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$335,202 Awarded from Delaware COVID-19 Strategic Response Fund to 24 Nonprofits

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

$2.8 million awarded to 128 nonprofits since fund launched March 18 In its 10th round of grants, the Delaware COVID-19 Strategic Response Fund at the Delaware Community Foundation today awarded $335,202 to 24 nonprofit organizations providing services to communities throughout the state. Friday’s grants will address a broad range of community needs during the pandemic. Grantees are: St. Michael’s School

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Maintaining Mental Health in a Pandemic: Stories from the Delaware COVID-19 Strategic Response Fund

Posted on June 17, 2020 by Rebecca Klug | 0 Comments

In the Season 2 premiere of our Building Opportunity in Delaware podcast, Rob McCreary and Kathleen Seipel from the Family Counseling Center of St. Paul’s join us to talk about providing emotional and behavioral health services to uninsured families in low-income communities in Delaware. The Family Counseling Center of St. Paul’s received $43,000 in grants from the Delaware COVID-19 Strategic

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Two New Grant Programs Open Through Delaware COVID-19 Strategic Response Fund

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Rebecca Klug | 0 Comments

Delaware nonprofits invited to apply for Community Needs Grants and Vision Grants The new Community Needs Grants Program and the Vision Grants Program are now open to Delaware nonprofits through the Delaware COVID-19 Strategic Response Fund at the Delaware Community Foundation (DCF). Through the Community Needs Grants Program, the fund will award monthly grants up to $50,000 to enable nonprofits

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The Pandemic, George Floyd and Opportunity in America

Posted on June 9, 2020 by Stuart Comstock-Gay | 0 Comments

The last two weeks in America have made clear once again the reality of our country’s racial injustices, past and present, and the deep opportunity gap that persists. We are sad, angry, reflective and resolute. Our colleagues, neighbors and friends are hurting. The hurt is real. Even if we have not suffered discrimination personally, we simply must recognize that it

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$108,760 Awarded from Delaware COVID-19 Strategic Response Fund to 13 Nonprofits

Posted on June 8, 2020 by Rebecca Klug | 0 Comments

$50,000 earmarked for grants to minority-led organizations serving communities most affected by pandemic. In its ninth round of grants, the Delaware COVID-19 Strategic Response Fund on Friday awarded $108,760 to 13 nonprofit organizations providing services to communities throughout the state. The fund also earmarked $50,000 to create a new initiative to increase equity in Delaware by strengthening smaller nonprofits (operating

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2020 DCF Youth Philanthropy Boards Grant $50,000 Statewide

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Rebecca Klug | 0 Comments

High school students participating in the Youth Philanthropy Boards (YPB) of the Delaware Community Foundation (DCF) have awarded $50,000 to 19 nonprofit organizations throughout the state. The DCF sponsors a YPB in each county, to encourage high school students to become more involved in philanthropy. Each board of high school students is allotted a pool of money to give as

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Second Opportunity to Double the Impact of Donations to COVID-19 Strategic Response Fund

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

Longwood Foundation poses new $500,000 matching grant challenge The Longwood Foundation has posed a new $500,000 challenge grant to the Delaware COVID-19 Strategic Response Fund, giving donors the opportunity to double the impact of their gift now through Aug. 31. To make a gift that qualifies for the match or for more information, visit delcf.org/covid19-fund or call 302.504.5226. This

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$260,592 in Grants Awarded from the Delaware COVID-19 Strategic Response Fund

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Rebecca Klug | 0 Comments

$2.3 million awarded in past eight weeks In its eighth round of weekly grants, the Delaware COVID-19 Strategic Response Fund today awarded $260,592 to 19 nonprofit organizations providing services to communities throughout the state. The grants will address a broad range of community needs during the pandemic. Grantees are: Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children – $22,000 for virtual

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Delaware COVID-19 Strategic Response Fund Expands Grant Opportunities in June

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Rebecca Klug | 0 Comments

The Delaware COVID-19 Strategic Response Fund was launched on March 18 to address the state’s emerging and evolving needs resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. In the most expedited statewide grant funding program in the country, the fund has so far awarded more than $2 million to 91 nonprofit organizations providing services to communities throughout the state. Based on the nature of the applications, these

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Benjamin F. Potter Trust Grants to Aid the Economically Underprivileged in Kent County Open for Applications

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Rebecca Klug | 0 Comments

Nonprofit organizations supporting the needy in Kent County are invited to apply for grants from the Benjamin F. Potter Trust through the Delaware Community Foundation. The application deadline is June 30, 2020. The purpose of the Benjamin F. Potter Trust, created in 1843 and one of the oldest continuing trusts of its type in the nation, is to aid the economically

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