Funding search · EIN 222804785 · Wilmington, DE

Delaware Community Foundation

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

1,402
grants reported
$113.9M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$22,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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4 grants matching “bench · $328,002

  • $13,500

    Delaware Botanic Gardens · Ocean View, DE · 2023

    Backless bench placed in the west woodland pathways; challenge match; to support the eagle cam in the gardens; unrestricted support

  • $279,461

    De Division of Parks & Recreation · Dover, DE · 2022

    2023 honda trx520fm1p for park enforcement patrols at delaware seashore state park, custom boat trailer to replace failing one for osceola boat by dempsey services, four benches for fox point state park, installation of read all
  • $20,041

    Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation · Wilmington, DE · 2022

    Memorial bench program, unrestricted support, support for hagley museum and library

  • $15,000

    University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2022

    Unrestricted support, support for the bench in mem. Of randy kim

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  • The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation1 grant · $10.8M
  • New York Blood Center2 grants · $6.0M
  • Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania1 grant · $5.0M
  • Sustainable Energy Utility3 grants · $3.2M
  • Delaware Medical Education Foundation Ltd3 grants · $3.0M
  • University of Delaware4 grants · $2.9M
  • Find-M Friends3 grants · $2.8M
  • State of Delaware2 grants · $1.7M
  • Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital3 grants · $1.6M
  • Washington College2 grants · $1.5M

Giving over time

$24.4M
2021
$27.2M
2022
$41.9M
2023
$20.4M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,402 grants.

  • $10.8M

    The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation · Arlington, VA · 2023

    Granogue estate project to conserve the open space and the vital habitats supported on the property

  • $5.0M

    Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Restricted support for wxpn; support for alzheimer's research at the penn institute on aging; scholarships

  • $4.5M

    New York Blood Center · New York, NY · 2023

    Fit-out for bbd biotech plans at blood bank of delmarva newark location

  • $2.2M

    Sustainable Energy Utility · Dover, DE · 2021

    Support of energy efficiency projects in the delmarva power service territory, the health and home: addressing the critical access for delaware and general operating support

  • $1.5M

    Washington College · Chestertown, MD · 2023

    Capital acquisition of two(2) parcel property located at 141 round top creek land chestertown, md; to support the cincinnatus scholarship

  • $1.5M

    New York Blood Center · New York, NY · 2022

    Fit-out for bbd biotech plans at blood bank of delmarva newark location

  • $1.4M

    Find-M Friends · Crystal River, FL · 2024

    Unrestricted support , barndominium capital project , purchase of real estate

  • $1.4M

    University of Delaware · Newark, DE · 2023

    4-h stem education; athletic fund; edward j bennett lacrosse scholarship fund; eliason education and greening fund for early learning center - outside library; football excellence fund; health for all (2 year program); read all
  • $1.3M

    Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital · St Johnsbury, VT · 2022

    Support for the west wing project

  • $1.2M

    Find-M Friends · Crystal River, FL · 2022

    Support for the large capital expansion project, unrestricted support

  • $1.2M

    State of Delaware · Odessa, DE · 2024

    Provide support to schools and different departments within the state of delaware

  • $1.1M

    Natural Lands · Media, PA · 2024

    Unrestricted support , capital cost for purchase of crebilly farms tract

  • $1.1M

    Delaware Medical Education Foundation Ltd · Newark, DE · 2021

    Primary care capacity expansion initiative and msd's educational program reboot 2022

  • $1.0M

    Delaware Technical Community College Education · Dover, DE · 2021

    Highmark healthcare center for excellence naming opportunity (terry campus, dover), restricted to support college's certified dialysis technician program, including program expenses, support for recruit, redesign, and r read all
  • $1.0M

    Delaware Medical Education Foundation Ltd · Newark, DE · 2024

    Delaware primary care investment initiative

  • $1.0M

    Delaware Medical Education Foundation Ltd · Middletown, DE · 2022

    Delaware primary care investment initiative

  • $947,091

    Sustainable Energy Utility · Dover, DE · 2022

    Energy efficiency projects in delmarva power territory

  • $789,479

    Delmarva Christian Schools · Georgetown, DE · 2022

    Scholarships

  • $709,797

    United Way of Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2021

    Restricted to deposit into schc operating fund, sussex child health promotion coalition program, restricted for delaware racial justice collaborative's equity-centered workforce development study, drug free sussex count read all
  • $700,000

    Gaudenzia · Wilmington, DE · 2022

    Pregnant & parenting women with children in need of sud treatment

  • $660,986

    Delaware Academy of Vocal Arts · Wilmington, DE · 2023

    Dava fiscally sponsored project; fiscal sponsorship; fiscal sponsorship, transfer of funds; summer institute for vocal arts apprentices; transfer of funds fiscal sponsorship; unrestricted support; unrestricted support.

