Delaware · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Human Services in Delaware

Imperigo has identified 155 funders that made 962 grants totaling $81.2M to 144 human services organizations in Delaware, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Human Services Funding in Delaware

Total granted $81.2M
Funders 155
Grants 962
Organizations funded 144

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Delaware Community Foundation Inc
211 grants to 71 organizations · largest $395K · through 2024 · 6.6% of their giving
$10.5M
2. United Way of Delaware
28 grants to 15 organizations · largest $389K · through 2020 · 19.3% of their giving
$2.4M
3. The Biden Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.8M · through 2020 · 82.8% of their giving
$1.8M
4. H F Brown Tuw Fbo YWCA Delaware
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $168K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.1M
5. MCC Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $384K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$926K
6. Tt Uw H F Brown for Y M C a 003373-000
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2021 · 100.0% of their giving
$550K
7. Lutheran Senior Services of Dover Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $234K · through 2024 · 20.2% of their giving
$384K
8. Second Mountain Ministries
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $76K · through 2024 · 48.6% of their giving
$226K
9. Prevent Child Abuse Delaware Inc
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $71K · through 2024 · 36.1% of their giving
$175K
10. Saint Anthony's Housing Management Corporation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $52K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$140K
11. The Lewes-Rehoboth Association of Congregations Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 9.2% of their giving
$154K
12. Newark Area Welfare Committee Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2025 · 33.3% of their giving
$48K
13. Spur Impact Association
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $115K · through 2023 · 4.0% of their giving
$237K
14. Horsey Family Youth Foundation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $20K · through 2023 · 11.0% of their giving
$73K
15. National Lutheran Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2022 · 8.3% of their giving
$55K
16. Fox & Roachtrident Charities
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $13K · through 2024 · 8.2% of their giving
$46K
17. Draper Holdings Charitable Foundation I
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $10K · through 2025 · 5.2% of their giving
$68K
18. National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Delaware
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$15K
19. Delaware Electric Cooperative Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $54K · through 2024 · 4.4% of their giving
$54K
20. Lafayette Lodge 14 AF & AM
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$10K
21. United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $16K · through 2024 · 2.1% of their giving
$72K
22. Milford Lions Club Service Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2020 · 17.2% of their giving
$8K
23. YMCA Youth Foundation of the Central Atlantic Area
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2020 · 6.4% of their giving
$20K
24. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
30 grants to 11 organizations · largest $621K · through 2024
$3.7M
25. Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land Bank Corporation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $14K · through 2023 · 8.4% of their giving
$14K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to human services 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. 13 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 human services 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 human services funding in Delaware, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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