COVID-19 response fund awards grants to nonprofits

In September, the Delaware COVID-19 Strategic Response Fund’s Community Needs Grants program at the Delaware Community Foundation awarded $350,000 to 30 nonprofit organizations providing services to communities throughout the state. These grants are part of an 18-month community philanthropic effort to address Delaware’s emerging and evolving needs resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

These general operating grants support Delaware nonprofits’ efforts to reopen, return to normal operations, or expand operations as the effects of pandemic are ongoing. This is the final round of Strategic Response Fund grants; the DCF will continue to support nonprofits’ long-term response to the health and economic crisis through its regular grant programs.

Through the Strategic Response Fund, a partnership of the Delaware Community Foundation and Philanthropy Delaware, local foundations, businesses and individuals donated more than $5 million to address community needs related to the pandemic. Through the Community Needs Grants and Vision Grants programs, the fund has awarded grants to more than 150 Delaware nonprofits.

Statewide and local grantees are: Cancer Support Community Delaware, $15,000; Community Legal Aid Society Inc., $10,000; Delaware College of Art and Design, $15,000; Down Syndrome Association of Delaware, $15,000; Jewish Family Services of Delaware, $10,000; Lewes Public Library, $10,000; Lighthouse for Broken Wings, $15,000; NCALL Research Inc., $10,000; Sussex County Habitat for Humanity, $10,000; Teach for America-Delaware, $15,000; and Teach a Person to Fish Society, $10,000.

To learn more, go to delcf.org.