  • $622,544

    University of Delaware · Newark, DE · 2022

    Chorale music program -- assist with travel expenses for students to go abroad this summer, eliason fund:education and greening at early learning center, for the center for economic education & entrepreneurship's financ read all
  • $568,696

    State of Delaware · Dover, DE · 2023

    Restricted support to chhs senior awards; capital community center; unrestricted support of delaware division of the arts, unrestricted support for the delaware division of the visually impaired, supplies and facility u read all
  • $555,169

    University of Delaware · Newark, DE · 2021

    Restricted for the support of dr. Matt olivers programs and students at ceoe college of marine science and policy, veterans & college athletes together (vcat), restricted support to renovate and maintain goodstay garden read all
  • $554,080

    Beebe Medical Foundation · Lewes, DE · 2023

    Support mobile van; 1916 giving society; beebe goes purple; family medicine residency continuity clinic (2 year program); fire & ice - schc; restricted for south coastal cancer center; restricted support for the palliat read all
  • $542,814

    Beebe Medical Foundation · Lewes, DE · 2022

    1916 giving society, capital campaign 2023 of oncology services, family medicine residency continuity clinic (2 year program), fire & ice schc, for the early literacy program, unrestricted support, restricted support fo read all
  • $535,594

    Delaware State University · Dover, DE · 2023

    Restricted support for claude e. Phillips herbarium; restricted to support bioscience research fellowships; scholarships; support for alzheimer's research at the delaware center for neuroscience research; unrestricted s read all
  • $525,000

    Tidalhealth Foundation · Salisbury, MD · 2024

    Graduate medical education-davinci surgeon console , allen cancer center at tidal health nanticoke

  • $500,000

    St Francis Healthcare · Wilmington, DE · 2023

    Healthy village project

  • $500,000

    Tidalhealth Foundation · Salisbury, MD · 2023

    Graduate medical education-davinci surgeon console

  • $500,000

    Delaware Health Equity Coalition · Middletown, DE · 2022

    Restoring trust in healthcare: community wellness medical home

  • $500,000

    St Francis Healthcare · Wilmington, DE · 2022

    Healthy village project

  • $500,000

    Sacred Heart Housing · Wilmington, DE · 2021

    Villa maria, a community of affordable housing for seniors

  • $458,000

    Marine Biological Laboratory · Woods Hole, MA · 2021

    Insupport of the rosenthal chair and restricted to replace engine in rv gemma.

  • $418,000

    Rhodes College · Memphis, TN · 2023

    Biology faculty research fund; cubesat project finish; ses scholarship

  • $404,846

    Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted support

  • $395,000

    Ymca of Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2022

    Unrestricted support, reducing health inequities in de (2 year program), the sussex family ymca teen workforce development program, to support the ymca black achievers annual college tour in 2023.

  • $387,000

    Ymca of Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2023

    Pedaling for parkinsons; reducing health equities in de (2 year program); support for sussex family ymca campaign; to support financial assistance for summer camp programs at the sussex family y; to support the 2024/202 read all
  • $371,832

    University of Delaware · Newark, DE · 2024

    Unrestricted support, edward j & judy bennett lacrosse scholarship fund , dual enrollment research fund grant , school of education/spec.ed , capital campaign/blue and gold fund , paul jones collection , ig and julie bu read all
  • $370,070

    West End Neighborhood House · Wilmington, DE · 2024

    Unrestricted support , education and greening programs, capital and maintenance projects , launcher entrepreneurship program

  • $369,550

    Teen Warehouse · Wilmington, DE · 2021

    Out of school youth clinical medical administrative assistant program and unrestricted support.

  • $361,774

    Nemours Foundation · Wilmington, DE · 2023

    Joint sdoh asthma solution; pediatric continuing education; restricted support for research into or treatment related to malrotation at the wilmington de site; restricted support for the alfred i. Du pont hospital for c read all
  • $350,197

    Be Ready Community Development Corporation · Wilmington, DE · 2022

    At home and healthy in hilltop- phase ii, very well: healing our community and ourselves

  • $325,313

    Neighborgood Partners · Dover, DE · 2022

    2023 central delaware thrives iv, restoring central dover, central delaware thrives phase iii program, restoring central dover

  • $320,934

    Boys and Girls Clubs of Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2021

    Vision, voice, and choice-community based behavioral health program, 2022 disbursement, restricted to support dagsboro location, support to allow expansion of girls on the run (gotr) program. Restricted to support weste read all
  • $320,463

    Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · Tuscon, AZ · 2022

    Restricted to ferguson glaze donor advised fund.

