Awarded Grants

The humanities explore the human experience and help us think about who we are — our ideas, our histories, and our values — and how we relate to each other. It is through the humanities that we improve our understanding of one another, and this, we believe, will help build healthy and equitable communities.

Explore our grant funded projects that brought humanities programming to Marylanders across the state.

Grant Awardees FY2025

Marilyn Hatza Memorial SHINE Grant Program 

Grant Awards of $10,000

Allegany County:

Frostburg Museum Association, Inc.
Historic Frostburg, a Maryland Main Street Community
Allegany Museum

Anne Arundel County:

Banneker-Douglass Museum Foundation
Chesapeake Children’s Museum
Lost Towns Project, Inc
Captain Avery Museum

Baltimore City:

Writers in Baltimore Schools
Maryland Women’s Heritage Center
Mid-Atlantic Regional Moving Image Archive
Muse 360 Arts
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Friends of President Street Station
Mount Clare Museum House
Baltimore Heritage
Maryland Civic Education Coalition
Friends of 612-614 S. Wolfe Street, Inc.
Yellow Arrow Publishing Co.
Star-Spangled Banner Flag House Association, Inc.
Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee
Baltimore Architecture Foundation
Makeup Museum
Far-Western Nepalese Society- Maryland, INC.
CityLit Project
Tola’s Room, LLC
Komite Ayiti, Inc
CHARM: Voices of Baltimore Youth
Nuestras Raices Inc

Baltimore County:

Maryland Lynching Memorial Project
Fire Museum of Maryland, Inc.
Baltimore County Historical Society, Inc.
Historic Hampton, Inc.
Baltimore Reservation Project
Maryland Technology Museum Inc
Todd’s Inheritance Historic Site, Inc.

Calvert County:

Launching Educational Assistance Program Forward
Bayside History Museum

Caroline County:

Mt. Pleasant Heritage Preservation Inc.
Jonestown Community Development Corporation, INC.
Caroline County Council of Arts
Caroline County Historical Society
Fiber Arts Center of the Eastern Shore, The
Hubbard Leverton Foundation

Carroll County:

Downtown Sykesville Connection, Inc.

Charles County:

Life Journeys Writers Club
Farm Heritage Conservancy

Dorchester County:

Nanticoke Historic Preservation Alliance, Inc. (NHPA)
Cambridge Woman’s Club, Inc.
Harrisville Malone Cemetery Maintenance Fund Inc

Frederick County:

Catoctin Furnace Historical Society
Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area Inc

Garrett County:

Garrett Lakes Arts Festival

Harford County:

Havre Grace Maritime Museum, Inc.
Hosanna Community House, Inc.

Howard County:

Chinese American Parent Association of Howard County
League of Korean Americans
Korean American Senior Association of Howard County
Indian Cultural Association of Howard County, Inc.
Cultura Plenera
Howard County Poetry and Literature Society

Kent County:

Historical Society of Kent County, Inc.

Montgomery County:

Docs in Progress
Boulanger Initiative
Sugarland Ethno History Project, Inc.
Civic Circle
Bethesda Historical Society
Action Youth Media
Nepal Education and Cultural Center
EducArte, Inc.

Prince George’s County:

Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts
Field of Firsts Foundation, Inc.
Laurel Historical Society
Anacostia Trails Heritage Area, Inc.
White Marsh Historical Society
National Museum of Language
Sankofa IMPACT

Queen Anne’s County:

Kennard Alumni Association Inc
Touchstones Discussion Project

St. Mary’s County:

Friends of the St. Clement’s Island and Piney Point Museums

Talbot County:

Chesapeake Film Festival

Washington County:

Doleman Black Heritage Museum, Inc.
Washington County Historical Society

Wicomico County:

Buffalo Soldier Living History Site
Lower Shore Cemetery Preservation Organization Inc.
Westside Historical Society
Eleven 21 Inc., d/b/a Epoch Dream Center

Worcester County:

Berlin Heritage Foundation, Inc
Furnace Town Foundation
Beach to Bay Heritage Area, Inc

Grant Awardees FY2024

Marilyn Hatza Memorial SHINE Grant Program

Grant Awards of $10,000

Allegany:

Allegany Museum

Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Evergreen Heritage Center Foundation

Historic Frostburg, a Maryland Main Street Community

Anne Arundel:

Blacks of the Chesapeake Foundation

Captain Avery Museum

Chesapeake Children’s Museum

Lost Towns Project

Baltimore City:

Baltimore Architecture Foundation

Baltimore Heritage

CHARM: Voices of Baltimore Youth (Fund for Educational Excellence)

CityLit Project

Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center

Friends of 612-614 S. Wolfe Street

Friends of President Street Station

Greenmount Senior Center

Komite Ayiti

Makeup Museum

Maryland Museums Association

Maryland Women’s Heritage Center

Mount Clare Museum House

Moving History

Writers in Baltimore Schools

Muse 360 Arts

Raymond Banks ‘A Way With Words’ Foundation

Sankofa Children’s Museum of African Cultures

Yellow Arrow Publishing Co.

