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Delaware Community Foundation Announces New Grants

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Rebecca Klug | 0 Comments

Beginning on April 12, Delaware nonprofits are invited to apply for the Delaware Community Foundation’s Specific Interest Grants. A limited number of Specific Interest Grants are available. These grants are awarded from funds created at the DCF by donors for very specific purposes. An independent committee, formed of community leaders who are knowledgeable in these subject areas, selects grant recipients

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Community Needs Grants Program Accepting Applications for March 2021

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

Organizations can receive general operating grants up to $10,000 Beginning Monday, March 8, at 8 a.m., Delaware nonprofits are invited to apply for general operating grants of up to $10,000 from the Community Needs Grants Program at the Delaware Community Foundation (DCF). The Community Needs Grants Program is part of the Delaware COVID-19 Strategic Response Fund, a partnership of the

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Transforming Antique Business Machines To College Scholarships

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

Applications due March 15 for the new Russo Scholarship and dozens of other scholarships After a lifetime preserving the history of American innovation in business technology, Delaware business owners Tom and Mary Jo Russo have turned their collection of antique business machines into a scholarship fund that will help students for generations to come. The Russos established the new Thomas

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DCF Scholarship Applications Due March 15 for 2021-22 School Year

Posted on February 19, 2021 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

Applications are due March 15 for the Delaware Community Foundation (DCF) 2021-22 scholarships. Students can apply for dozens of DCF scholarships by completing a single online application, available at delcf.org/scholarships. Each year, the DCF awards scholarships to students from funds established by generous people who care about education and understand that it can be costly. This past year, the DCF

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Delaware Donors and Generosity

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Stuart Comstock-Gay | 0 Comments

It’s tough to see many silver linings out of this pandemic, but here’s one: Delawareans stepped up for each other in 2020. I’m lucky to be in the business of working with generous people, but the scale of generosity over the past 12 months has knocked my socks off. According to our end-of-year reporting, the DCF awarded $31.2 million in

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DCF Donors Gave $31.2 Million in 2020 – Up 35% Over 2019 Giving

Posted on January 25, 2021 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

Generosity expands as community responds to pandemic In 2020, the Delaware Community Foundation awarded $31.2 million in community grants and scholarships, primarily from charitable funds established by individuals, families and corporate donors. The 2020 giving – which touched tens of thousands of Delawareans – represents a 35 percent increase over 2019 giving and a 112 percent increase over 2018 giving.

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DCF Awards $538,981 in Grants from Eliason Funds

Posted on January 21, 2021 by Allison Levine | 2 Comments

Honoring the wishes of the late Helen Eliason, the Delaware Community Foundation has awarded $538,981 in grants from the philanthropist’s Fund for Children’s Literacy and the Education and Greening Fund. Eliason believed that if a child could read and communicate, they had hope and a future, and that children should understand the value of the land from which their food

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El Programa de Ayuda Económica del Condado de Sussex ofrece donaciones a las familias de inmigrantes afectadas por el COVID-19

Posted on January 14, 2021 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

El Arsht-Cannon Fund dona $250,000 a familias de inmigrantes afectadas por la pandemia **Please see English version.** El Arsht-Cannon Fund de Delaware Community Foundation ha donado $150,000 al Programa de Ayuda Económica del Condado de Sussex para ayudar a las familias de inmigrantes latinos del sur de Delaware que más lo necesitan. Esta donación del fondo eleva su inversión en

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Sussex County Relief Program provides gift to immigrant families affected by COVID-19

Posted on January 14, 2021 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

Arsht-Cannon Fund donates $250,000 to immigrant families affected by the pandemic **Please see Spanish version.** The Arsht-Cannon Fund at the Delaware Community Foundation has donated $150,000 to the Sussex County Relief Program to help southern Delaware’s Latino immigrant families in the greatest need. This gift raises the fund’s investment in the relief program to $250,000 since July. Nationally and locally,

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Delaware Community Foundation Awards $177,224 in Capital Grants

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Rebecca Klug | 0 Comments

From expanding a food pantry to building a safe playground, this year’s Capital Grants from the Delaware Community Foundation will benefit thousands of Delawareans statewide. The DCF has awarded a total of $177,224 in 2021 Capital Grants to 13 organizations around the state. Grants are underwritten by the Delaware Forever Fund and the Elisabeth and Richard Poole Capital Fund for

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Delaware Community Foundation Announces New Grants

Community Needs Grants Program Accepting Applications for March 2021

Transforming Antique Business Machines To College Scholarships

DCF Scholarship Applications Due March 15 for 2021-22 School Year

Delaware Donors and Generosity

DCF Donors Gave $31.2 Million in 2020 – Up 35% Over 2019 Giving

DCF Awards $538,981 in Grants from Eliason Funds

El Programa de Ayuda Económica del Condado de Sussex ofrece donaciones a las familias de inmigrantes afectadas por el COVID-19

Sussex County Relief Program provides gift to immigrant families affected by COVID-19

Delaware Community Foundation Awards $177,224 in Capital Grants

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