The Howard County is seeking applications for its 2026 Historic Cemetery Grant.
Donor Name: Howard County
State: Maryland
County: Howard County (MD)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/02/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Howard County Cemetery Preservation Advisory Board provides information and identifies resources to help preserve cemeteries in Howard County. The Board has small grants available to help with private cemetery public information, landscaping, repair, and protection projects.
Criteria
The cemetery project must pertain to a public education, restoration, or clean-up effort on one of the inventoried Historic Cemeteries in Howard County.
Grant funds cannot be used to pay for the following: labor (unless the work is contracted to a licensed professional), food for individuals working on the project, and supplies or equipment that are not directly needed to complete the scope of work. A cash match must be provided for the grant funds; an in-kind match is not acceptable.
Grant funds may be used for the following project categories:
- Outreach: Sign repair or new installation of historic plaque or educational sign.
- Repair: Wall rebuilding or repointing, headstone repair, fence or gate repair.
- Protection: Fence installation around graves or perimeter of cemetery, including adding gates.
- Landscape: Native tree planting, invasive plant removal, trash or landscape clean-ups, erosion protection.
For more information, visit Howard County.
