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Potter Charity Trust Grants Available for Kent County Nonprofits

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

Nonprofit organizations supporting the needy in Kent County are invited to apply for grants from the Potter Trust Grants Fund at the CenDel Foundation, a fund of the Delaware Community Foundation. The application deadline is June 15, 2019. The mission of the Potter Charity Trust, created in 1843, is to aid the economically underprivileged in Kent County by supporting charitable

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DCF Announces Community Equity Project

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Rebecca Klug | 0 Comments

Established and emerging leaders invited to apply. This spring, the Delaware Community Foundation (DCF) will convene the Community Equity Project, bringing together up to 10 experienced community leaders to develop and implement an innovative, collective approach to increasing equity in Wilmington. “A focus on increasing equity – increasing people’s access to the education, jobs, health care and networks necessary to

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Going Far Together

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Stuart Comstock-Gay | 0 Comments

It’s long been said that if you want to go quickly, you go alone. But if you want to go far, go together. Yesterday’s Focus on Wilmington showed the power of going together. It was DCF’s first community engagement session this year, and brought together 14 collaborative programs in the city, with a hundred citizens, leaders and activists – to

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New Grants Available from the DCF

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

Delaware nonprofits are invited to apply for the Delaware Community Foundation’s Focus Grants and Specific Interest Grants. Focus Grants Focus Grants are available to initiatives that increase youth success and support Delaware’s growing Latino communities, two of the DCF’s three focus areas. Most focus grants will range from $10,000 to $20,000, with a maximum of $25,000. The third focus area,

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Quality Early Childhood Education Can Charge Everything

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Stuart Comstock-Gay | 0 Comments

It would be hard to identify an issue that could have a greater impact on Delaware than high quality early childhood education. In this op-ed, from the January 22 News Journal, Lynn Kokjohn, (Chair of DCF’s Fund for Women) and I talk about why this matters. *** How can we really expand opportunity for kids in Delaware? Plain and simple,

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DCF Announces 2019 Capital Grants

Posted on January 14, 2019 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

Delaware nonprofits are invited to apply for the Delaware Community Foundation’s 2019 Capital Grants. These grants support projects that have a lasting, positive impact. Capital grants may be used to fund construction, renovation or repair of buildings, and/or land purchases. Capital grants typically range from $5,000 to $20,000. Generally, grants will not exceed $25,000 other than on rare occasions due

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The Fund for Women’s Maude Glore, Lynn Kokjohn and Polly Mervine.

Applications Available for DCF Fund for Women 2019 Grants

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Rebecca Klug | 0 Comments

Deadline Jan. 30, 2019 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 one-year 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 FFW

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Grants Available from DCF’s Youth Philanthropy Boards

Posted on December 5, 2018 by Rebecca Klug | 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 must be submitted by Jan. 1, 2019. Each county’s board will award grants to programs supporting a unique focus area: Kent County

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DCF Announces Scholarships Available for 2019-2020 School Year

Posted on November 29, 2018 by Rebecca Klug | 0 Comments

Delaware students are invited to apply for scholarships available through the Delaware Community Foundation. The deadline to apply is March 15, 2019. Last year, the DCF awarded 208 scholarships totaling $396,700 to individuals to assist them in pursuing higher education. Students can apply for most scholarships by completing a single online application, available on the DCF’s new platform. On the

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