Welcome to the Delaware Community Foundation

Experience the Power of Philanthropy! When you carry out your charitable giving through a fund at the Delaware Community Foundation, you are helping build for the future while meeting your own charitable and financial goals.

We invite you to explore our website and learn how we are strengthening our community through the power of philanthropy, and how we connect people who care with causes that matter.

What's New at the DCF


According to a new study commissioned by the Governor's Consortium on Hispanic Affairs, over half of Hispanic Delawareans speak little or no English; more than a third have not completed high school. Increasing access to education and other ways to improve the quality of life for the state’s Hispanic population are being supported through the generosity of Adrienne Arsht and the Arsht-Cannon Fund. To view the executive summary of the report, click here; the full report, click here. For information about the Governor's Consortium, click here.


Save the Date! Last year's "Harvesting Funds for The Next Generation" event at Ramsey's Farm in Brandywine Hundred raised nearly $12,500. Join us on September 27 for another fun day of hayrides and straw mazes, having fun while supporting local causes. For more information, check out our event flyer. To purchase tickets online, click here.


Save the Date! Please join The Fund for Women for a Celebration of the Spirit of Women's Philanthropy in Delaware. Community Activist Linda Chick will receive this year's First Founder Award at the 8 o'clock breakfast event on October 15 at the University and Whist Club in Wilmington. For more information, check out our event flyer. To purchase tickets online, click here.

 


The Next Generation 2009 Grant Applications are available! Grants will be awarded in January 2009 to support programs for 10 to 14-year-olds that address the underlying social factors that contribute to low graduation rates, teen pregnancy and drug abuse. Specifically, TNG will help fund out-of-school programs that incorporate other family members, role models or peers to help address these factors. You'll find links to the guidelines, cover letter and application here. The deadline for submissions is October 1, 2008.

 


Charitable gift annuity rates are changing July 1, so our nonprofit partners will need NEW updated tools for your Endowment Building Toolbox for Nonprofit Organizations.

 


Read about how The Next Generation and our Youth Philanthropy Boards are making a difference for children throughout Delaware in our Summer 2008 Newsletter

 


Over 100 attended the launch of the new African American Empowerment Fund of Delaware created to establish a legacy of leadership in promoting philanthropy to fund causes important to the education, social and economic empowerment of African American Delawareans. Contact Jane C. W. Vincent by calling 302.504.5237 to find out how you can become one of the 100 Founders. 

 


Kathleen Furey McDonough, Esq., a partner with the law firm of Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, has been elected to a two-year term as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Please join us in welcoming Kathleen and nine new directors to their leadership roles with the DCF.

 


NBC News Medical Editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman will keynote Advocates of Hope: Raising Cancer Awareness in the Business Community on October 16 at the University of Delaware's Clayton Hall in Newark. Sponsorships for the day-long statewide cancer awareness summit will benefit the Advocates of Hope Fund. Click here to attend.

 


Delaware Community Foundation

Fred C. Sears II, President and CEO

 

Main office: Community Service Building, Suite 115, 100 W. 10th Street, Wilmington, DE 19801

Mailing Address:  P.O. Box 1636, Wilmington, DE 19899

Phone: 302.571.8004  Fax: 302.571.1553

 

Southern Office: 36 The Circle, Georgetown, DE 19947

Phone: 302.856.4393  Fax: 302.856.4367

 

 

Connecting people who care with causes that matter

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