Funding search · EIN 516015095 · Wilmington, DE
Laffey-McHugh Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 397
- grants reported
- $10.9M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $25,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
What they fund
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1 grant matching “substance use and addiction” · $15,000
- $15,000
Shatterproof · Norwalk, CT · 2024
To increase access to treatment atlas, a search tool for historically marginalized populations across delaware to access quality addiction treatment services for substance use disorder.
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Ministry of Caring5 grants · $550,000
- Food Bank of Delaware4 grants · $350,000
- Teensharp3 grants · $225,000
- Ymca of Delaware3 grants · $225,000
- Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia3 grants · $225,000
- Trustees of University of Pennsylvania1 grant · $200,000
- Catholic Charities2 grants · $175,000
- Sunday Breakfast Mission4 grants · $170,000
- Kind To Kids Foundation2 grants · $150,000
- Combined Campaign for Justice3 grants · $150,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 397 grants.
- $200,000
Trustees of University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support
- $175,000
Ministry of Caring · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General operating support
- $150,000
Ministry of Caring · Wilmington, DE · 2024
To support the renovation and relocation of the emmanuel dining room east to a new permanent location to serve nutritious meals to families in need.
- $100,000
Food Bank of Delaware · Newark, DE · 2024
To support the food bank of delaware's expanded head start backpack program.
- $100,000
Delaware State University Foundation · Dover, DE · 2023
Project support
- $100,000
Food Bank of Delaware · Newark, DE · 2023
Project support
- $100,000
Ministry of Caring · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Project support
- $100,000
Catholic Charities · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General operating support
- $100,000
First Community Foundation · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General operating support
- $100,000
Food Bank of Delaware · Newark, DE · 2022
General operating support
- $75,000
Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To prospectively investigate advanced ultrasound imaging markers of acute kidney injury (aki) in 24 pilot subjects (0-19 years old) with severe aki to enable early detection and prognosis.
- $75,000
Kind To Kids Foundation · Newark, DE · 2024
To improve academic outcomes for delaware students in foster care who are victims of abuse, neglect and trauma through kind to kids foundation's signature education program, ugrad academy.
- $75,000
Ministry of Caring · Wilmington, DE · 2024
To support renovations to samaritan housing, a short term emergency shelter for single women and women with children.
- $75,000
Teensharp · Wilmington, DE · 2024
To support enhancements to the technology infrastructure supporting the delaware goes to college academy offered to high school students from low-income families.
- $75,000
Ymca of Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2024
For its new thrive out-of-school program providing tutoring, sel, and life skills activities for teens, and extending social-emotional support and stem for teen summer activities in zip code 19801.
- $75,000
Catholic Charities · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Project support
- $75,000
Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Project support
- $75,000
Kind To Kids Foundation · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Project support
- $75,000
Kingswood Community Center · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Project support
- $75,000
Teensharp · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Project support
- $75,000
Wilmington Friends School · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Project support
- $75,000
Ymca of Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Project support
- $75,000
Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support
- $75,000
Summer Learning Collaborative · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General operating support
- $75,000
Teensharp · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General operating support
- $75,000
Wilmington Friends School · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General operating support
- $75,000
Ymca of Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General operating support
- $65,000
Friendship House · Wilmington, DE · 2024
In general operating funds to respond to client needs through its transitional housing program, empowerment centers and the clothing bank.
- $60,000
Delaware College Scholars · Wilmington, DE · 2024
To support the launch of programming for 9th and 10th grade students for its residential college-preparation program that helps overcome economic or social barriers to educational success.
- $60,000
Delaware College Scholars · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Project support
- $60,000
Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General operating support
- $50,000
Combined Campaign for Justice · Wilmington, DE · 2024
In general operating support for delawares three legal aid agencies.
- $50,000
Leading Youth Through Empowerment · Wilmington, DE · 2024
For academic support for underserved middle school and high school students to prepare them for the next steps in high school, college, and career exploration.
