Funding search · EIN 510066734 · Wilmington, DE

Longwood Foundation

Name: Longwood Foundation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

329
grants reported: $152.1M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $250,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

expansion building delaware capacity development center capital community

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Capital projects and building purchases for Delaware nonprofits
Wilmington neighborhood revitalization, housing rehab, and community development
K-12 education, charter schools, and out-of-school youth programs
Health, human services, and case management for low-income Delawareans
Arts, museums, and cultural institutions in Delaware
Land conservation, open space, and watershed protection

Typical grant

Median grant is $250,000, with the middle half between $115,000 and $450,000. The seven-figure checks go to bricks-and-mortar and anchor institutions like Longwood Gardens ($8M for Longwood Reimagined), Community Education Building debt service, REACH Riverside, and Odyssey Charter School; the sub-$100,000 grants tend to fund a single hire, a truck, or a modest renovation. With 329 grants across 285 recipients, most organizations appear once or twice, so treat this as project-cycle funding rather than a renewing operating line.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“CAPACITY BUILDING”
“OPERATING SUPPORT”
“DEBT SERVICE”
“PROGRAM EXPANSION”
“CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS”

Positioning adjacent work

Anchor the ask to a Delaware site, building, or hire; abstract research without a physical footprint is off-pattern.
Ask $150,000 to $450,000 for a defined project; reserve seven-figure requests for capital or debt retirement.
Frame work as capacity building or program expansion for an existing Delaware organization, not a new pilot.
Connect to their funded themes: workforce and financial equity, early literacy, watershed and open space preservation.

Worth knowing: Every one of the 329 grants went to a Delaware address, and Wilmington dominates; the few out-of-state-serving grantees (Chester County Food Bank, Kennett area work) sit just over the Pennsylvania line near Longwood Gardens. A Delaware fiscal home and a named local partner are effectively prerequisites, and recent giving leans heavily toward capital, debt service, and organizational infrastructure rather than program research.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Longwood Gardens3 grants · $24.0M
Longwood Gardens1 grant · $8.0M
Community Education Building3 grants · $5.4M
Reach Riverside Development Corporation2 grants · $2.1M
Exceptional Care for Children1 grant · $2.0M
Ymca of Delaware1 grant · $2.0M
Children & Families First Delaware1 grant · $1.8M
Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement2 grants · $1.8M
Delaware State University Foundation1 grant · $1.8M
Odyssey Charter School1 grant · $1.6M

Giving over time

$31.7M

2021

$39.0M

2022

$40.6M

2023

$40.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 329 grants.

