Delaware · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Housing & Shelter in Delaware

Imperigo has identified 58 funders that made 217 grants totaling $19.4M to 38 housing & shelter organizations in Delaware, with a median grant of $22K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Housing & Shelter Funding in Delaware

Total granted $19.4M
Funders 58
Grants 217
Organizations funded 38

Top Funders — page 1 of 3

1. Kentmere Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.0M
2. Delaware Community Foundation Inc
72 grants to 22 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024 · 3.3% of their giving
$5.3M
3. Lutheran Senior Services of Dover Inc
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $116K · through 2024 · 14.2% of their giving
$270K
4. Little Sisters of the Poor-Cincinnati
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2023 · 5.2% of their giving
$500K
5. The Philadelphia Foundation
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$1.2M
6. Action Now Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2025 · 1.1% of their giving
$500K
7. Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $332K · through 2023
$1.5M
8. Masonic Charities of Delaware Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2021 · 6.0% of their giving
$38K
9. Milford Lions Club Service Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $9K · through 2020 · 19.4% of their giving
$9K
10. The Lewes-Rehoboth Association of Congregations Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024 · 3.0% of their giving
$50K
11. Sussex County Foe 4528
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2024 · 56.4% of their giving
$7K
12. Homefree USA Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $77K · through 2024
$150K
13. Delaware Humanities Council
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $17K · through 2022
$17K
14. United States Energy Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024
$150K
15. Chester County Community Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $11K · through 2024
$21K
16. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024
$54K
17. The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $16K · through 2023
$37K
18. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2022
$120K
19. Charities Aid Foundation America
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024
$45K
20. Tides Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024
$50K
21. AARP
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2023
$20K
22. Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/a Greater Des Moines Community Fdn
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2020
$10K
23. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2022
$50K
24. The Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $500 · through 2025
$500
25. The US Charitable Gift Trust
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2023
$5K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to housing & shelter 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.

Other Causes Funded in Delaware

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 housing & shelter 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 housing & shelter funding in Delaware, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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