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Joan’s Toolbox: Set It and Forget It Giving

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

Everybody’s got their favorites. For those with a philanthropic spirit, there are always one or two personal causes that are especially dear. Whether it’s your church, an alma mater or a favorite nonprofit, the Delaware Community Foundation is here to help you permanently support those favorite organizations through a designated fund. A designated fund is a kind of “set it

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$2.2MM Brandywine Creek Woodlawn Fund Created at the DCF

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

A private trust fund established by the Woodlawn Trustees nearly 40 years ago to benefit Brandywine Creek State Park in Wilmington is now being managed by the Delaware Community Foundation (DCF). Transfer of the $2.2 million to the new Brandywine Creek Woodlawn Fund was announced at the DCF’s annual meeting in June, and is now complete. In 1981, the Woodlawn

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Informal conversations in an auditorium during the DCF's Latino Communities in Sussex County event

New DCF Report Highlights Complexities and Contributions of Latino Communities in Sussex County

Posted on October 9, 2019 by Rebecca Klug | 0 Comments

At its Oct. 7 Focus Conversation event in Georgetown, held in partnership with La Colectiva de Delaware, the Delaware Community Foundation (DCF) released Perspectives on the Latino Population in Sussex County, Delaware, the result of a research project commissioned by the DCF and conducted by researchers at the University of Delaware. The report will serve as a resource for nonprofit

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DCF Welcomes Satheesh Nadarajah as its New Accountant

Posted on October 4, 2019 by Rebecca Klug | 0 Comments

The Delaware Community Foundation is pleased to welcome Satheesh Nadarajah as an accountant. As part of the DCF’s finance team, Nadarajah will be the point of contact for various fundholders to process grant requests and resolve all accounting questions. Nadarajah immigrated to the United States five years ago from Sri Lanka, where he worked as a national administrator for Handicap

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Delaware Community Foundation Announces 2020 Capital Grants

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Rebecca Klug | 0 Comments

Beginning Monday, Sept. 30, Delaware nonprofits are invited to apply for the Delaware Community Foundation’s 2020 Capital Grants. These grants support projects and organizations working to build opportunity so all Delaware residents can overcome barriers to success, benefit equitably and thrive. Supported capital projects will have a lasting, positive impact on the population or region served by the applicant organization.

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Brittany Ostasewski holding a photo of the Tassones

Scholarship Recipient Meets Benefactor Moments Before His Fatal Heart Attack

Posted on September 24, 2019 by Rebecca Klug | 0 Comments

It is a testament to Lawrence Tassone’s life that his final act was one of generosity and philanthropy. Earlier this year, Brittany Ostasewski, a young nursing student at Delaware Technical Community College in Georgetown, was awarded the Delaware Community Foundation’s Elisabeth S. Tassone Oncology Scholarship. Lawrence, who named the scholarship after his beloved wife after she passed away in 2017,

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Our Lens Challenge: High School Students Invited to Share Photos Highlighting Delaware Communities

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

Delaware high school students are invited to participate in the Our Lens Challenge, an opportunity for Delaware youth to share their unique perspectives on Delaware’s communities. Students in grades 9-12 are invited to capture and submit a photograph that represents what makes their town or community unique or beautiful. Submission deadline is 5 p.m. on Oct. 15. Winners will be notified

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Joan’s Toolbox: Donating Real Estate

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

We’ve all heard the expression, “Home is where the heart is.” Well, it’s doubly true for those who donate their real estate to the Delaware Community Foundation. Giving real estate is a simple way for you to make a powerful impact on charitable causes and organizations that are close to your heart, while reducing taxes that often go along with

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Caesar Rodney High School Pals Awarded the John A. & Marion B. Smitheman Scholarship

Posted on September 9, 2019 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

High school pals Rocky Li and Evan McCleary were delighted and surprised to learn that they both received a $20,000 John A. Marion B. Smitheman Scholarship from the DCF this year. The Caesar Rodney High School graduates are now roommates and mechanical engineering students at the University of Delaware. “I didn’t know that Evan had also won the scholarship until

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Judge Gregory M. Sleet Joins DCF Board of Directors

Posted on August 23, 2019 by Rebecca Klug | 1 Comments

The Delaware Community Foundation welcomes Judge Gregory M. Sleet as a new member of its Board of Directors, filling a newly vacant seat. The first African American to be appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, Sleet served first as judge, chief judge, and later senior judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. He

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Joan’s Toolbox: Set It and Forget It Giving

$2.2MM Brandywine Creek Woodlawn Fund Created at the DCF

New DCF Report Highlights Complexities and Contributions of Latino Communities in Sussex County

DCF Welcomes Satheesh Nadarajah as its New Accountant

Delaware Community Foundation Announces 2020 Capital Grants

Scholarship Recipient Meets Benefactor Moments Before His Fatal Heart Attack

Our Lens Challenge: High School Students Invited to Share Photos Highlighting Delaware Communities

Joan’s Toolbox: Donating Real Estate

Caesar Rodney High School Pals Awarded the John A. & Marion B. Smitheman Scholarship

Judge Gregory M. Sleet Joins DCF Board of Directors

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