Specific Interest Grants
There are a variety of funds at the DCF that provide a structured opportunity for eligible nonprofits whose missions align with specific interest areas to apply for grants. In 2024, these funds awarded a total of $144,500 to 34 nonprofit organizations statewide.
Read about the 2023 Specific Interest Grants.
For more information about the DCF’s grantmaking process, visit delcf.org/grants or contact Yolanda Rushdan at 302.504.5239.
2024 Recipients
- Delaware Futures ($7,500) – Support “Success One Student at a Time”
- Autism Delaware ($5,000) – Support the expansion of its Challenger Leagues
- First State Squash ($7,500) – Support First State Squash’s athletic program
- RodneyStreet Tennis and Tutoring Association ($7,500) – Support Tennis Enrichment Community Outreach and Teen Workforce Development
- Green Beret Project ($7,500) – Support the Keep It Moving initiative
- Wilmington Children’s Chorus ($2,000) – Support its Summer of Song Music Festival
- Bellevue Community Center ($2,000) – Support “Empowering Edgemoor: Creating Access to Cultural and Artistic Experiences”
- Green Beret Project ($2,000) – Support its “Color Your World” art challenge to foster creativity and color the walls of its community center
- Delaware Futures ($2,000) – Support Arts for Teens in Delaware to expose teens to art and practice arts and crafts
- Latin American Community Center ($2,000) – Support ArtAddiction 2024, its annual competition exploring addiction and recovery themes through art
- Delaware Shakespeare Festival ($2,000) – Support its “Shakespeare, Poe, and Friends” program
- Gamma Theta Lamda Education Foundation, Inc. ($2,000) – Support its Diamond State Black Film Festival
- Easterseals Delaware & MD Eastern Shore ($2,000) – Support its Artfulness program to bring in community artists to teach art classes
- First State Ballet ($2,000) – Support Danceworks, which provides free weekly dance instruction to students from schools in Wilmington
- The Delaware Contemporary ($2,000) – Support its Art Residency Cohort (ARC)
- Neighborhood House ($2,500) – Support programming in Southbridge
- Delaware Futures ($2,500) – Support its Crisis Fund that helps students receive basic needs related to food, healthcare, housing, clothing or essential school supplies
- Culture Restoration Project ($2,500) – Support its Sankofa Rites of Passage Institute
- Wilmington Children’s Chorus ($2,500) – Support its Ridout Teaching Fellowship
- Delaware Academy of Vocal Arts ($2,500) – Support its Summer Institute for Vocal Arts Apprentices
- Leading Youth Through Empowerment (LYTE) ($2,500) – Support the LYTE Scholars Program
- Nehemiah Gateway CDC ($4,000) – Support the Tennis Rocks Summer Read-A-Thon and Dinner Program
- Neighborhood House ($3,000) – Support its programming in Southbridge
- Friendship House ($2,500) – Support its School Uniform Project to provide uniforms to Delaware public and charter schools
- Jobs for Delaware Grads ($2,500) – Support a work-based learning program
- Delaware Futures ($2,500) – Support “Success One Student at a Time”
- Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay ($2,500) – Support its Community Initiatives Program
- Humane Animal Partners ($7,500) – Support the organization’s pet food pantry
- Forgotten Cats ($7,500) – Support adoption preparation for Sussex County cats
- Friends of Animals ($7,500) – Support the organization’s Spray and Neuter program
- Faithful Friends Animal Society ($7,500) – Support the pet food and supply bank and the community veterinary services.
- Canine Partners for Life ($10,000) – Support team training for future partnerships
- Southern DE Therapeutic Riding ($10,000) – Support the EquiMentors Foundation Training Program
- Brandywine Valley SPCA ($7,500) – Support trapping, neuter/spraying, vaccination and release of Delaware cats