- $50,000
Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League · Wilmington, DE · 2024
In general operational funds to support its programming in the community.
- $50,000
Partners for Justice · New York, NY · 2024
To support its client advocate program, an innovative public defense program in partnership with the office of defense services providing interdisciplinary services and restorative support to 400 people entangled in the… read allTo support its client advocate program, an innovative public defense program in partnership with the office of defense services providing interdisciplinary services and restorative support to 400 people entangled in the criminal legal system in delaware. less
- $50,000
Reading Assist · Wilmington, DE · 2024
To provide a tutor/teacher training and certification program currently being piloted at la academia antonio alonso charter school in newark.
- $50,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support a research project investigating how genetic mutations, particularly brca1/2, influence lymphoma patients responses to conventional treatments and novel immunotherapies.
- $50,000
Urbanpromise Wilmington · Wilmington, DE · 2024
For its promise of yes capital campaign to repair properties embedded in under-resourced areas of wilmington in which urbanpromise staff and interns live, build relationships, and foster trust in the neighborhoods.
- $50,000
Combined Campaign for Justice · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Project support
- $50,000
Family Promise of Northern New Castle County · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Project support
- $50,000
Food Bank of Delaware · Newark, DE · 2023
Project support
- $50,000
Ministry of Caring · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Project support
- $50,000
Reading Assist · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Project support
- $50,000
Sunday Breakfast Mission · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Project support
- $50,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Conshohocken, PA · 2023
Project support
- $50,000
Urbanpromise Wilmington · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Project support
- $50,000
Combined Campaign for Justice · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General operating support
- $50,000
Delaware College Scholars Program · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General operating support
- $50,000
Family Promise of Northern Ncco · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General operating support
- $50,000
Friendship House · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General operating support
- $50,000
Kind To Kids · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General operating support
- $50,000
Las Americas Aspira Academy · Newark, DE · 2022
General operating support
- $50,000
Leading Youth Through Empowerment · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General operating support
- $50,000
Little Sisters of the Poor · Newark, DE · 2022
General operating support
- $50,000
Partners for Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General operating support
- $50,000
Reading Assist Institute · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General operating support
- $50,000
The Choir School of Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General operating support
- $50,000
Urbanpromise Ministries Wilmington · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General operating support
- $45,000
Four Youth · Wilmington, DE · 2024
To enable underserved high school students to explore delaware's natural and historical sites, documenting their experience via videography and photojournalism with a livestream to k-8 classrooms.
- $45,000
Christina Cultural Arts Center · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General operating support
- $45,000
Nativity Prep School of Wilmington · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General operating support
- $40,816
Resilia · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General operating support
- $40,000
St Patrick'S Center · Wilmington, DE · 2024
For its emergency food distribution program.
- $40,000
Sunday Breakfast Mission · Wilmington, DE · 2024
To support homeless and impoverished individuals and families through nutritious meals, clothing, emergency shelter, food boxes, and residential programs with supportive services.
- $40,000
The Harambee Fund at the Delaware Community Foundation · Wilmington, DE · 2024
To support the next cohort of harambee delaware emerging leaders of color and support the launch of the delaware dozen accelerator to work closely with 12 alumni over the next two years to grow/launch their ventures
- $40,000
Wilmington Hope Commission · Wilmington, DE · 2024
In general operations support for its expansion of initiatives in dover that aim to reduce recidivism.
- $40,000
Black Mothers in Power · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Project support
- $40,000
Children & Families First Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Project support
- $40,000
Harambee Delaware Fund · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Project support
- $40,000
St Patrick'S Center · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Project support
- $40,000
Sunday Breakfast Mission · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Project support
- $40,000
Teach for America Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Project support
- $40,000
Tech Impact · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Project support
- $40,000
Wilmington Alliance · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Project support
- $40,000
Delaware Pacem in Terris · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General operating support
- $40,000
Harpers Heart · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General operating support
- $40,000
Planting To Feed · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General operating support
- $40,000
Saint Patrick'S Center · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General operating support
- $40,000
Sunday Breakfast Mission · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General operating support
- $35,000
Healthy Foods for Healthy Kids · Hockessin, DE · 2024
To support hiring a third program coordinator to meet growing demand for hands-on, outdoor, stem education services related to its school-based gardening programs.
