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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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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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New Castle County Youth Philanthropy Board Selected

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Rebecca Klug | 0 Comments

High school students will award $15,000 in grants to New Castle County nonprofits Thirty-two New Castle County high school students will experience the joys and challenges of being philanthropists this year through the Delaware Community Foundation’s Youth Philanthropy Board (YPB). Like its counterparts in Kent and Sussex Counties, the New Castle County YPB includes students from public, private and parochial

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DCF Announces New Strategy to Build Opportunity In Delaware

Posted on November 15, 2018 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

Hundreds of people are getting more involved in building opportunity in Delaware after hearing Prof. Robert D. Putnam speak at the Delaware Community Foundation’s inaugural Leadership Lecture on Wednesday night. Wednesday night’s Leadership Lecture, which featured world-renowned sociologist and author of Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis and Bowling Alone, Prof. Robert D. Putnam, was the first of what

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Cover of Robert D. Putnam's Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis

World-Renowned Author and Sociologist to Speak on Opportunity in Delaware

Posted on November 9, 2018 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

Tickets are still available to hear Prof. Robert D. Putnam, author of Our Kids and Bowling Alone. The public is invited to hear world-renowned sociologist and author Prof. Robert D. Putnam speak about opportunity in Delaware on Nov. 14 in Wilmington at an event hosted by the Delaware Community Foundation. Putnam, the author of Our Kids: The American Dream in

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CenDel & DCF Award $235K to Kent County Nonprofits

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

The CenDel Foundation and the Delaware Community Foundation have distributed $235,000 in grants to nonprofits focused on emergency housing, homelessness, hunger and health care. The grants were distributed from the Benjamin Potter Charity Trust, a fund administered by CenDel and the Delaware Community Foundation. Grants were distributed to nine organizations in November. The grant amounts ranged from $15,000 to $40,000.

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New Kent & Sussex Youth Philanthropy Boards Selected

Posted on October 24, 2018 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

Forty Kent and Sussex County high school seniors and juniors will experience the triumphs and challenges of being philanthropists this year through the Delaware Community Foundation’s Youth Philanthropy Board (YPB). Like their counterpart in New Castle County, the Kent and Sussex County YPBs include students from public, private and parochial schools. The DCF gives the Kent and Sussex County student

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Riverview Works Fund: Born of an iconic company, new DCF charitable fund will benefit Delaware for generations

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

Since 1869, when Joseph and Allen Speakman opened a modest workshop in Wilmington, The Speakman Company was a trusted employer and committed community force in Delaware. To this day, its iconic brass showerheads and brass plumbing fittings are known worldwide. Although The Speakman Company was sold in 2018 after 149 years of family ownership, its legacy will live on, benefiting

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DCF Announces 2019 Capital Grants

Applications Available for DCF Fund for Women 2019 Grants

Grants Available from DCF’s Youth Philanthropy Boards

DCF Announces Scholarships Available for 2019-2020 School Year

New Castle County Youth Philanthropy Board Selected

DCF Announces New Strategy to Build Opportunity In Delaware

World-Renowned Author and Sociologist to Speak on Opportunity in Delaware

CenDel & DCF Award $235K to Kent County Nonprofits

New Kent & Sussex Youth Philanthropy Boards Selected

Riverview Works Fund: Born of an iconic company, new DCF charitable fund will benefit Delaware for generations

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