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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.
Web Address
www.delcf.org
Social Media Links
Twitter - @DelCommunity
Facebook - www.facebook.com/DelawareCF
LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/company/delaware-community-foundation
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.
Web Address
www.delcf.org
Social Media Links
Twitter - @DelCommunity
Facebook - www.facebook.com/DelawareCF
LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/company/delaware-community-foundation
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Recent News from Delaware Community Foundation
New fellowship to help bolster legal aid in First State
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation
The Combined Campaign for Justice and the Delaware Community Foundation are launching the Holland Fellowship, named for former Delaware Supreme Court Justice Randy Holland - who retired last year....more
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation
The Combined Campaign for Justice and the Delaware Community Foundation are launching the Holland Fellowship, named for former Delaware Supreme Court Justice Randy Holland - who retired last year....more
DSU's Pickrum named CASE Professional of the Year
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation
... leading the completion of the school-record five-year DSU $20 million Greater Than One fundraising campaign to support scholarships and other student success programs; expanding the HBCU...more
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation
... leading the completion of the school-record five-year DSU $20 million Greater Than One fundraising campaign to support scholarships and other student success programs; expanding the HBCU...more
Delaware Community Foundation announces 2018 capital grants
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation
For 2018, about $250,000 will be awarded to qualified 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations that serve Delawareans. Each grant request must be submitted electronically on a DCF 2018 Capital Grant...more
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation
For 2018, about $250,000 will be awarded to qualified 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations that serve Delawareans. Each grant request must be submitted electronically on a DCF 2018 Capital Grant...more
Delaware Community Foundation announces 2018 capital grants
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation
For 2018, about $250,000 will be awarded to qualified 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations that serve Delawareans. Each grant request must be submitted electronically on a DCF 2018 Capital Grant...more
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation
For 2018, about $250,000 will be awarded to qualified 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations that serve Delawareans. Each grant request must be submitted electronically on a DCF 2018 Capital Grant...more
Scholarship applications due to Delaware Community Foundation March 15
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation
High school students throughout Delaware are invited to apply for scholarships available through the Delaware Community Foundation by the deadline of Thursday, March 15. While many scholarships are...more
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation
High school students throughout Delaware are invited to apply for scholarships available through the Delaware Community Foundation by the deadline of Thursday, March 15. While many scholarships are...more
Applications due Jan. 15 for $1500 scholarships from Coastal Concerts
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation
In 2014, Coastal Concerts was able to expand its scholarship program from two to three awarded scholarships because of an endowment by the Dorothy and Elizabeth Scholarship Fund, established by a...more
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation
In 2014, Coastal Concerts was able to expand its scholarship program from two to three awarded scholarships because of an endowment by the Dorothy and Elizabeth Scholarship Fund, established by a...more
Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition receives grant
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation
The Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition Inc. was one of the organizations awarded by the Potter Charity Trust Grants Fund at the CenDel Foundation in 2017, with a $30,000 grant to support the Kent...more
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation
The Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition Inc. was one of the organizations awarded by the Potter Charity Trust Grants Fund at the CenDel Foundation in 2017, with a $30,000 grant to support the Kent...more
Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition receives grant
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation
Nonprofit organizations supporting Kent County applied for the Potter Charity Trust Grants Fund, a fund of the Delaware Community Foundation. The fund was created to carry out the wishes of Col....more
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation
Nonprofit organizations supporting Kent County applied for the Potter Charity Trust Grants Fund, a fund of the Delaware Community Foundation. The fund was created to carry out the wishes of Col....more
Next Gen South grants funds to organizations combatting addiction in Kent and Sussex
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation
The Next Generation of Southern Delaware, a giving circle of the Delaware Community Foundation, had its Annual Grants Ceremony at Arena's in Milford Nov. 9. Funds raised from Next Gen South's Annual...more
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation
The Next Generation of Southern Delaware, a giving circle of the Delaware Community Foundation, had its Annual Grants Ceremony at Arena's in Milford Nov. 9. Funds raised from Next Gen South's Annual...more
Arsht-Cannon Fund awards $677K
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation
Hispanic families in Delaware are benefiting from increased access to education and health care with the support of $677,841 in grants from the Arsht-Cannon Fund, an endowed fund at the Delaware...more
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation
Hispanic families in Delaware are benefiting from increased access to education and health care with the support of $677,841 in grants from the Arsht-Cannon Fund, an endowed fund at the Delaware...more
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