Funding search · student-athlete mental health · Delaware
Who funds student-athlete mental health work in Delaware
15 funders have a record of paying for student-athlete mental health work by Delaware recipients: 38 grants totaling $3.5M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Delaware Community Foundation ($1.5M), Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference ($529,644) and Laffey-McHugh Foundation ($90,000).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Delaware recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Delaware Community FoundationWilmington, DECharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $302,482 to AIDS DELAWARE INC — mental health counseling program expansion , unrestricted support
Mid-Eastern Athletic ConferenceNorfolk, VACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $529,644 · through 2024Largest: $206,487 to DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY — student athlete opportunity fund
Largest: $30,000 to MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN DELAWARE — 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.
Largest: $45,000 to MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION — support youth suicide prevention program
Largest: $350,000 to TOIVOA COACHING — train people with disabilities to be mental health counselors
Largest: $5,000 to MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN DELAWARE — unrestricted to support operations
Largest: $48,000 to SEAN LOCKE 24 FOUNDATION — educate community about mental health
Largest: $35,000 to SUPPORTING KIDDS FOUNDATION — to provide funding to support kids mental health.
Largest: $200,000 to MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN DELAWARE — mental health court mentorship expansion.
Largest: $25,000 to NATIVITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL OF WILMINGTON INC — toward expenses of the student counseling program, to support students, families, and alumni with mental health support in a school-based setting.
American Psychiatric AssociationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to LANGUAGES OF CARE INC — to support "work to translate mental health related resources"
Largest: $12,500 to SEAN LOCKE 24 FOUNDATION — to educate, assist, and support youth on their mental health journey by equipping them with knowledge, providing safe spaces, and removing barriers to mental health care.
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