Chichester duPont Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Chichester duPont Foundation supports the environment, education, healthcare, social services and children’s well-being in Delaware.
IP TAKE: Although this foundation consists of two separate funds, it has a single grant application process and accepts letters of inquiry each year until August 1. Selected applicants will be invited to submit full proposals. Grantmaking is limited to the state of Delaware, but funding serves a broad range of focus areas within this geographic limitation.
PROFILE: The Wilmington, Delaware-based Chichester duPont Foundation is made up of two funds, the Clark Fund and the Lydia Fund. This funder invests in the environment, education, healthcare, social services and children’s well-being throughout the state of Delaware.
Established in 1946, the Clark Fund memorializes Mary Chichester du Pont Clark and is not affiliated with the DuPont Chemical Company. Grantmaking focuses on the environment, education, healthcare and social services. Established in 1958, the Lydia Fund memorializes Lydia duPont, and was created to benefit of the Children’s Beach House, the Delaware city of Lewes and the needs, medical care, treatment and education of underprivileged children in Delaware.
Grants range between about $10,000 and $50,000. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. The foundation prioritizes new initiatives, expanding current programs, special projects, and capital improvements. The Foundation works to play a pivotal role in its involvement with nonprofits and typically only awards single-year grants and considers multi-year grant only rarely. allowing organizations to submit one funding request per calendar year. Past grantees include Sisters Folk Festival, Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition, Music School of Delaware and Girls on the Run.
This foundation does not accept unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits but it does accept electronic letters of inquiry by August 1. The board of trustees meets in the fall to consider new grant requests. Applicants are allowed to submit one funding request per calendar year. Direct general questions to the Gregory Fields on the staff at gfields@chichesterdupont.org or 302-658-5244.
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