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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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Rebecca Klug Joins the DCF as Marketing and Communications Associate

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

The Delaware Community Foundation is pleased to welcome Rebecca Klug as marketing and communications associate. Klug previously worked as communications director for the Ministry of Caring, a Delaware nonprofit dedicated to serving people experiencing poverty and homelessness. Prior to that, Klug served as director of marketing for The Delaware Contemporary (formerly the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts) and as

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DCF AWARDS 208 SCHOLARSHIPS TOTALLING $396,700 FOR 2018-19

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

The Delaware Community Foundation has awarded $396,700 in scholarships for the 2018-19 school year, helping 195 students pursue secondary education. 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 year, 208 scholarships were awarded to 195 students. There is no cap on the

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African American Empowerment Fund Awards Three Grants

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

The African American Empowerment Fund of Delaware has awarded $5,500 to help support three high-quality programs focused on education in our community. The recipients of the AAEFD’s 2018 Education Grants Program are: One Village Alliance: Propels the most marginalized children and their families on a holistic journey toward excellence through education, entrepreneurship and the arts – $2,500 Nehemiah Gateway/Tennis Rocks

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DCF Awards $298,000 in Grants Statewide

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Allison Levine | 0 Comments

From repairing a school roof to providing affordable housing for low-income seniors, this year’s capital grants from the Delaware Community Foundation will benefit thousands of Delawareans statewide. The DCF has awarded a total of $298,000 in 2018 capital grants to 18 organizations around the state. Since 1989, the Delaware Community Foundation has distributed nearly $7 million in capital grants. These

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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

Rebecca Klug Joins the DCF as Marketing and Communications Associate

DCF AWARDS 208 SCHOLARSHIPS TOTALLING $396,700 FOR 2018-19

African American Empowerment Fund Awards Three Grants

DCF Awards $298,000 in Grants Statewide

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