Historic Preservation Capital Grant Program – Maryland

The Maryland Historical Trust’s Historic Preservation Capital Grant Program (the “Program”) promotes preservation of historic properties in Maryland that serve a high public purpose.

Donor Name: Maryland Historical Trust

The Program offers assistance to non-profit organizations, local jurisdictions, business entities, and private citizens.

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 determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, either individually or as a contributing structure within a district. The program typically receives an annual appropriation of $600,000 for grants per year.

Eligible Projects

Applicants may apply for the following types of capital projects:

• Acquisition
• Rehabilitation or restoration
• Predevelopment costs such as studies, surveys, plans and specifications, and architectural, engineering, or other special services directly related to pre-construction work for a capital project (predevelopment costs are only eligible costs for nonprofit organizations and local government applicants)

Funding Inforamtion

The Historic Preservation Capital Grant Program provides grants of up to $100,000 to nonprofits, local governments, businesses, and individuals for eligible projects.

Eligible Properties

All capital projects must benefit a property that is eligible for or listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Special qualifying criteria are outlined below.

• Structures used for religious purposes are generally eligible for assistance for exterior work only and are reviewed for eligibility on a case by case basis. Spaces used primarily for religious purposes or elements bearing religious imagery are not eligible for funding.
• Cemeteries may be eligible for assistance. In these cases, the applicant must make a compelling case for the significance of the cemetery.

The permission of the property owner to undertake the project must be secured in writing and provided as part of the grant application.

Eligibility Criteria

• The Historic Preservation Capital Grant Program provides grants of up to $100,000 to nonprofits, local governments, businesses, and individuals for eligible projects. All applicants except for nonprofit organizations are required to provide a dollar-for-dollar match.
• State and federal government entities are eligible to apply as nonprofits; however, projects involving state and federally owned properties cannot comply with the requirement to convey a preservation easement to MHT and therefore are not expected to rank highly enough for funding.

For more information, visit Historic Preservation Capital Grant Program.