Each year since 2004, Four Rivers has sponsored a mini-grant program made possible with financial support from the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, Anne Arundel County, and the City of Annapolis.
Matching mini-grants of up to $2,500 are available to nonprofit heritage-related sites and organizations, as well as municipalities within the heritage area’s borders, to develop new educational activities, public programs, and heritage projects that incorporate regional historic, cultural and natural resources. Projects should reflect heritage area interpretive themes as stated in our approved Management Plan and should also foster regional partnerships and enhance heritage tourism.
The 2008 mini-grants program is now closed. This year, educational activities related to the 300th anniversary of the Annapolis city charter were encouraged, as well as proposals that incorporated environmentally-friendly heritage-related activities. You may view the 2008 program guidelines below.
If you are interested in applying for a Four Rivers mini-grant for the upcoming season, please contact the heritage area staff at 410-222-1805. A complete list of the mini-grants awarded by Four Rivers over the past four years follows.
FY 2008 Mini Grants
- The Anne Arundel County Trust for Preservation/Lost Towns Project in cooperation with the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center will use Four Rivers funding to develop a kayak tour entitled Paddle Through History: A Cultural and Natural History Tour of the Rhode River;
- The Annapolis Maritime Museum in cooperation with the Anne Arundel County Trust for Preservation/Lost Towns Project will also develop a kayak tour designed for visitors to explore the Back Creek shoreline;
- Galesville Heritage Society will create a new color brochure that highlights the many additions to the museum grounds and new items recently added to the museum collection;
- Historic Annapolis Foundation will update their “Architecture in Annapolis” brochure for heritage tourists and residents alike that describes each of the styles and periods featured in the HAF Historic Marker Program;
- The London Town Foundation will revise and update their website (www.historiclondontown.org) to encourage visitation to the site and highlight some of Historic London Town and Gardens’ major improvements over the last few years;
- Annapolis Maritime Museum and the Chesapeake 20 Association for the development of educational materials, a website, and historic documentation for the Chesapeake 20;
- Anne Arundel County Trust for Preservation for development of a virtual historic ship reconstruction and related educational materials at Historic London Town & Gardens;
- Banneker Douglass Museum and Banneker Douglass Foundation for a technology-based cell phone audio tour of the exhibition, “Annapolis: Centuries of Community,” featuring five historic sites and archeology displays around the City of Annapolis;
- The Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation for “I Dig Galesville Roots,” a multi-generational African-American history and genealogy project with the Galesville Community Center Organization.
FY 2007 Mini Grants
- Annapolis Maritime Museum for an oral history project involving workers at McNasby’s Oyster House, a component of a large, interactive exhibit under development;
- Charles Carroll House of Annapolis for a development and printing of a new self-guided tour brochure;
- City of Annapolis, for a walking tour brochure on five archaeological exhibits in preparation for Annapolis 300, and for archaeological monitoring of excavation work related to the restoration of the Southgate Memorial Fountain;
- Frederick Douglass Summer Home for development of a photo exhibit, in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution, on life in Highland Beach;
- Shady Side Rural Heritage Society for a new brochure on the Captain Salem Avery House;
- Deale Area Historical society for exhibit preparation;
- West/Rhode Riverkeeper for development of a professional outreach brochure.
FY 2006 Mini Grants
- Annapolis Friends Meeting for informational and educational materials related to the regional history of Quakerism on its 350th anniversary;
- Anne Arundel County Bar Foundation for research on a public exhibit, “Courthouse on the Circle: Annapolis and the Law,” to be developed and installed in the Museum Room at the Courthouse;
- Anne Arundel County Trust for Preservation, in conjunction with the Deale Area Historical Society, for an archaeological investigation and public program on the 17th-century Herring Creek house of Samuel Chew;
- City of Annapolis for an interpretive sign template for Annapolis 300 historic markers, with one interpretive sign for Carr’s Beach;
- Galesville Community Center Organization for development of a website reflecting the heritage of Galesville’s Rosenwald School;
- Galesville Heritage Society for development of outside exhibit panels in conjunction with a larger project funded by the Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network;
- Kneseth Israel Congregation for historical research and presentation on “The Jewish Experience in Anne Arundel County, Then and Now, 1906-2006”;
- Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation for an oral history and community education program, “African-American History and Culture of the Parole Community”;
- Shady Side Rural Heritage Society with partners Historic London Town & Gardens, Galesville Heritage Museum and the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, for a series of collaborative public programs, “Fall Heritage Days in South County”;
- Shady Side Rural Heritage Society activities for Civil War Weekend May 6-7, 2006, on the grounds of the Captain Salem Avery House in Shady Side.
FY 2005 Mini Grants
- Annapolis Maritime Museum for a traveling exhibit of the draketail workboat “Peg Wallace” at the summer’s heritage-related events in South County;
- Chesapeake Children’s Museum for an updated version of award-winning My Annapolis Adventure: Passport to Discovery children’s booklet;
- Friends of Discovery Village for repair and outfitting of former oysterboat “Miss Edith” for educational tours from Parrish Creek in Shady Side;
- Historic Annapolis Foundation for an exhibit on health, hygiene and food in the 18th-century William Paca House;
- Historic London Town Foundation for an audio tour and brochure on its growing heritage site;
- Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation for a resource inventory of local Civil War people, sites and events for use in educational and heritage tourism programs and products;
- Shady Side Rural Heritage Society, with partners Annapolis Maritime Museum and Discovery Village, for development of an online version of the award-winning Seasons of a Chesapeake Bay Waterman: An Activity Guide for Teachers;
- U.S. Lighthouse Society for architectural design work on Thomas Point Shoal Light in preparation for public visitation.
FY 2004 Mini Grants
- Annapolis Maritime Museum for an updated, expanded audio walking tour of historic Eastport;
- Anne Arundel County Trust for Preservation, Inc., in support of an archaeological field laboratory and workshop and interpretive signage on the "lost town" of Herrington at Herrington Harbour North;
- Chesapeake Children's Museum for "Passport to Discovery,” children’s activity booklets;
- Galesville Heritage Society for “Heritage Tour,” a walking tour brochure of Galesville;
- Historic London Town & Gardens for a "time-lapse" video of the reconstruction of the Lord Mayor's Tenement;
- St. John's College for a walking tour brochure of its historic campus;
- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center for a visitor's orientation kiosk;
- Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse for informational materials.
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