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


$10,000 from Youth Philanthropy Board of the Delaware Community Foundation
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

The Youth Philanthropy Board of the Delaware Community Foundation will hand out a total of $10,000 in grants to programs that promote strong family life and improve personal health. The awards...more

Small Group of Concerned Citizens Raises $213,000
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

The Youth Philanthropy Board of the Delaware Community Foundation will hand out a total of $10,000 in grants to programs that promote strong family life and improve personal health. The awards...more

Effort Begins to Raise $210,000 to Save Historic Hockessin Colored School
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

A group of Delaware community leaders has developed a fund to save the facility housing the Hockessin Colored School #107. The fund, set up at the Delaware Community Foundation, seeks to raise...more

Delaware Community Foundation's 2012 Capital Grants now available to nonprofits
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

By Brandon Huff Delaware Community Foundation's 2012 Capital Grants are now available to Delaware nonprofit organizations; the application deadline is Jan. 31, 2012. DCF's 2012 Capital Grants...more

Delaware Community Foundation invites students to apply for scholarships
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

By Brandon Huff More than 300 scholarships through the Delaware Community Foundation are available for students statewide for the 2012-2012 academic school year. One application covers multiple...more

Philanthropic family honored at Delaware Community Foundation 25th anniversary ...
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

By Mark Fowser The philanthropic efforts of a legendary Delaware family were recognized by Vice President Joe Biden and hundreds of Delawareans attending the 25th anniversary celebration of the...more

Arsht family recognized by Biden at fundraiser
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

WILMINGTON -- The Delaware Community Foundation celebrated 25 years of supporting the state's nonprofits and charities Tuesday with a fundraiser attended by Vice President Joe Biden....more

Partners sought to help fight obesity among youths in Delaware
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

The nonprofit Delaware Community Foundation is looking for partners to help fight childhood obesity statewide. The Next Generation, a philanthropic organization of the foundation created and directed...more

Dover resident receives Smitheman Scholarship
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

By Mary Guidone George Montgomery, a 2011 graduate of Dover High School, has been selected as this year's recipient of the John B. and Marion A. Smitheman Scholarship, which is administered by...more

Delaware Community Foundation awards $25000 grant to the Imagine Your Grand ...
Foundation: Delaware Community Foundation

By Mary Guidone The Delaware Community Foundation's 2011 Capital Grants Program has awarded the Imagine Your Grand Tomorrow campaign a $25000 grant. It is one of 26 area organizations that have...more



Social Enterprise Network Sites


Employers For Childcare Charitable Group (EFCG), a Lisburn-based charity, has been crowned top Social Enterprise at the Ulster Final of 2014’s Ulster Bank Business Achievers Awards. EFCG seeks to “make it easier for parents with dependent children to get into work and to stay in work.”




Federal Government Grant and Assistance Programs



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