COVID-19 Strategic Response Fund Grantees

So far, the Delaware COVID-19 Strategic Response Fund has awarded $3.4 million to more than 150 nonprofit organizations providing services to communities throughout the state.

Please review the information about our ongoing Community Needs Grants and Vision Grants programs.

Give to the fund today!

September Grants

• Connecting Generations – $10,000 for staff to train volunteers on virtual mentoring.
• Delaware Zoological Society – $8,000 to purchase video equipment to create a virtual traveling zoo experience.
• Jewish Family Services – $25,000 to support specialized care for individuals with dementia.
• Leading Youth Through Empowerment (LYTE) – $15,000 for teachers and curriculum for the fall virtual program.
• NCALL – $25,000 for a foreclosure prevention program.
• Ingleside – $25,000 for delivery of meals for frail and low-income seniors.
• Delaware Theatre Company – $1,750 for technology to provide outdoor theater.
• Ronald McDonald House – $10,000 for temporary staff to provide guest services normally provided by volunteers. .
• Harry K Foundation – $13,000 to restock and re-open food pantries statewide that provide for meals for students.
• Newark Symphony Orchestra – $7,500 for technology to provide virtual symphony programming.
• The Precision Institute – $2,500 for driving simulation equipment for neurodiverse people.
• Sewell C. Biggs Trust (Biggs Museum of American Art) – $7,250 for technology, supplies and materials to provide a virtual arts programming.
• Children & Families First – $25,000 to provide cell phones, tablets and signal boosters for clients receiving virtual services.

August Grants

• Christina Cultural Arts Center – $18,000 for laptops, projectors and other technology to pivot instruction to a virtual platform. 
• Delaware HIV Services Inc. – $20,000 for in-home HIV test kits and other resources to enable and expand services in the COVID-19 environment.  
• Friendship House, Inc. – $25,000 to provide food and case management to homeless people. 
• Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County – $15,000 to help build 12 homes on Wilmington’s East Side.
• Harrington Senior Center – $10,000 for facility safety upgrades to improve efficiency, expand capacity, and offer normal programming.  
• Mispillion Art League, Inc. – $6,000 for computers to continue to provide community-wide access to a quality visual arts program. 
• OperaDelaware – $8,500 to create a “streamable stage” to allow for virtual programming when outdoor performances are no longer viable. 
• Public Allies Delaware – $20,000 for materials to support remote work and to provide mental health supports for Allies. 
• Read Aloud Delaware – $20,000 for technology and other costs to facilitate remote work to accelerate language development in children birth to age 3.  
• Rodney Street Tennis & Tutoring Association – $6,000 for take-away supply bags for online enrichment courses, life skills, and STEAM activities for school-year programs. 
• Sojourners’ Place, Inc. – $6,000 for laptops and travel support to provide case management and training for homeless men and women. 
• TeenSHARP – $40,000 for math and English instructors to provide virtual academic support during the 2020-2021 school year. 

July Grants

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• St. Michael’s School & Nursery — $28,000 for cleaning supplies and PPE to safely reopen the Wilmington preschool.
• Latin American Community Center – $25,000 for emergency assistance for families in New Castle County.
• YMCA – $25,000 to run the Take on Summer teen program at four YMCA branches in Wilmington.
• Network Delaware – $25,000 for emergency assistance to immigrant families in Sussex County.
• Kent-Sussex Industries – $25,000 to modify and restart programs supporting the developmentally disabled.
• Vision to Learn – $20,000 for eyeglasses for low-income children in New Castle County.
• Holy Rosary Catholic Church Outreach – $20,000 for food for families in Claymont.
• Delaware First Media – $16,000 for infrastructure and technology to support increased news coverage of COVID-19.
• Delaware Volunteer Legal Services – $15,442 for technology to provide legal services to clients statewide.
• Partners for Justice – $15,000 to support social services and legal services to low-income people in New Castle County. 
• Life Center Complex – $15,000 for technology and staff to provide behavioral telehealth services in New Castle County.
• The Grand Opera House – $15,000 for a touchless ticketing system to facilitate safe cultural arts activities.
• Reading Assist Institute – $15,000 to support AmeriCorps members providing one-on-one reading intervention for low-income children in New Castle County.
• Better Tomorrows – $13,000 for food for families in Wilmington. 
• Delaware Symphony Orchestra – $12,500 for video editing equipment to facilitate virtual programming.
• Exceptional Care for Children – $10,388 for cleaning and respiratory therapy supplies for medically fragile children.
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Delaware – $10,000 to support e-mentoring statewide.
• CAMP Rehoboth – $10,000 for communication technology and programming for LGBTQ seniors.
• Mental Health Association – $6,221 for technology to provide virtual mental health services to clients statewide.
• Arden Club – $4,000 for equipment to video livestream arts and cultural events.
• Coastal Concerts – $3,150 to operate the Lewes-based classical music organization.
• Serenity Place – $3,000 for a freezer for the substance abuse treatment residence in Dover.
• Delaware Historical Society – $2,000 for technology to facilitate remote work.
• Lutheran Church of Our Savior – $1,500 for the Rehoboth Beach church to transition its ESL program to a virtual program.