Delaware · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Arts & Culture in Delaware

Imperigo has identified 92 funders that made 553 grants totaling $46.6M to 93 arts & culture organizations in Delaware, with a median grant of $18K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Arts & Culture Funding in Delaware

Total granted $46.6M
Funders 92
Grants 553
Organizations funded 93

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Delaware Community Foundation Inc
143 grants to 48 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 7.1% of their giving
$11.2M
2. Future of Life Institute
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.0M · through 2023 · 4.7% of their giving
$5.0M
3. Bronowski Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $615K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$615K
4. H Brown Tw Hist Society De
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $33K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$182K
5. Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Florida
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2020 · 76.6% of their giving
$100K
6. Delaware Humanities Council
6 grants to 5 organizations · largest $50K · through 2023 · 7.6% of their giving
$135K
7. United Way of Delaware
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $69K · through 2020 · 1.3% of their giving
$166K
8. Tri-State Community Partners Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023 · 50.0% of their giving
$10K
9. Association of Anglican Musicians
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2021 · 14.9% of their giving
$8K
10. Milford Lions Club Service Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2020 · 15.1% of their giving
$7K
11. Justice Outside
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $40K · through 2024
$100K
12. Caring for Denver Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $387K · through 2021
$387K
13. The Bessemer Giving Fund C/O Bessemer Trust Company Trustee
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2024
$500K
14. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
9 grants to 1 organization · largest $177K · through 2025
$966K
15. The Pew Charitable Trusts
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2024
$300K
16. The Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Charitable Trust-I
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $18K · through 2021
$35K
17. Cars for Charity Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $17K · through 2024
$36K
18. The Miami Foundation Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $78K · through 2024
$154K
19. Lyrasis
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2023
$7K
20. Local Independent Online News Publishers Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $21K · through 2024
$21K
21. T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $64K · through 2024
$116K
22. Greater Washington Community Foundation
5 grants to 4 organizations · largest $25K · through 2020
$93K
23. AARP
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024
$80K
24. Alliance of Resident Theatres New York Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023
$10K
25. Charity Bridge Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2020
$12K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to arts & culture work in Delaware, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 11 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering arts & culture work, with an address in Delaware. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable arts & culture funding in Delaware, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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