$8.0M
Longwood Gardens · Wilmington, DE · 2024
The longwood reimagined project.
$8.0M
Longwood Gardens · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Longwood reimagined campaign
$8.0M
Longwood Gardens · Wilmington, DE · 2022
Operating support
$8.0M
Longwood Gardens · Wilmington, DE · 2021
Operating support
$2.6M
Community Education Building · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Support for debt service.
$2.6M
Community Education Building · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Debt service support.
$2.0M
Ymca of Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Early learning center in community education building.
$2.0M
Exceptional Care for Children · Wilmington, DE · 2022
The bridge unit
$1.8M
Children & Families First Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2021
Nurse family partnership program
$1.8M
Delaware State University Foundation · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Dsu wchbs growth and strategic expansion.
$1.6M
Odyssey Charter School · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Ocs innovation learning center.
$1.6M
Reach Riverside Development Corporation · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Reach / ceb project management office.
$1.6M
Kingswood Community Center · Wilmington, DE · 2021
Capital support for new facility
$1.5M
Stepping Stones Community Federal Credit Union · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Capital for operations.
$1.5M
Cheer · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Gateway east administation building.
$1.5M
Blindsight Delaware Enterprises · Wilmington, DE · 2022
Expanding employment in delaware
$1.5M
Food Bank of Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2022
Building hope in milford
$1.4M
Freire Foundation · Wilmington, DE · 2022
Fcsw athletic facility development
$1.3M
Joshua M Freeman Foundation · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Freeman arts pavilion.
$1.2M
Braven at Delaware State University · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Braven at delaware state university.
$1.2M
Children and Families First · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Pay for success program for pre and post natal care.
$1.2M
Todmorden Foundation · Wilmington, DE · 2022
Bennett street redevelopment
$1.2M
Delaware Technical & Community College Educational Foundation · Wilmington, DE · 2021
Culinary arts kitchen expansion
$1.2M
Reading Assist Institute · Wilmington, DE · 2021
Reading assist product expansion
$1.0M
Aspira of Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2021
Aspira academy expansion project
$1.0M
Be Ready Community Development Corporation · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Housing initiatives.
$1.0M
Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Program expansion.
$1.0M
Sussex County Land Trust · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Open space preservation.
$1.0M
Westside Family Healthcare · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Electronic health record integration project.
$1.0M
Greater Lewes Foundation · Wilmington, DE · 2023
4th street preserve project.
$1.0M
Wilmington University · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Wilmington university brandywine expansion.
$1.0M
Newark Charter School · Wilmington, DE · 2022
Newark charter school auditorium
$925,000
Abc Parenting Institute · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Abc in delaware.
$880,000
Zip Code Wilmington · Wilmington, DE · 2022
Zipcode '3 by 3' expansion project
$815,050
Friendship House · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Capacity building.
$800,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Georgetown site expansion.
$800,000
Kuumba Academy Charter School · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Creative connections program.
$800,000
The Rosa Health Center · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Make it real for rosa project.
$800,000
Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement · Wilmington, DE · 2022
Strengthen nonprofit workforce/diversity
$800,000
Detv Foundation · Wilmington, DE · 2022
Detv community expansion
$800,000
Local Journalism Initiative · Wilmington, DE · 2022
Spotlight delaware
$800,000
First Community Foundation Fka Eastside Community Learning Center Foundat · Wilmington, DE · 2021
Chemours stem hub project
$800,000
Sunday Breakfast Mission · Wilmington, DE · 2021
Mission next level capital campaign
$800,000
Sussex Montessori School · Wilmington, DE · 2021
Capital support for facility renovations and expansion
$800,000
The Springboard Collaborative · Wilmington, DE · 2021
Georgetown pallet shelter village
$800,000
Wilmington Alliance · Wilmington, DE · 2021
Equitable economic mobility for citizens
$750,000
Newark Senior Center · Wilmington, DE · 2022
Newark senior center expansion
$700,000
Impact Life · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Purchase and retrofit building.
$700,000
Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Landbank · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Project to rehabilitate 20 vacant homes.
$700,000
The Challenge Program · Wilmington, DE · 2022
Cp furniture studio
$650,000
First State Educate · Wilmington, DE · 2021
Improving education in delaware
$600,000
Children'S Beach House · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Youth development expansion in milton.
$600,000
Delaware Art Museum · Wilmington, DE · 2024
The delaware art experience.
$600,000
Academia Antonia Alonso Charter School · Wilmington, DE · 2022
Support aaacs expansion
$600,000
Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art · Wilmington, DE · 2022
Courtyard expansion and improvements
$600,000
Children'S Beach House · Wilmington, DE · 2022
Youth development program expansion
$600,000
Humane Animal Partners · Wilmington, DE · 2022
Hap stanton/christiana renovation
$600,000
Kind To Kids Foundation · Wilmington, DE · 2022
Ugrad education program- foster children
$600,000
Spur Impact Association · Wilmington, DE · 2022
Spur impact capacity building grant
$600,000
Center for Structural Equity · Wilmington, DE · 2021
Addressing gun violence in wilmington
$550,000
Delaware Zoological Society · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Mixed species habitat at brandywine zoo
$550,000
Teensharp · Wilmington, DE · 2022
Teensharp alum career/financial coaching
$544,000
Jewish Family Services of Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Capacity building to expand services.
$500,000
Latin American Community Center · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Fiesta 3 early learning center.
$500,000
True Access Capital · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Tac / bipoc lending.
$500,000
Grand Opera House · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Project recovery.
$500,000
Kennett Library · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Create innovative maker spaces.
$500,000
Limen Recovery Wellness · Wilmington, DE · 2023
819 washington location expansion.
$500,000
The Pete Du Pont Freedom Foundation Llc · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Capacity building investment.
$500,000
The Springboard Collaborative · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Springboard pallet village.
$500,000
Delaware Art Museum · Wilmington, DE · 2022
Support for museum operations
$500,000
Family Promise of Northern New Castle County · Wilmington, DE · 2022
The hospitality center 2.0 expansion
$500,000
Forgotten Cats · Wilmington, DE · 2022
Onward and upward to saving more lives
$500,000
St Michael'S School and Nursery · Wilmington, DE · 2022
Support renovations and building upgrades
$500,000
Delaware Art Museum · Wilmington, DE · 2021
Support for museum operations
$500,000
Reach Riverside Development Corporation · Wilmington, DE · 2021
Hurricane ida relief
$500,000
Science Technology and Research Institute of Delaware (Stride) · Wilmington, DE · 2021
Social venture for safe drinking water
$500,000
United Way of Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2021
Drjc learning pod collaborative & freedom schools
$492,548
Johns Hopkins University School of Education · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Back on track for graduation in dover.
$492,500
Leading Youth Through Empowerment · Wilmington, DE · 2022
Close the loop
$475,000
The Proximity Project · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Harambee delaware.
$475,000
The Tatnall School · Wilmington, DE · 2022
Ederic library renovation project
$450,000
Easterseals Delaware and Maryland'S Eastern Shore · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Limitless possibilities at camp fairlee.
$450,000
North American Land Trust · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Joseph davis tract - closing on property purchase.
$450,000
Voices Underground · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Assistance with debt service.
$450,000
Willmington Alliance · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Wilmington thrives program.
$450,000
Sanford School · Wilmington, DE · 2023
The exceptionally sanford campaign.
$450,000
The Bryan Allen Stevenson School of Excellence (Basse) · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Bryan a. Stevenson school of excellence.
$450,000
Tower Hill School · Wilmington, DE · 2023
The hive.
$450,000
Unionville-Chadds Ford School District · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Strongs roots and new growth.
$450,000
Voices Underground · Wilmington, DE · 2023
National underground railroad memorial.
$450,000
Zoe Ministries · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Hannah's house.
$450,000
Delaware Theatre Company · Wilmington, DE · 2022
More visible more engaged more connected
$442,338
Amanecer Counseling & Resource Center · Wilmington, DE · 2021
Behavioral health workforce development
$440,000
Jounce Partners · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Delaware site launch.
$440,000
Delaware College Scholars · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Program expansion and development.
$425,000
Cityfest · Wilmington, DE · 2021
Neighborhood revitalization project
$400,000
End Community Violence Now · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Catalyzing end community violence now.
$400,000
Mid Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub Inc (Mach2) · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Funding to unlock doe grant for mach2
$400,000
Milford Housing Development Corp · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Resilient and healthy home repair.

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