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


SEI To Serve As OCIO For Delaware Community Foundation
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

Global fund operations specialist SEI has been engaged by The Delaware Community Foundation to serve as outsourced chief investment officer...more

Latino community to honor Joe and Jill Biden Sept. 30
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

... mayor of Wilmington, and Bette Purzycki; and Fred Sears, former president and CEO of the Delaware Community Foundation, and JoAnn...more

Delaware Community Foundation Hires SEI as Outsourced Chief Investment Officer (OCIO) for ...
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

OAKS, Pa., Sept. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- SEI (NASDAQ:SEIC) today announced the company has been hired by Delaware Community...more

Delaware Community Foundation Hires SEI as Outsourced Chief Inve - Erie News Now
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

Delaware Community Foundation Hires SEI as Outsourced Chief Investment Officer (OCIO) for $180 Million Investment Pool. Information contained...more

Rotary Club of Wilmington announces new leadership
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

... American Red Cross of the Delmarva Peninsula, the Delaware Community Foundation Next Generation; and is a founder for the Fund for...more

Scholarship fund formed in memory of fallen Delaware State Trooper
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

A new scholarship fund at the Delaware Community Foundation will honor the memory of Cpl. Stephen Ballard, the Delaware State Trooper who...more

Anonymous donors give $100K to Del. foundation for Cpl. Ballard Memorial fund
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

DELAWARE - In Delaware, a local community foundation received an anonymous $100,000 donation to create a scholarship honoring a...more

Employees thrive at Patterson-Schwartz Real Estate
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

... Delaware Center for Horticulture, Mary Campbell Center Foundation, Delaware Community Foundation, Delaware Nature Society, NAMI...more

Delaware Community Foundation awards $253K in grants
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

The Delaware Community Foundation awarded a total of $253,152 in 2017 capital grants to 18 organizations around the state. CAMP Rehoboth Inc....more

CAMP Rehoboth receives $22750 grant from Delaware Community Foundation
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

Shown are (l-r) Delaware Community Foundation Grants Committee Chair Andy Staton, CAMP Rehoboth Executive Director Steve Elkins,...more



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