The purpose of the heritage partnership program funding is to engage national heritage area recipients, partners, communities, and or visitors in shared environmental stewardship

The federal Cooperative Agreement award P24AC02163, totaling $1,000,000.00, was granted by the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service under the Heritage Partnership Program (CFDA 15.939). The purpose of this award is to engage National Heritage Area recipients, partners, communities, and visitors in shared environmental stewardship by promoting greater public and private participation in preservation, conservation, education, and outdoor recreation programs and activities.

The awardee, Baltimore Heritage Area Association Inc. (doing business as Baltimore National Heritage Area), is a non-profit organization focused on preserving and promoting the cultural, historical, and environmental resources of Baltimore. The grant funding will support the organization's operations and enable it to implement various initiatives, such as guided interpretive tours, youth programming along historic trails, signage replacement and restoration, and educational programs highlighting the region's heritage. These efforts aim to build resource stewardship ethics and engage the general public, states and their political subdivisions, non-profits, and private entities in the stewardship of the Baltimore National Heritage Area.

This is done by promoting greater public and private participation in preservation, conservation, education, and outdoor recreation programs and activities, and building resource stewardship ethics in its participants. This project supports the operations of the baltimore national heritage area. Beneficiaries include general public, states and or their political subdivisions, non-profits, private entities, the heritage area management coordinating entity.