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New Foster Care Transition Scholarship Helps Young Adults Build Self Sufficiency

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

Andrea Person is used to being a trailblazer. She was the first female wrestler at St. Georges Technical High School, and this year, she’s the only woman graduating from its auto technology program. Now, the 19-year-old from Wilmington can add another first – Andrea is one of the first recipients of the Foster Care Transition Scholarship at the Delaware Community

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Fund for Women Awards $200K in Grants

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

Marking its 25th anniversary, the Delaware Fund for Women at the Delaware Community Foundation has awarded $200,000 this year to 16 Delaware nonprofit organizations statewide, breaking its record of $190,046 from last year. The grants were presented at the Duncan Center in Dover on May 10. Each recipient organization addresses the Fund for Women’s mission to empower women and girls

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Welcome, Sarah Grunewald!

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Allison Levine | 1 Comments

The Delaware Community Foundation is pleased to welcome Sarah Hench Grunewald as vice president of community engagement and programs. A native Delawarean, Grunewald most recently served as deputy executive director of the PIE (Policy Innovators in Education) Network, supporting a national network of state-level education advocacy organizations to maximize their impact. Grunewald previously spent seven years at the Rodel Foundation

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NCC Youth Philanthropy Board Presents $15,000 in Grants

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

The New Castle County Youth Philanthropy Board (YPB) of the Delaware Community Foundation (DCF) awarded $15,000 to six New Castle County nonprofit organizations at a grants ceremony on April 24 at the University & Whist Club. The DCF’s New Castle County YPB is composed of 25 New Castle County students from public, independent and diocesan high schools. Since September, YPB members

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Levine Promoted to DCF Vice President for Marketing and Communications

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Allison Levine | 1 Comments

The Delaware Community Foundation is pleased to share that Allison Taylor Levine has been promoted to vice president for marketing and communications. Levine joined the DCF as director of marketing and communications in 2011. Since that time, she has led rebranding and communication of the DCF’s transformation and expansion from a financial institution to a community impact organization. A member

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$200K in grants available to nonprofits serving Kent County

Posted on April 27, 2018 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, 2018. 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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Sussex Youth Philanthropy Board Presents $10K in Grants

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

The Sussex County Youth Philanthropy Board (YPB) of the Delaware Community Foundation (DCF) awarded $10,000 to three Sussex County nonprofit organizations at a grants ceremony on April 18 at the CHEER Center in Georgetown. The DCF’s Sussex County YPB is composed of 19 Sussex County students from public, independent and diocesan high schools. Since September, YPB members have been studying youth issues

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McLaughlin Dream Chasers: Basketball & Opportunity

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

On first blush, the McLaughlin Dream Chasers program looks like a basketball program for budding middle school student athletes. But it’s so much more. Funded by the William T. and Mary A. McLaughlin Educational Fund at the Delaware Community Foundation, Dream Chasers inspires and supports athletically gifted and primarily at-risk students to take another educational step beyond high school and

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Grants Available from African American Empowerment Fund of Delaware

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

Delaware nonprofits are invited to apply for grants from the African American Empowerment Fund of Delaware (AAEFD), a giving circle of the Delaware Community Foundation. The AAEFD invites nonprofit organizations in Delaware to apply for a grant. The grantmaking focus area for 2018 will be education, and more specifically, higher education access and retention. Grant awards will be up to $2,500,

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First LGBTQ Scholarship Created at DCF

Posted on March 15, 2018 by Allison Levine | 1 Comments

Bob Martz knows the challenges many gay, lesbian and transgender youth face navigating the sometimes-rocky seas of adolescence. Now, building on his decades of work as an LGBTQ activist in Delaware, Martz recently created the first Delaware Community Foundation scholarship specifically designated for LGBTQ students. The Bob Martz Scholarship Fund is a legacy fund, meaning it will be funded with

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New Foster Care Transition Scholarship Helps Young Adults Build Self Sufficiency

Fund for Women Awards $200K in Grants

Welcome, Sarah Grunewald!

NCC Youth Philanthropy Board Presents $15,000 in Grants

Levine Promoted to DCF Vice President for Marketing and Communications

$200K in grants available to nonprofits serving Kent County

Sussex Youth Philanthropy Board Presents $10K in Grants

McLaughlin Dream Chasers: Basketball & Opportunity

Grants Available from African American Empowerment Fund of Delaware

First LGBTQ Scholarship Created at DCF

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