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· Public charity

United Way of Delaware

The organization's mission is to maximize the community's resources to improve the quality of lives of all delawareans.

$17M
Granted FY2021
97
Grants FY2021
13
States reached
$510k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Human Services$8.8MYouth Development$5.1MHousing & Shelter$3.3MHealth$2.6MEducation$2.0MPhilanthropy$1.9MArts & Culture$1.1MFood & Nutrition$934kOther$0
02FY2021 · 97 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 97 grants below total $5,481,751, the rows itemized in this filing. The $16,626,730 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $11,144,979 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k18 grants · $133k
  • $10k–50k48 grants · $1.2M
  • $50k–250k26 grants · $2.5M
  • $250k+5 grants · $1.6M
$29,019
Median grant
13
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WEST END NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE$509,519
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB DELAWARE$270,310
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FIRST DELAWARE$269,524
NCALL$262,953
LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER$261,241
UNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY$223,359
FIRST STATE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY$208,699
CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF WILMINGTON$179,727
SALVATION ARMYDELAWARE$150,916
FOOD BANK OF DELAWARE$148,527
DELAWARE GUIDANCE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH$121,709
WILMINGTON SENIOR CENTER$114,358
KINGSWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER$106,558
GIRLS INC - DELAWARE$95,116
UNITED WAY OF CECIL COUNTY$94,277
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $5.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF DELAWARE: $88k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF DELAWARE: $60k → 10%CHEER: $31k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF DELAWARE: $42k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF DELAWARE: $41k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF DELAWARE: $40k → 10%KENNETT AREA COMMUNITY SERVICE: $36k → 6%PEOPLES PLACE II INC: $56k → 10%PEOPLES PLACE II INC: $50k → 10%PEOPLES PLACE II INC: $34k → 10%PEOPLES PLACE II INC: $32k → 10%PEOPLES PLACE II INC: $27k → 10%CLAYMONT COMMUNITY CENTER: $21k → 10%NEWARK DAY NURSERY AND CHILDRENS CENTER: $43k → 10%DELAWARE HOSPICE: $19k → 10%NEWARK SENIOR CENTER: $24k → 10%NEWARK SENIOR CENTER: $20k → 10%YMCA OF DELAWARE: $130k → 10%YMCA OF DELAWARE: $101k → 10%YMCA OF DELAWARE: $38k → 10%CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FIRST DELAWARE: $445k → 10%CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FIRST DELAWARE: $270k → 10%CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FIRST DELAWARE: $253k → 10%CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FIRST DELAWARE: $224k → 10%CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FIRST DELAWARE: $172k → 10%WILMINGTON SENIOR CENTER: $171k → 10%WILMINGTON SENIOR CENTER: $130k → 10%WILMINGTON SENIOR CENTER: $119k → 10%WILMINGTON SENIOR CENTER: $114k → 10%KINGSWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER: $107k → 10%LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $389k → 10%KINGSWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER: $99k → 10%KINGSWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER: $92k → 10%LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $261k → 10%LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $258k → 10%WILMINGTON SENIOR CENTER: $75k → 10%KINGSWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER: $72k → 10%KINGSWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER: $70k → 10%LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $218k → 10%DELAWARE ADOLESCENT PROGRAM: $23k → 10%LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $191k → 10%DELAWARE ADOLESCENT PROGRAM: $20k → 10%DELAWARE ADOLESCENT PROGRAM: $20k → 10%HILLTOP LUTHERAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $36k → 10%HILLTOP LUTHERAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $30k → 10%HILLTOP LUTHERAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $24k → 10%HILLTOP LUTHERAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $24k → 10%HILLTOP LUTHERAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $24k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
IL
NY
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AR
TN
NC
DC
OK
MS
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$28M · 146 repeat orgs$1.8M to everyone else

146 repeat relationships: 93 still active in FY2021, 53 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

