Foundation for Delaware County

About Foundation for Delaware County

Foundation for Delaware County’s recent giving shows a strong countywide emphasis on children, families, and basic needs, with large grants supporting early childhood education, food access, and youth-serving organizations. One of its biggest recent awards went to Delaware County Community College Educational Foundation for emergency equipment at the Early Childhood Education Center, a clear signal that the foundation backs infrastructure as well as program delivery. Other major grants supported Share Food Program for increasing food access and nutrition security in Delaware County, alongside county-serving nonprofit partners in Chester, Media, and beyond. The foundation also funds projects that connect education and community wellbeing, such as college access services for Penn Wood and Upper Darby high school juniors and seniors, bilingual educational opportunity for Spanish-speaking children, and supportive pregnancy care. Its portfolio includes both targeted program grants and core support, suggesting a funding style that blends immediate service delivery with organizational stability. Across the recent grants list, the same county priorities appear repeatedly: public health, housing stability, food security, racial equity, nonprofit capacity building, and crisis response.

What Foundation for Delaware County Funds

In food and nutrition security, the foundation gave $100,000 to Share Food Program for increasing food access in Delaware County and another $90,000 for increasing nutrition security in Delaware County. Education funding also appears in multiple forms: $100,000 went to Ccsa Foundation for Number Sense: Changing the Math Mindset, while $68,848 supported J Lewis Crozer Library for East and Westside: Bilingual Expanded Educational Opportunity for Spanish-speaking Children. Youth and college readiness is another visible area. College Possible Philadelphia received $70,000 for college access services for Penn Wood and Upper Darby high school juniors and seniors, and Ymwic Foundation Inc. received $60,000 for removing barriers to career and college readiness. The foundation also backs housing and community development, including $90,000 to Chester Housing Initiative Inc. for Ruth Bennett Community Farm and $50,000 to Riverfront Alliance of Delaware County for Chester waterfront development.

How Foundation for Delaware County Gives