Mini-Grants
NEW THIS YEAR: The Mini-Grant Application will be ONLINE!
Chesapeake Crossroads Heritage Area awards mini-grants of up to $5,000 each Fall to heritage area partner organizations and local governments. Funds can be used to create, launch, and implement programs, activities, products, partnerships, interpretive signs, lectures and public events that support and help reinforce the Chesapeake Crossroads mission: To enhance support and promote heritage tourism, preservation, and/or the stewardship of historical, cultural, and natural resources across the Heritage Area.
Grants are generally selected based on whether the proposal supports the interpretive themes, objectives, and/or activities found in our state, county and city approved Management Plan and as detailed in our Five-Year Action Plan for FY2024-2028. CCHA has also identified several priorities for FY26 to help guide our selection process.
This grant opportunity is highly competitive, and funded from our annual mini-grant fund of $25,000, financed in part with State funds from the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, an instrumentality of the State of Maryland. All grants must be matched dollar for dollar by cash or in kind contributions by the applicant.
New this year, CCHA will consider on an case-by-case basis requests for a portion of the grant award to be paid out “up-front,” rather than having to wait to the end of the project to be reimbursed the full grant amount.
Helpful Links
Are You Ready to APPLY for a Mini-Grant?
Have you........
- Read the FY26 Mini-Grant Guidelines?
- Watched the FY26 Mini-Grant Workshop Video?
- Reviewed the FY26 Mini-Grant Workshop Slide Deck?
- Taken the *Grant Workshop Quiz* ?
- Confirmed your project is in the current Heritage Area Boundary?
- Read the Five-Year Action Plan for FY2024-2028?
Email [email protected] if you have any questions or want to discuss your project with us!
Ready to CLOSE your Mini-Grant?
CLICK HERE To submit your final report and invoice (new form and link under construction)
Logos for your Mini-Grant Project
Does your project include an Interpretive Sign?
Anne Arundel County offers these helpful guidelines. We ask our grantees to follow these as closely as possible.
Grant-Writing 101
Grant-Writing 201