146
118

Total granted

$28M
$1.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+37%

Still filing today

74%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21
Human ServicesHealthPhilanthropyEducationArts & CultureAnimalsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • WE
    WEST END NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $2.3M · revenue +77%
  • CA
    CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FIRST
    5× · 2017–2021 · $1.4M · revenue +102%
  • LA
    LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $1.3M · revenue +106%

Funded once

  • THE URBAN INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2019 · $200k · revenue +2%
  • MO
    MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
    one grant, 2018 · $150k
  • SC
    SUSSEX COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
    one grant, 2018 · $86k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
United Way of Delaware

The organization's mission is to maximize the community's resources to improve the quality of lives of all delawareans.

Philanthropy
2
Children's Advocacy Center of Delaware

To reduce the devastating long-term effects that child abuse has on children, their families and society through immediate, coordinated, child focused services, education, and advocacy.

Human Services
3
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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4
Upmc Western Maryland Corporation

The mission of upmc western maryland is to serve our community by providing outstanding patient care and to shape tomorrow's health system through clinical & technological innovation, research and education.

Health
5
Delaware Prosperity Partnership Inc

To lead the state of delaware's economic development efforts.

Community Improvement
6
Housing Alliance Delaware

Our mission is to advance housing opportunities, end homelessness, and promote thriving communities for all.

Housing & Shelter
7
Wilmington University Inc

Wilmington university is committed to excellence in teaching, relevancy of the curriculum, and individual attention to students. as an institution with admissions policies that provide access for all, it offers opportunity for higher…

Education
8
Delaware County Foundation

Strengthening the community by connecting people through charitable giving

Philanthropy
9
Nysarc Inc Delaware Country Chapter

The arc of delaware county exists so people with disabilities will live personally fulfilling lives. we have developed values and training in proactive positive behavioral management for out staff and others that serve people with…

Human Services
10
Delaware Center for Health Innovation Inc

The organization develops, facilitates, and oversees the implementation of collaborative efforts aimed at transforming the delivery of health care services in delaware.

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11
Family and Community Service of Delaware County Inc

Family & community service of delaware county (fcsdc) is a private, nonprofit, multi-service organization. our services include outpatient mental health counseling for adults, adolescents, and children; medical case management for…

Human Services
12
United Church Residences of Delaware

To Provide Safe and Affordable Housing for Low-Income Persons.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Delaware Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is L3 International Foolishness Internatio. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

165 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 165 of the 269 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
48
Early backer (in before they grew)
159/165
Grantees still filing
119/165
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WEST END NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $2,296,057 · OtherWEST END NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INCBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DELAWARE INC: $1,278,187 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DELAWARE INCCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $1,146,994 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES INCNCALL: $1,092,465 · OtherNCALLFRIENDSHIP HOUSE INC: $1,015,293 · OtherFRIENDSHIP HOUSE INCUNITED GRAND IMPERIAL COUN KNIGHTS OF RED CROSS OF CONSTANTINE: $673,449 · Other+124 more: $10,156,508 · Other+124 moreCHILDREN AND FAMILIES FIRST: $1,363,103 · Human ServicesCHILDREN AND FAMILIES …LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1,317,528 · Human ServicesLATIN AMERICAN COMMUNI…WILMINGTON SENIOR CENTER: $608,703 · Human ServicesWILMINGTON SENIOR CENT…YWCA DELAWARE INC: $443,825 · Human ServicesYWCA DELAWARE INCKINGSWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $440,414 · Human ServicesKINGSWOOD COMMUNITY CE…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF DELAWARE: $294,155 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF DELAWARE INC: $271,549 · Human ServicesPEOPLE'S PLACE II INC: $198,515 · Human Services+13 more: $955,274 · Human Services+13 moreDELAWARE GUIDANCE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH INC: $722,073 · HealthCHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SERVICES INC: $275,169 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF DELAWARE INC: $211,598 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN DELAWARE INC: $153,816 · HealthGENERATIONS HOME CARE INC: $138,524 · HealthEASTER SEALS DELAWARE & MARYLAND'S EASTERN SHORE INC: $103,580 · Health+15 more: $445,074 · HealthUNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY: $648,743 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF HUMPHREYS COUNTY: $141,349 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY: $110,753 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY ALLIANCE OF THE MID-OHIO VALLEY INC: $77,138 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE COASTAL BEND INC: $65,574 · Philanthropy+13 more: $343,440 · PhilanthropyFOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC: $934,112 · Food & NutritionCHRISTINA CULTURAL ARTS CENTER INC: $354,226 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $325,000 · Arts & CultureEleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation Inc: $100,250 · Arts & CultureDELAWARE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $38,938 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $34,170 · Arts & CultureDELAWARE CENTER FOR JUSTICE: $291,872 · Crime & LegalCOMMUNITY LEGAL AID SOCIETY INC: $270,423 · Crime & Legal
Other$17,658,953Human Services$5,893,066Health$2,049,834Philanthropy$1,386,997Food & Nutrition$934,112Arts & Culture$852,584Crime & Legal$562,295