  • $316,200

    La Esperanza · Georgetown, DE · 2022

    Support for its place-based opciones/resource navigation and family coaching 2.0 program, support for la colectiva de delaware program, support for la colectiva's collaborative project beyond the pilot for parent engage read all
  • $315,479

    The Proximity Project · Townsend, DE · 2022

    Catalytic capital fund, harambee delaware project

  • $310,564

    Nemours Foundation · Wilmington, DE · 2024

    Joint sdoh asthma solution , support for nemours hospital for children/ai dupont hoospital for children, nemours childrens health wilmington - de , cancer research and patient care , nemours childrens institute for clin read all
  • $307,078

    De Division of Parks & Recreation · Dover, DE · 2021

    Unrestricted support, porch repairs ($20k), security upgrades ($6,815) and asbestos with harvard ($1,457.75), mansion porch repairs and carriage house rafter replacement, flint woods house kitchen repairs, advanced pavi read all
  • $302,482

    AIDS Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2024

    Mental health counseling program expansion , unrestricted support

  • $302,396

    Neighborgood Partners · Dover, DE · 2024

    Central delaware thrives , project safe neighborhoods dover

  • $300,000

    Rhodes College · Memphis, TN · 2022

    Biology research fund

  • $300,000

    Millersville University of Pennsylvania · Millersville, PA · 2021

    Support for the roddy pond renovation & nature center

  • $295,867

    Boys and Girls Clubs of Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2022

    A closet for kids & teens program, unrestricted support, general operating support and programmatic (trauma informed programs and summer/out of school program, girls on the run, operating expense: specifically, salary o read all
  • $285,545

    Christiana Care Health Services · Wilmington, DE · 2024

    Unrestricted support, helen f. Graham center special needs fund, cardiology department , community health workers for medicare patients, first state school, acute care program, hidden heros campaign

  • $279,461

    De Division of Parks & Recreation · Dover, DE · 2022

    2023 honda trx520fm1p for park enforcement patrols at delaware seashore state park, custom boat trailer to replace failing one for osceola boat by dempsey services, four benches for fox point state park, installation of read all
  • $278,947

    Ywca Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2023

    Endowment support; mlk breakfast, meals for action forum panelist; restricted to support of its home-life management center; sexual assault response program - sussex county; survivors' emergency needs fund; unrestricted read all
  • $275,000

    The Springboard Collaborative · Lewis, DE · 2022

    Georgetown pallet shelter village project

  • $272,358

    The Proximity Project · Townsend, DE · 2023

    Fiscal sponsorship, transfer of funds; unrestricted support; unrestricted support.

  • $268,062

    Delaware Art Museum · Wilmington, DE · 2021

    Support for healing through the arts (hta), healing through the arts program, family sunday programming and unrestricted support.

  • $265,918

    Delaware Art Museum · Wilmington, DE · 2022

    Capital campaign, red apple fund, restricted for capital related expenses, restricted to costs to rent and operate facilities, support for the mariposa arts healing through the arts programs, unrestricted support

  • $264,135

    Jewish Federation of Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2023

    Restricted support for scholarships/financial aid for children of fallen first responders; dignity grows

  • $261,136

    Del-Mar-Va Council Boy Scouts of America · Dover, DE · 2024

    Unrestricted support , enhancements to the shower and restroom facilities and comfort stations , scoutreach and camperships, post high school educational scholarships to registered members

  • $256,962

    Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County · Wilmington, DE · 2022

    2023 eastside renaissance a resident-centered revitalization plan, unrestricted support, rock the block - eastside, rock the block - northeast, rock the block northeast - resident leadership training & action plan

  • $255,000

    Laurel Fire Department · Laurel, DE · 2023

    Support for purchase of ambulance; unrestricted support

  • $253,101

    Grand Opera House · Wilmington, DE · 2024

    Unrestricted support , capital related expenses , costs to rent and operate facilities , sensory-friendly family programming

  • $250,000

    Frankford Volunteer Fire Co · Frankford, DE · 2024

    Towards the purchase of a new ambulance

  • $250,000

    Rhodes College · Memphis, TN · 2024

    Biology fund

  • $250,000

    Roxana Volunteer Fire Company Station 90 · Frankford, DE · 2023

    For the purchase of a new ambulance

  • $250,000

    Memorial Volunteer Fire Company · Milford, DE · 2022

    For purchase of new ambulance as described in application

  • $250,000

    New Castle County Office of Economic Development · New Castle, DE · 2022

    Grow america fund - new castle county

  • $250,000

    Bridgeville Volunteer Fire Co · Bridgeville, DE · 2021

    Purchase of new ambulance.

