The Maryland State Arts Council is accepting applications for its County Arts Development Grant Program.
Donor Name: Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council
State: Maryland
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/13/2026
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The County Arts Grant Program provides PROJECT funding for organizations that provide high-quality arts and cultural activities that enhance the quality of life in Prince George’s County and reflect the collective creativity, diversity and collaborative spirit of the County’s arts, humanities, and cultural sectors.
Goals
- Provide county-based arts and humanities non-profit organizations with access to funding to support arts and cultural programs and experiences;
- Provide access to high-quality arts and humanities experiences to County residents;
- To support county arts and humanities non-profit organizations in their pursuit of innovative programmatic offerings, these grants may support research, professional development or implementation related to expanded programs, new artistic creation or cultural programs;
- To promote accessibility in arts and humanities programming that is inclusive, mutually beneficial, and ensures meaningful participation for artists, cultural practitioners and audiences with diverse needs in all cultural and creative spaces by providing full access both physically, intellectually and programmatically.
- To advance equity, diversity, inclusion, and innovation in the County’s creative community and cultural organizations, and in their programs for County residents and visitors.
Discipline
- Dance
- Theatre
- Literary
- Music
- Visual Art
- Public Art
- Film / Media Arts
- Inter/Multidisciplinary
- Cultural or Curatorial Projects.
Funding Information
Maximum Grant Award: $10,000.
Grant Period
The grant period will run April 1, 2026 – May 31, 2027.
Eligibility Criteria
Organizational Eligibility:
- Nonprofit organization with 501 c (3) status located in Prince George’s County for at least one year prior to application date, and whose programs most directly benefit county residents. Proof of residency is required.
- Organizations must provide evidence of 1- 2 years of artistic or cultural programing in one or more of the creative or humanities disciplines of the visual or performing arts, art education, film, literary arts, public art etc. Contact the community grants program for questions.
- Organization with an annual budget that does not exceed $750,000.
- Organization must adequately demonstrate a project to be produced within grant period.
- Organizations must be in good standing with PGAHC. Applicants with incomplete or delinquent reports or out of compliance, in any funding program, as of the date of the grant application, are ineligible to receive an additional award from PGAHC in FY2025.
For more information, visit PGAHC.
