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


Speakman commitment to community will live on in Riverview Works Fund
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

And as the community foundation, our role is to use our community knowledge and our relationships to help the Wards determine how they can...more

Every kid deserves a shot at the American Dream
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

Stuart Comstock-Gay is president and CEO of the Delaware Community Foundation. I still believe in the American Dream. I want to believe that...more

Carney signs 'Pay for Success' legislation
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation, Longwood Foundation

The Blood Bank is working with the Longwood Foundation, Discover Bank and the Delaware Community Foundation on a Pay for Success initiative...more

NCALL receives $20K grant from Delaware Community Foundation
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

NCALL announced a $20,000 capital grant received from the Delaware Community Foundation to support the revitalization of Central Dover. Earlier...more

Giving back: News from Delaware nonprofits
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

Community Foundation announces $298,000 in capital grants. The Delaware Community Foundation has awarded a total of $298,000 in 2018...more

Delaware Community Foundation awards $298000 in grants
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

The Delaware Community Foundation (DCF) last week announced $298,000 in capital grants for a mix of 18 nonprofits and community...more

Delaware Theatre Company Receives Grant From Delaware Community Foundation
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

Delaware Theatre Company (DTC) is pleased to announce that it received a $25,000 grant from Delaware Community Foundation (DCF) from...more

The Delaware Community Foundation appoints three new members
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

The Delaware Community Foundation appointed three new members to its board of directors. The new members include Lynn Adam Kokjohn,...more

King sisters donate to Delaware Farm Bureau Foundation
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

They presented a $1,000 donation check from the Catherine D. King and Edwin Reese King Fund, part of the Delaware Community...more



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