Maryland Humanities is accepting grant applications for its Strengthening Humanities Investment in Non-profits for Equity (SHINE) Grant program.
Donor Name: Maryland Humanities
State: Maryland
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/15/2022
Size of the Grant: $10,000
Details:
With SHINE, Maryland Humanities takes the next step in their grantmaking evolution and aims to lower barriers and provide funding in a more equitable way to organizations statewide.
Goals
- Continue and expand general operating support funding, awarding $500,000 in grants.
- Focus on small and mid‐size humanities, arts, cultural, and educational nonprofits that may not have staff capacity or resources to be competitive in fundraising.
- Ensure a broad geographic reach, similar to what they were able to realize from their COVID‐relief grants, which funded organizations in all 23 of Maryland’s counties, plus Baltimore City.
- Continue to refine lessons learned on how to evaluate applicants and distribute funds equitably, while ensuring accountability and responsible fiscal stewardship.
- Convene annual cohorts of grantees in new networks of engagement and common purpose to amplify the state’s investment, strengthening both the organizations and communities.
Funding Information
- This program will provide 50 General Operating Support grants of $10,000 each, to nonprofit organizations that provide humanities programming throughout the state of Maryland.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for a Maryland Humanities SHINE grant, an organization must:
- Offer humanities-based programming as a significant part of its work. Eligible non-profit include museums, historic sites, preservation and historical societies, and community & cultural organizations with a significant humanities focus.
- be designated as a nonprofit organization and maintain good standing with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
- Be physically located in Maryland and have Maryland residents as its primary constituents
- Have a maximum total annual operating budget of $500,000 or less.
For more information, visit Maryland Humanities.