Baltimore:

Baltimore Association of Nepalese in America

Baltimore County Historical Society, Inc. (dba Historical Society of Baltimore County)

Maryland Lynching Memorial Project

NeighborSpace of Baltimore County

Sisterhood Agenda

Todd’s Inheritance Historic Site

Calvert:

Bayside History Museum

Launching Educational Assistance Program Forward (LEAP) Forward

Carroll:

Downtown Sykesville Connection

Historical Society of Carroll County Maryland

The Union Mills Homestead

Cecil:

Historical Society of Cecil County

Charles:

Farm Heritage Conservancy

The Historical Society of Charles County

Life Journeys Writers Club

Dorchester:

Dorchester County Historical Society

Groove City Black Heritage & Culture Group

Harrisville Malone Cemetery Maintenance Fund

Nanticoke Historic Preservation Alliance (NHPA)

Frederick:

African-American Resources Cultural Heritage Society (AARCH)

Catoctin Furnace Historical Society

City Youth Matrix

Global Z Recording Project

Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area

Maryland Foreign Language Association

Women Solve

Garrett:

Garrett County Historical Society

Mountain Lake Park Historical Association

Harford:

Harmer’s Town Art Center

The Havre de Grace Colored School Museum and Cultural Center

The Havre Grace Maritime Museum

Hosanna Community House (dba Hosanna School Museum)

Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenway

Howard:

Chinese American Parent Association of Howard County

Cultura Plenera

Howard County Historical Society

Indian Cultural Association of Howard County

Korean Culture and Art of MD

League of Korean Americans

Kent:

G.A.R. Post #25 (Sumner Hall)

Montgomery:

Bethesda Historical Society

The Civic Circle

Docs in Progress

The Giving Square

Sugarland Ethno History Project

Prince George’s:

Bold Beautiful Brilliant Girls Youth Empowerment Group

Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts

EducArte

Fuel Incorporated

National Capital Radio and Television Museum

National Museum of Language

Queen Anne’s:

Grasonville Community Center

Kennard Alumni Association

Touchstones Discussion Project

Somerset:

Somerset County Historical Society

St. Mary’s:

Friends of the St. Clement’s Island and Piney Point Museums

Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions

Talbot:

Chesapeake Film Festival

Mid-Shore Community Foundation – Bellevue Passage Museum

St. Michaels Museum

The Water’s Edge Museum

Washington:

Camp Ritchie Museum

Urban Rural Action

Wicomico:

Eleven 21

Worcester:

Beach to Bay Heritage Area
Berlin Heritage Foundation
Delmarva Discovery Center & Museum
Furnace Town Foundation

Grant Awardees FY2023

SHINE Grant Program

Grant Awards of $10,000

Allegany:
Allegany Museum
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Evergreen Heritage Center Foundation
Frostburg Museum Association
Historic Frostburg, a Maryland Main Street Community

Anne Arundel:
Chesapeake Children’s Museum
Galesville Community Center
Lost Towns Project

Baltimore City:
Afro Charities
CityLit Project
Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center
Friends of President Street Station
Maryland Women’s Heritage Center
Moving History
Muse Arts 360
The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum
Star-Spangled Banner Flag House Association

Baltimore:
Baltimore County Historical Society
Historic East Towson
Historic Hampton
Maryland’s Four Centuries Project

Calvert:
Launching Educational Assistance Program Forward Leap Forward

Carroll:
Historical Society of Carroll County Maryland

Charles:
African American Society of Charles County
Farm Heritage Conservancy
Maryland Veterans Museum at Patriot Park

Dorchester:
Dorchester County Historical Society
Groove City Black Heritage & Culture Group

Frederick:
African-American Resources Cultural Heritage Society
Catoctin Furnace Historical Society
Global Z Recording Project
Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area

