Deadline: 3-Jan-22
The Delaware Community Foundation’s (DCF) is pleased to launch the Specific Interest Grants Program to provide a structured opportunity for eligible nonprofits whose missions align with specific interest areas to apply for grants.
The DCF awards millions of dollars in grants to support the work of nonprofits addressing Delaware’s greatest needs and opportunities, with an eye to building opportunity and advancing equity.
Areas
These specific areas include:
- Small grants for arts statewide: Made possible through the Dave Ryerson Fund and the Beekhuis Community Fund at the DCF, these small grants will support charitable organizations that support the arts throughout Delaware. The opportunity is designed for small organizations or larger organizations with smaller, discrete projects. Supported programs include the presentation of performing, visual, literary, media or folk arts in communities throughout Delaware, and that reach audiences and participants with limited access to the arts or to a particular art form.
- Fulfillment of terminally ill children’s wishes: Made possible through the Walls & Turner Charitable Fund at the DCF, these grants will support charitable organizations that:
- Grant the dreams and wishes of chronically and terminally ill children of families with limited financial resources in Delaware
- Grant the dreams and wishes of chronically and terminally parents with children in Delaware who do not have the financial resources for sharing a dream or wish with their children before their expected deaths
- Support animals and animal welfare: Made possible through the Walls & Turner Charitable Fund and the Freida Dolby Fund at the DCF, these grants will support charitable organizations that:
- Assist in the training of professionally trained seeing eye dogs and service assistance dogs for blind individuals, deaf individuals and / or individuals with mobility impairments and / or other physical disabilities
- Provide support services in connection with the placements of such dogs with eligible recipients who are residents of the State of Delaware who demonstrate a drive to become more independent and who would not be able to acquire such dogs without financial assistance
- Encourage the humane treatment of animals in Delaware through education of the public, adoption of animals without owners, neutering, and enforcement of laws governing the humane treatment of animals.
Funding information
- Small grants for arts statewide: Awards will range from $ 1,000 to 2,500.
- Fulfillment of terminally ill children’s wishes: Awards will range from $ 2,500 to $ 7,500.
- Support animals and animal welfare: Awards will range from $ 2,500 to $ 7,500.
Eligibility Criteria
- Agencies receiving DCF grants must serve the state of Delaware and its residents without discrimination based on race, religion, gender, age, disability, national origin, or sexual orientation.
- They do not support:
- Individuals
- Non-501 (c) 3 nonprofit organizations
- Purchase of office equipment, furniture, or electronics
- Sports clubs, leagues, or facilities
- Purchase of vehicles (ie, mobile machines that transport people or cargo)
- Endowment
- Public or tuition-based educational institutions
- Debt reduction
- Religious organizations for sectarian purposes (However, projects that serve the entire community, regardless of religious affiliation, are eligible for support.)
- Annual fundraising campaigns or general operating expenses
- Projects completed before June of the current year
- Special events
- Fundraising entities for programs and organizations that are primarily supported through public funding (eg schools, parks, libraries)
For more information, visit DCF .
For more information, visit https://delcf.org/grants/