More than $1.7 million awarded through the Community Investment Tax Credit Program

May 2, 2022

Sarah Ash,

MARYLAND – The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development has announced the award recipients for the Community Investment Tax Credit Program.

We’re told more than 100 nonprofit organizations, designated as 501 (c)(3) organizations by the IRS, applied for these tax credits in order to attract private contributions to support projects or activities in communities located within a designated Priority Funding Area.

Qualifying projects for the tax credits include education and youth services; housing and community development; enhancement of neighborhoods and business districts; arts, culture, and historic preservation; economic development and tourism promotion; and services for at-risk populations.

Local award winners and projects include:

Tuckahoe Habitat for Humanity, Inc. (formerly Caroline County Habitat for Humanity) – Rebecca Tylor Center for Affordable Housing, Phase 2 (Caroline County)
Habitat for Humanity Choptank, Inc. – Wells Street Community Connections Project (Dorchester County)
The Parents’ Place of Maryland, Inc. – The Parents’ Place of Maryland (Queen Anne’s County)
ShoreRivers, Inc. – Students for Streams: Youth Environmental Action Summit (Talbot County)
Talbot Interfaith Shelter, Inc. – Talbot Interfaith Shelter’s S4 Program (Talbot County)
Habitat for Humanity of Wicomico County, Inc. – Wicomico Habitat Housing Plus (Wicomico County)
Delmarva Discovery Center & Museum – Delmarva Discovery Museum Community Engagement (Worcester County)