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


New Castle YPB awards $15K in grants
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

The New Castle County Youth Philanthropy Board of the Delaware .... wanted to encourage youth to become more involved in philanthropic...more

Sussex Youth Philanthropy Board presents $10K in grants
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

The Sussex County Youth Philanthropy Board of the Delaware Community Foundation awarded $10,220 to three Sussex County...more

King family donates to Delaware Farm Bureau Foundation
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

... to the Delaware Farm Bureau Foundation from the Catherine D. King and Edwin Reese King Fund, part of the Delaware Community...more

KING FAMILY GIVES BACK TO NANTICOKE HEALTH SERVICES
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

... Rose with a check in the amount of $1,500 from the Catherine D. King & Edwin Reese King Fund, part of the Delaware Community...more

For children of fallen firefighters, community keeps them in school
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

The Delaware Fallen Heroes Scholarship Fund at the Delaware Community Foundation was established in September to provide for the...more

Kent Youth Philanthropy Board presents $10K in grants
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

The Kent County Youth Philanthropy Board of the Delaware Community Foundation will award $10,000 to three Kent County nonprofit...more

CenDel Foundation Announces New Scholarship Fund
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

The CenDel Foundation, in partnership with the Delaware Community Foundation, is committed to helping generous people transform the...more

The trend in restaurants: Dishing up generous helpings
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

Like The Global Delaware Fund, SoDel Cares is managed by the Delaware Community Foundation. DCF, which currently holds $235 million...more

Georgetown-Millsboro Rotary opens Flags for Heroes campaign
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

Checks should be made payable to the Delaware Community Foundation, with G-M Rotary Flags for Heroes written in the memo box. Checks may...more

Georgetown/Millsboro Rotary's Flags for Heroes under way
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

Checks should be made payable to the Delaware Community Foundation (write G-M Rotary Flags for Heroes in the memo box) and give to...more



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