The Baltimore National Heritage Area’s (BNHA) Small Capital Grant Program is designed to provide small, but strategic investments in capital projects that promote heritage tourism in Baltimore City.
Donor Name: Baltimore National Heritage Area
State: Maryland
City: Baltimore
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 11/07/2022
Grant Size: Up to $15,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
The Baltimore Heritage Area Association (dba The Baltimore National Heritage Area) administers a small capital grant program that makes small, yet strategic, investments in heritage tourism resources within Baltimore City.
The following capital projects or activities may be assisted:
- Acquisition
- The acquisition of fee title or interest other than fee title of real property. Note: For acquisition projects, BHAA will fund up to 50% of the average of two appraisals of the subject property.
- Development
- New construction, or repair or alteration of an existing building, structure, or site which makes possible a contemporary use while preserving those features of the property which are significant to its historical, architectural, and cultural values.
- Preservation
- Activities directed to sustain the existing form, integrity, and material of a building, structure, or site.
- Restoration
- Activities directed to accurately recovering the form and details of a property and its setting as it appeared at a particular period of time by means of the removal of later work or by the replacement of missing earlier work.
Funding Information
- Up to $15,000 with a one-to-one matching requirement by applicants (the match can be any combination of cash and/or in-kind services).
- All capital projects must be completed between January 1, 2023 – January 1, 2025. No funds can be spent before January 1, 2023 for the requested project.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for a Small Capital Grant, applicant organizations must meet each of the following criteria:
- Be a non-profit organization in good standing with the State of Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation,
- Have the legal capacity and authority to incur obligations involved under the grant program,
- Be located in Baltimore City. Note: This is the only BNHA grant program available for organizations located in all of Baltimore City.
Who May NOT Apply
The following organizations are not eligible to apply to the Small Capital Grant Program: Units of government; organizations that are serving as fiscal agents or fiscal sponsors for an organization or program; individuals; organizations that are the primary responsibility of a government agency; organizations that are not in good standing with BNHA and/or not in compliance with previous BNHA grants; and organizations that have an open grant award with Baltimore City’s Cultural Spaces Capital Support Fund.
For more information, visit Baltimore National Heritage Area.
