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.
Donor Name: Baltimore National Heritage Area
State: Maryland
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/15/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
Funded through Baltimore City voter-approved bonds, more than $1.5 million in funds have been awarded to more than 158 projects since 2004.
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. The project must meet the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s definition of heritage tourism: “Visitors/residents that will travel to experience the places, artifacts and activities that authentically represent the stories and people of the past.” How will your building/structure be a draw for visitors?
Funding Information
Up to $20,000 with a one-to-one matching requirement by applicants (the match can be any combination of cash and/or in-kind services). Required match must be from a non-city funding source.
Grant Period
All capital projects must be completed between February 1, 2024–February 1, 2026. No funds can be spent (even the cash match proposed) before February 1, 2024,for the requested project.
Eligible Activities
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.
- Murals
- Murals that are accessible to the public AND with interpretative content that celebrates Baltimore’s history, culture, and heritage.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for a Small Capital Grant, applicant organizations must meet each of the following criteria:
- Be a nonprofit organization in good standing with the State of Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation located within Baltimore City limits;
- Be qualified to do business in Maryland;
- Have the legal capacity and authority to incur obligations involved under the grant program.
Ineligibility
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 BNHA.
