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For more than 20 years, the Delaware Community Foundation has been connecting people who care with the causes they care about by helping them establish charitable funds and provide grants to the nonprofit organizations they wish to support.
We invite you to explore our website and learn how you can help others make Delaware a better place to live and work.
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NEW OPERATION COOL AIR! More needy Delawareans will have cooler homes, thanks to an air conditioner giveaway through an emergency fund created by a team of local businessmen, nonprofit leaders and an anonymous donor. The initiative, OPERATION COOL AIR, was designed to make sure those who need help keeping cool will get the help they need. An initial $30,000 in funding enabled the team to purchase 100 portable air conditioners to provide relief to low-income households that do not have central air conditioning or window units. For the program GUIDELINES and a listing of community agencies where you can apply, click here. For an APPLICATION, click here. For more information, please contact Akilah Jackson at Hilltop Lutheran Neighborhood Center by calling 302.656.3224. To help purchase additional units for distribution, donations can be made to OPERATION COOL AIR, just click here. |
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Join The Next Generation on Thursday, July 29 as the Wilmington Blue Rocks pay tribute to Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. with a Joe Biden bobble-head giveaway. The first 1,000 fans in attendance will receive a “bobble” courtesy of Shop Rite. According to Delaware political pundit Celia Cohen, “The bobble-head doll probably cemented Joe Biden's cult status in Delaware.” Apparently it was one of the most popular promotions of the Blue Rocks’ 2009 season. You can even find last year’s “rare” bobbles offered on eBay for up to $200! So, join TNG at Frawley Stadium for a night of great baseball, a bobble and tons of family fun. TNG will be manning the refreshment stand at first base and raising funds to help Delaware nonprofits knock childhood obesity “out of the ballpark!” Gates open at 5:30 p.m. Game time is 7 p.m. To volunteer, please contact cgriffiths@cblh.com.
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What's the "Good News" at the Delaware Community Foundation? Check out our newsletter, Connecting People, Building Communities! You'll see how the Foundation's Youth Philanthropy Board is giving Delawareans a new "Perspective" of philanthropy and how the Friends of Historic Riverview Cemetery made Mother's Day extra special for Skippy Lyness-Blanch. Don't miss our Summer 2010 edition to learn about many of the "people who care" who are part of the Foundation family! |
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Fred C. Sears II, DCF President and CEO, announced that the Delaware Community Foundation has awarded $309,273 in capital grants to 31 Delaware nonprofit organizations. Over the years, the DCF has given 437 capital grants totaling $4,547,585, funded mainly through the State of Delaware Fund. Designed to support projects that have a lasting, positive impact on the population or region served by the organization, capital grants may be used to fund construction, major renovation or repair of buildings and/or the purchase of land as well as to a limited degree, the purchase of needed equipment. To see who received this year's grants, click here. |
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Fred C. Sears II, DCF President and CEO, announced that Thomas D. Wren of Greenville has been elected to a two-year term as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Wren joined the DCF Board of Directors in July 1998, chaired the investment and audit committees and held the offices of vice chairman and treasurer of the board prior to his new appointment as chairman. |
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SAVE THE DATE & NOMINATE! On October 28, the Fund For Women will hold their annual Celebration of Women and Philanthropy at the University & Whist Club in Wilmington. At this event, the First Founders' Award will be presented to a Founder who has had a major impact on our community through her or his exemplary philanthropic contributions; memoralizing the vision of the original Founders who started the Fund in 1993. To download the NOMINATION FORM for the First Founders' Award, click here. Nominations are due by August 30. |
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Fred C. Sears II, DCF President and CEO, and Thomas D. Wren, Chairman of the Foundation’s Board of Directors have announced the appointments of five new Directors. They are Martha S. Gilman, Jennings P. Hastings, Lynn Adams Kokjohn, Ranney B. Ward and Dr. Harry L. Williams. |
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The Arsht-Cannon Fund at the Delaware Community Foundation has announced a gift of $300,000 over three years to Nemours Partnership for Children's Health to bring the innovative Nemours BrightStart! Dyslexia Initiative to Delaware. By far, the most common learning disability, dyslexia is characterized by marked difficulty with reading and spelling. Nemours BrightStart! provides a range of programs, products and services to help parents, schools and communities prepare all young children for future reading success, with a special focus on struggling, at-risk young learners. For more information about this new initiative, please click here. To see the official press release about the gift, please click here.
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