kind contributions.
  • State of Maryland funds may not be used as match.
  • Contact ATHA Inc. staff for possible matching solutions.

Visit the MHAA Matching Grant website at: http://mht.maryland.gov/grants.shtml Guidelines can be specifically downloaded from: http://mht.maryland.gov/documents/PDF/grants/Grants_MHAA_Guidelines.pdf

FY20 Grant Awardees:

  • Anacostia Trails Heritage Area, Boundary Amendment Study – $40,000
  • City of Bowie, 10th Street Heritage Park – $74,660
  • Friends of Greenbelt Theatre – Film Center & Media Arts Lab – $75,000
  • RESERVE – Town of University Park, Meadow Trail – $47,000
  • RESERVE – Compass Inc, Arts Center Roof Repair – $50,000
  • ATHA Managment Grants – $125,000

FY19 Grant Awardees:

  • Anacostia Trails Heritage Area & Prince George’s County History Consortium, Civil Rights Trail – $40,000
  • Anacostia Watershed Society, Anacostia Watershed Field Guide – $10,000
  • City of Greenbelt, Greenbelt Community Center Bas Relief Repair – $29,500
  • City of Hyattsville, Getting Around the Town (Cycling/Wayfinding Plan) – $29,339
  • Town of North Brentwood, Outdoor Pavillion, $25,500
  • Pyramid Atlantic Inc., Arcade Building Improvements – $16,200

FY18 Grant Awardees:

  • George A. and Carmel D. Aman Memorial Trust, Bostwick House Exterior Envelope Restoration, $87,500
  • Field of Firsts Foundation, Inc., USPS Air Mail Centennial Exhibit, $34,000
  • City of Bowie – Historic Properties, Belair Stable Museum Replacement Interpretive Panels, $9,350