- $35,000
Nativity Preparatory School of Wilmington · Wilmington, DE · 2024
For general operating expenses supporting its tuition-free, high-quality middle school program for students in wilmington.
- $35,000
The Teen Warehouse · Wilmington, DE · 2024
To establish new programming in creative arts, education, and health and wellness by supporting staff time devoted to program development and purchasing supplies/equipment for activities.
- $35,000
Nativity Preparatory School of Wilmington · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Project support
- $35,000
Nerdit Foundation (Dba Nerdit Cares) · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Project support
- $35,000
Freire Charter School Foundation · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General operating support
- $35,000
Strive How To Lead Matters · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General operating support
- $30,000
Academia Antonia Alonso Charter School · Newark, DE · 2024
For educator stipends to develop/support its transition to mastery-based learning, enhancing personalized instruction and improving academic achievement for its underserved, primarily hispanic, k-8 student population.
- $30,000
Choir School of Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2024
In general operating support for its vocal music, academic enrichment, health services, and life skills development programming.
- $30,000
Christina Cultural Arts Center · Wilmington, DE · 2024
To launch chasing away the blues, a collaboration with mental health professionals to offer self-care workshops, family arts classes, and resource referrals for adults with students living with a single head of househol… read allTo launch chasing away the blues, a collaboration with mental health professionals to offer self-care workshops, family arts classes, and resource referrals for adults with students living with a single head of household. less
- $30,000
Delaware Adolescent Program · Bear, DE · 2024
In general operating funds to support curriculum refinement, professional development, instructional materials, and enhance services for pregnant and parenting teens across delaware.
- $30,000
Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County · Wilmington, DE · 2024
For the direct material costs of its critical repairs program providing aging in place home repairs for low income elderly homeowners in new castle county.
- $30,000
Mental Health Association in Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2024
To expand its peer-mentoring program with the mental health court of delaware that offers re-entry programs for non-violent offenders within the prisons prior to release.
- $30,000
Neighborgood Partners · Dover, DE · 2024
To support the pilot of central dover saves, a program for underbanked individuals in central dover to receive financial education, and build savings with a 2:1 match for every dollar saved.
- $30,000
Network Connect · Wilmington, DE · 2024
To sustain and expand the future culture creator employment program, enabling underserved and at risk youth to develop essential skills and launch meaningful initiatives.
- $30,000
Rodney Street Tennis and Tutoring Association · Wilmington, DE · 2024
For its summer education/enrichment and outreach programming for the underserved communities of wilmington.
- $30,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2024
To support the launch of a meal program, called spoonful of hope, for its volunteers to provide nutritious meals to families with children being treated at the nemours childrens hospital.
- $30,000
Summer Learning Collaborative · Wilmington, DE · 2024
To pilot an expansion of collabclub services to meet the needs of special education students at southern elementary school in new castle county.
- $30,000
Tech Impact · Wilmington, DE · 2024
To support underrepresented delawareans through its itworks delaware and cxworks baylor workforce programs, and local nonprofits through projects in its data innovation lab.
- $30,000
The Grand · Wilmington, DE · 2024
For its stages of discovery school matinees providing students in prek to grade 12 an opportunity to experience live theatre with enriching curriculum connections, thereby integrating the arts with a culturally responsi… read allFor its stages of discovery school matinees providing students in prek to grade 12 an opportunity to experience live theatre with enriching curriculum connections, thereby integrating the arts with a culturally responsive education. less
- $30,000
True Access Capital Corp · Wilmington, DE · 2024
To help close the wealth gap by supporting bipoc businesses in delaware to gain access to capital and business advisory services.
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