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


3-time US Olympian Masley leaves a legacy beyond luge
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

Donna has started the Be Like Frank Foundation, which, through the Delaware Community Foundation, hopes to target projects that aid city...more

Delaware Community Foundation names new VP
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

The Delaware Community Foundation welcomed Joan Hoge-North as its vice president for philanthropy Jan. 17. Before joining the DCF,...more

Delaware Community Foundation to award $250K in grants
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

The Delaware Community Foundation is awarding $250,000 in grants next year to nonprofits that serve Delaware residents. Each grant request...more

Deadwyler to join Delaware Community Foundation
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

The Delaware Community Foundation announced that Rick Deadwyler Jr. will join the foundation as vice president for community engagement Jan....more

DCF names vice president for community engagement
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

The Delaware Community Foundation recently announced that Rick Deadwyler Jr. will join the foundation as vice president for...more

New assignment
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

Rick Deadwyler Jr. has been named vice president for community engagement at the Delaware Community...more

Foundation CEO Angst: Moral Imperatives and Insomnia
Foundation: Arcus Foundation, Delaware Community Foundation

In another of the CEO essays, Stu Comstock Gay, president and CEO of the Delaware Community Foundation, discusses the philanthropy...more

Delaware Guidance Services awarded Next Gen-South grant
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

Next Gen-South identifies a focus area every two years and is currently directing grants to support programs that increase access to child...more



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