  • $250,000

    Dagsboro Volunteer Fire Department · Dagsboro, DE · 2021

    To support the purchase of a new ambulance

  • $250,000

    Delmar Fire Dept Inc - Del Corp Delmar Fire Co Inc - Maryland Corp · Delmar, DE · 2021

    Restricted support for the purchase of new ambulance.

  • $250,000

    Gumboro Volunteer Fire Co · Millsboro, DE · 2021

    To support purchase of an ambulance

  • $250,000

    Kent County - Levy Court · Dover, DE · 2021

    New kent county economic development loan program

  • $250,000

    Millsboro Fire Company · Millsboro, DE · 2021

    Restricted support for the purcahse of new ambulance.

  • $250,000

    Millville Volunteer Fire Company · Millville, DE · 2021

    For purchase of new ambulance

  • $250,000

    Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Co · Rehoboth Beach, DE · 2021

    Purchase of new ambulance

  • $250,000

    Seaford Volunteer Fire Department · Seaford, DE · 2021

    Restricted for the purchase of ambulance.

  • $250,000

    Selbyville Volunteer Fire Department · Selbyville, DE · 2021

    Restricted support for the purchase of new ambulance.

  • $250,000

    University of Evansville · Evansville, IN · 2021

    In support of biology department programs.

  • $248,950

    Boys and Girls Clubs of Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2024

    Unrestricted support, up next life and workforce readiness program and act/sat prep and college counseling. , a closet for kids, teens & families , summer music program interns, youth of the year program, education and read all
  • $247,904

    Grand Opera House · Wilmington, DE · 2023

    Restricted for capital related expenses; restricted to costs to rent and operate facilities; unrestricted support

  • $245,010

    Cendel Foundation · Dover, DE · 2024

    Unrestricted support

  • $243,223

    Boys and Girls Clubs of Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2023

    A closet for kids, teens & families; for the milford location; fraim childrens garden, programmatic work, collaborations, training programs; restricted to support western sussex boys & girls club in seaford, de; support read all
  • $233,969

    Lewes Public Library · Lewes, DE · 2024

    Unrestricted support

  • $231,169

    Delaware Art Museum · Wilmington, DE · 2023

    Diverse exhibition fund; mariposa arts healing through the arts; restricted for capital related expenses; restricted to costs to rent and operate facilities; unrestricted support

  • $230,251

    The Proximity Project · Wilmington, DE · 2024

    Support for the harambee project , unrestricted support

  • $227,709

    Food Bank of Delaware · Newark, DE · 2023

    Building hope in milford: the food bank of de's capital campaign; latino and hispanic community outreach coordination; restricted to support food distribution in sussex county, de; support for the milford location; unre read all
  • $220,531

    Ywca Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2024

    Unrestricted support , home-life management center

  • $217,456

    Central Baptist Community Development Corporation · Wilmington, DE · 2021

    Urban acres home delivery online market with education partnerships and accelerating eastside affordable housing development

  • $213,250

    Cornerstone West Community Development Corporation · Wilmington, DE · 2022

    West side grows healthy neighborhoods + revitalization plan update

  • $212,151

    Local Journalism Initiative · Wilmington, DE · 2024

    Unrestricted support , spotlight delaware community match, spotlight delaware health reporting , unrestricted support

  • $211,243

    Delaware Theatre Company · Wilmington, DE · 2021

    Restricted to support the public allies intern salary and unrestricted support

  • $205,000

    Kennett Library · Kennett Square, PA · 2022

    Adult maker space, capital campaign, support for the capital campaign in memory of carl s. Gates, jr

  • $202,000

    Teen Warehouse · Wilmington, DE · 2022

    Unrestricted support, support for the improvements of the teen warehouse gymnasium and adjacent area

  • $200,000

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024

    Support for the radiological research at the vagelos college of physicians and surgeons

  • $200,000

    Endless Possibilities in the Community · Newark, DE · 2023

    Epic's strategic and sustainable expansion plan

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