Delaware Community Foundation



The Delaware Community Foundation manages charitable funds for individuals, families, businesses and organizations, and distributes income from the funds as grants to humanitarian, educational, health and cultural entities throughout the First State.

With nearly 900 funds, more than $230 million in assets and annual grants of over $15 million, the Foundation provides a lasting source of charitable funding to benefit Delawareans now and for generations to come. For more than 20 years, the Foundation has been connecting people who care with causes they care about, helping to make Delaware a better place to live.

Assets and Giving for Delaware Community Foundation

Assets

2019 - 260,631,720
2018 - 251,174,065
Domestic Grants

2019 - 13,135,252


    

Recent News from Delaware Community Foundation


De222 Honoree: Stuart Comstock-Gray
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

Boards: Wilmington Alliance, Rodel Foundation of Delaware, United Way of Delaware.Delaware State Chamber of Commerce Board of Governors.Grow America, CFLeads, PACE: Philanthropy for Active Civic...more

Viewpoint: More Investment Needed in Delaware'S Route 9 Fenceline Communities
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

The Rt 9 Community Development Corporation (Rt 9 CDC) received a grant from the Bezos Earth Fund to support moving critical remediation and rebuilding work forward.One of the many things that grant...more

Next Gen South Awards Grants to Three Local Nonprofits
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

Delaware's Next Generation of Southern Delaware fund for young professionals has awarded $7,000 in grants to three local organizations. The Green Beret Project, First State Community Action...more

Friends of Delaware Veterans give $40,000 to endowment | Cape Gazette
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

Delaware's Next Generation of Southern Delaware fund for young professionals has awarded $7,000 in grants to three local organizations. The Green Beret Project, First State Community Action...more

The Circle in Georgetown to be lit in green for National Philanthropy Day
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

Delaware Community Foundation President & CEO Stuart Comstock-Gay said, “Organizations like the DCF play a unique role in advancing philanthropy...more

Delaware nonprofits invited to apply for 2024 capital grants
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

... Community Foundation. Agencies receiving Delaware Community Foundation grants must serve the state of Delaware and its residents...more

Arsht Cannon Fund Announces $600,000 in Grants
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

The Arsht-Cannon Fund has awarded more than $600,000 in grants to Latino-serving nonprofit organizations in Delaware, the News Journal reports. The grants are intended to provide educational...more

Lewes Junction Railroad Bridge Association receives honors - Cape Gazette
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

Russ Huxtable, D-Lewes, as Mike DiPaolo of the Delaware Community Foundation looks on. Two proclamations were presented to the Lewes...more

Fund for Women Awards $250,000 in Grants
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

The Fund for Women at the Delaware Community Foundation has awarded a record $249,575 in grants to 18 nonprofit organizations serving women and girls in Delaware's three counties. The grants, the...more

Student Philanthropists and Delaware Community Foundation Grant Funding to Sussex ...
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

The foundation sponsors a Youth Philanthropy Board in each Delaware county to encourage high school students to become more involved...more



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