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Building Opportunity through the Arts | David Stradley

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Rebecca Klug | 0 Comments

In our third episode, David Stradley, producing artistic director of Delaware Shakespeare, talks about building opportunity and increasing community through the arts. Our nine-episode Building Opportunity in Delaware podcast series focuses on how can we build opportunity and strengthen community for all. DCF President & CEO Stuart Comstock-Gay talks with Delawareans who are building opportunity through the arts, faith communities,

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Building Opportunity Podcast Episode 2 is live

Posted on January 24, 2020 by Stuart Comstock-Gay | 0 Comments

This week on Building Opportunity in Delaware, I talk with Bryant Garcia, Bryant is the immigration program coordinator at La Esperanza in Georgetown, Delaware. We talk about hope, about family, about religion, and about the American dream. Listen here. To check out previous episodes – the link is here.

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Building Opportunity for Latino Communities | Bryant Garcia

Posted on January 24, 2020 by Rebecca Klug | 4 Comments

In our second episode, Bryant Garcia, immigration program coordinator at La Esperanza in Georgetown, talks about building opportunity for Latino communities. Our nine-episode Building Opportunity in Delaware podcast series focuses on how can we build opportunity and strengthen community for all. DCF President & CEO Stuart Comstock-Gay talks with Delawareans who are building opportunity through the arts, faith communities, libraries

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Building a Legacy of Giving: Bart Dalton & Tony Lunger

Posted on January 21, 2020 by Rebecca Klug | 0 Comments

When your financial goals include philanthropy, the Delaware Community Foundation can help you make your charitable giving simple, joyful and powerful. This includes helping your trusted financial advisor help you. Recently, Tony Lunger, market manager for Delaware Wilmington Trust Wealth Advisory Services, and his client Bart Dalton, Esq. began working with the DCF to maximize Dalton’s philanthropic impact. We sat

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Guests James and Deborah Fallows recording podcast with the DCF's Stuart Comstock-Gay

How Communities Build Opportunity | James & Deborah Fallows

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

We’re excited to welcome you to our Building Opportunity in Delaware podcast! How can we build opportunity and strengthen community for all? Over the next eight weeks, DCF President & CEO Stuart Comstock-Gay talks with Delawareans who are building opportunity through the arts, faith communities, libraries and everything in between. Our first episode features James & Deborah Fallows, authors of Our

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Altschuler Joins DCF Board of Directors

Posted on January 8, 2020 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

The Delaware Community Foundation (DCF) welcomes Ashley Robert Altschuler, Esq., as a new member of its board of directors. Altschuler is the managing partner of McDermott Will & Emery LLP’s Delaware office. With more than 20 years of experience in the Delaware Court of Chancery and Delaware Supreme Court, as well as other trial and appellate courts in state and

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Attendees at the DCF's 2019 Focus Grants Workshop

2020 DCF Focus Grant Applications Open to Delaware Nonprofits

Posted on January 6, 2020 by Rebecca Klug | 0 Comments

Delaware nonprofits are invited to apply for the Delaware Community Foundation’s (DCF’s) 2020 Focus Grants. DCF Focus Grants will support organizations and initiatives working to build opportunity so all Delaware residents can overcome barriers to success, benefit equitably and thrive. Grants will be awarded in two focus areas: Increasing Youth Success (Statewide) and Supporting Delaware’s Growing Latino Communities (Sussex County).

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5 Questions with Stu: John Hollis, Founder of the MERIT Program Operating Fund at the DCF

Posted on January 6, 2020 by Stuart Comstock-Gay | 0 Comments

What more can we say about John Hollis? If you’ve been involved in community life in Delaware, you already know him, especially if you live in Sussex County, but truly, not only there. John has earned the respect of elected officials, community leaders, philanthropists, the religious community, and so many more. John is a man of passion, faith and caring…a

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DCF Fund for Women Accepting Grant Applications for 2020

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

Nonprofits helping women and girls in Delaware are invited to apply for grants from the Fund for Women (FFW) at the Delaware Community Foundation. The FFW’s grants offer organizations an opportunity to obtain seed money for innovative, creative programming or to continue or expand programs in which the program’s effectiveness has been demonstrated. The funded project must be completed in

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