Garrett:
Garrett Lakes Arts Festival

Harford:
Hosanna Community House

Howard:
Howard County Historical Society

Kent:
G.A.R. Post #25 (Sumner Hall)
Minary’s Dream Alliance

Montgomery:
Bethesda Historical Society
The Civic Circle
Docs in Progress

Prince George’s:
Anacostia Trails Heritage Area
National Museum of Language

Queen Anne’s:
Kennard Alumni Association

St. Mary’s:
Friends of the St. Clement’s Island and Piney Point Museums

Talbot:
The Waters Edge Museum

Washington:
Camp Ritchie Museum
Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum

Wicomico:
Eleven 21

Worcester:
Beach to Bay Heritage Area
Delmarva Discovery Center & Museum

Grant Awardees FY2022

SHARP Recovery Grants

Grant Awards of $10,000

Allegany:
Allegany Museum
Cumberland Theatre
Evergreen Heritage Center Foundation
Frostburg Museum Association, Inc.
Historic Frostburg, a Maryland Main Street Community, Inc.

Anne Arundel:
Captain Avery Museum
Chesapeake Children’s Museum
Friends of the Rising Sun Inn
Galesville Community Center
Lost Towns Project, Inc.

Baltimore City:
CHARM: Voices of Baltimore Youth
CityLit Project
Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center
Maryland Women’s Heritage Center
Mid-Atlantic Regional Moving Image Archive
Muse 360 Arts
New Lens
Poe Baltimore
Raymond Banks ‘A Way With Words’ Foundation
Sankofa Children’s Museum of African Cultures, Inc.
Star-Spangled Banner Flag House Association, Inc.
Writers in Baltimore Schools

Baltimore:
Baltimore County Historical Society, Inc.
Friends of Jerusalem Mill
Maryland Lynching Memorial Project
Preservation Alliance of Baltimore County
Sisterhood Agenda, Inc.
Writing Hearts, Inc.

Calvert:
Bayside History Museum
Friends of Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum

Carroll:
Downtown Sykesville Connection, Inc.
Union Mills Homestead Foundation, Inc.

Cecil:
Historical Society of Cecil County
Women’s Civic League of North East

Charles:
Farm Heritage Conservancy
Friends of Maxwell Hall Inc
Life Journeys Writers Club
Maryland Veterans Museum at Patriot Park
Neighborhood Creative Arts Center
Society for the Restoration of Port Tobacco

Dorchester:
Alpha Genesis Community Development Corporation
Dorchester County Historical Society
Groove City Black Heritage & Culture Group Inc.
Richardson Maritime Museum, Inc.

Frederick:
African-American Resources Cultural Heritage Society (AARCH)
Brunswick Potomac Foundation, Inc.
Catoctin Furnace Historical Society
Frederick County Landmarks Foundation
Global Z Recording Project

Garrett:
Garrett Lakes Arts Festival

Harford:
The Friends of the Concord Point Lighthouse
The Havre de Grace Colored School Museum and Cultural Center, Inc.
The Historical Society of Harford County, Inc.
Hosanna Community House, Inc.
Susquehanna Museum of Havre de Grace, Inc.

Kent:
Eastern Shore Heritage, Inc.
G.A.R. Post #25, Inc. (Sumner Hall)
Historical Society of Kent County, Inc.

Montgomery:
Chevy Chase Historical Society
Docs In Progress
Menare Foundation, Inc.
Peerless Rockville Historic Preservation, Ltd.
Sugarland Ethno History Project, Inc.
Warren Historic Site Committee, Inc.

Prince George’s:
Bold Beautiful Brilliant Girls Youth Empowerment Group
Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts, Inc.
EducArte, Incorporated
Laurel Historical Society
National Capital Radio and Television Museum
National Museum of Language
Prince George’s African American Museum and Cultural Center
Prince George’s County Historical Society, Inc.

Somerset:
Crisfield Heritage Foundation
Somerset County Historical Society

St. Mary’s:
Friends of St. Clement’s Island and Piney Point Museums
St. Mary’s County Historical Society

Talbot:
Oxford Museum
Talbot Historical Society
Tilghman Waterman’s Museum
Waters Edge Museum

Washington:
Boonsboro Historical Society
Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc.
Doleman Black Heritage Museum, Inc.
Friends of Tolson’s Chapel
Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum, Inc.
Washington County Historical Society

Worcester:
Beach to Bay Heritage Area, Inc.
Berlin Heritage Foundation, Inc.
Delmarva Discovery Center & Museum, Inc.
Friends of the Julia A. Purnell Museum
Furnace Town Foundation