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Joyce Darling Joins the DCF as Vice President for Finance and Administration

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

The Delaware Community Foundation is pleased to welcome Joyce Darling as vice president for finance and administration. Darling previously worked for the DCF from 2013-2015, first as an accountant and then as director of finance, leading the organization’s financial management and overseeing investment activities. For the past two years, Darling has served as the chief financial officer of Chesterwye Center,

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Joy Lives Forever at Justin’s Beach House

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

No doctors, no nurses, no needles, and no machines tethered to the arm. At Justin’s Beach House, which will be supported in perpetuity by the new Justin’s Beach House Fund at the DCF, families can leave behind the frustration of cancer treatment while they enjoy the comfort of this beautiful home in Bethany Beach. Just a half-mile from the waterfront,

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Anthony J. Penna Fund Honors Archmere Student Killed in Car Accident (Press release)

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

Music shaped Anthony Penna’s life, and now it will shape his legacy, too. Anthony, who was just 17 when he died in a late September car accident, is being honored by the community and his family through the new Anthony J. Penna Fund at the Delaware Community Foundation. A junior at Archmere Academy, Anthony was a talented and passionate singer.

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Year-End Giving. It’s different this year.

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Stuart Comstock-Gay | 0 Comments

Getting a few dollars knocked of your tax bill probably isn’t the main reason you give to charity. If you’re like most of us, you give because you care about the health of children, about a clean environment, or great arts programming, because a neighbor asked you, because quality education is important. You give because you care about the quality

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Grants available to Delaware nonprofits from DCF Youth Philanthropy Boards

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

Delaware nonprofit organizations are invited to apply for grants from the Delaware Community Foundation (DCF) Youth Philanthropy Boards (YPB). The Kent and Sussex County boards will award $10,000 each. The New Castle County board will award $15,000. Applications for Kent and Sussex County grants must be submitted online by 4 p.m., Dec. 29, 2017, and applications for New Castle County

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Apply now for 300+ scholarships available for 2018-19

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

Delaware students are invited to apply for scholarships available through the Delaware Community Foundation. The deadline to apply is March 15, 2018. Last year, the DCF awarded more than 300 scholarships totaling more than $340,000 to assist individuals in pursuing higher education. Students can apply for most scholarships by completing a single online application, available on the DCF’s new platform

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#GivingEveryday

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Stuart Comstock-Gay | 0 Comments

Giving Tuesday is behind us. But everyday Giving is still with us. America’s social sector is a wondrous thing – fueled by generosity of time, talent, spirit, and money. In the midst of the giving season, between our day of thanks and the giving holidays, I find inspiration everywhere – from the people who mentor students, who serve meals to

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The tax bill and charitable giving…not a pretty picture

Posted on November 28, 2017 by Stuart Comstock-Gay | 0 Comments

The following is an op-ed that ran in today’s NewsJournal. It is a combined effort from Sheila Bravo, president of DANA, Cynthia Pritchard, president of Philanthropy Delaware, and Michelle Taylor, president of United Way of Delaware, and me. * * * * Charitable deduction is vital for nonprofits: Delaware Voice by Stuart Comstock-Gay, Sheila Bravo, Cynthia Pritchard and Michelle Taylor

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Arsht-Cannon Awards $667k+ in Grants to Improve Lives of Hispanics in Delaware

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

Hispanic families in Delaware are benefiting from increased access to education and health care with the support of $677,841 in grants from the Arsht-Cannon Fund (ACF), an endowed fund at the Delaware Community Foundation (DCF). Some of the 2017-18 grants were awarded in June and the remainder are being issued this week. Over the past 13 years, the ACF

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Teens Experience Being Philanthropists

Posted on November 9, 2017 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

Sixty-seven Delaware high school students will experience the joys and challenges of being philanthropists this year through the Delaware Community Foundation’s Youth Philanthropy Board (YPB). With a board in each county, the YPB includes students from public, private and parochial schools. The DCF gives the students a total of $35,000 to award to local charities. Within their county board, the

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