The Maryland Historical Trust uses a single grants management system (YourCause GrantsConnect) to process grant requests for all of the programs MHT administers, including:

• the Maryland Heritage Areas Program (overseen by the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority)
• the African American Heritage Preservation Program (in partnership with the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture)
• the Historic Preservation Capital Grant Program
• the Historic Preservation Non-Capital Grant Program
• the Certified Local Government Program

Use the button below to access your grant account and submit reports and other grant requirements. Note: the grants portal works best with Chrome, Firefox, or Edge browsers.

• Grants Portal

The system is designed to simplify the grant application and reporting process for all funding opportunities. The grants portal is mobile responsive, provides screen reader accessibility, allows application translation in multiple languages, and has an autosave feature for in progress applications to safeguard against losing your work.

FAQs and Tutorials

Setting up a new account (illustrated guide)

Using the new grants portal (FAQs)

Open Funding Opportunities

​Historic Preservation Non-Capital Grant Program

The FY 2026 grant round for the Historic Preservation Non-Capital Grant Program is now open! The Intent to Apply form is due by 11:59 pm on October 15, 2025, and the final application is due by 11:59 pm on November 17, 2025. The grant guidelines and links to the sample forms can be found on the program page.

All users must open an account using the new grants portal, as explained ​above.