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWEST END NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $2,296,057 over 6y, 10% of budgetCHILDREN AND FAMILIES FIRST: $1,363,103 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetLATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1,317,528 over 6y, 5.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DELAWARE INC: $1,278,187 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetFOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC: $934,112 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetDELAWARE GUIDANCE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH INC: $722,073 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY: $648,743 over 4y, 20% of budgetWILMINGTON SENIOR CENTER: $608,703 over 6y, 20% of budgetYWCA DELAWARE INC: $443,825 over 6y, 3.7% of budgetKINGSWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $440,414 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY COUNCIL INC: $429,815 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF DELAWARE INC: $414,214 over 5y, 14% of budgetKENT-SUSSEX INDUSTRIES INC: $406,433 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetDEL-MAR-VA COUNCIL INC - BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $379,902 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF DELAWARE: $376,094 over 6y, 25% of budgetFIRST STATE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC: $367,157 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetCHRISTINA CULTURAL ARTS CENTER INC: $354,226 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $325,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetNEW CASTLE COUNTY HEAD START INC: $317,961 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetTHE MINISTRY OF CARING INC: $314,255 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetDELAWARE ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION O: $295,244 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF DELAWARE: $294,155 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetDELAWARE CENTER FOR JUSTICE: $291,872 over 6y, 6.0% of budgetCHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SERVICES INC: $275,169 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF DELAWARE INC: $271,549 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY LEGAL AID SOCIETY INC: $270,423 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER DELAWARE INC: $254,058 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetFAITHFUL FRIENDS INC: $235,447 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CECIL COUNTY INC: $225,924 over 4y, 43% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF DELAWARE INC: $211,598 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetTHE URBAN INSTITUTE: $199,572 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPEOPLE'S PLACE II INC: $198,515 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetSUSSEX COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $189,400 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetTELAMON CORPORATION: $187,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINTERFAITH COMMUNITY HOUSING OF DELAWARE: $183,423 over 4y, 18% of budgetUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF DELAWARE INC: $171,758 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $165,557 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetL3 International Foolishness Internatio: $159,718 over 5y, 14% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN DELAWARE INC: $153,816 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF HUMPHREYS COUNTY: $141,349 over 4y, 30% of budgetGENERATIONS HOME CARE INC: $138,524 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetHILLTOP LUTHERAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $137,870 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetDELAWARE HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $137,030 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetMOT SENIOR CENTER INC ROZUMALSKI: $129,858 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetSunday Breakfast Mission: $128,548 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $123,349 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetURBANPROMISE WILMINGTON INC: $122,394 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY: $110,753 over 4y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds WEST END NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FIRST ↗
  • Who funds LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DELAWARE INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC ↗
  • Who funds DELAWARE GUIDANCE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds WILMINGTON SENIOR CENTER ↗
  • Who funds YWCA DELAWARE INC ↗
  • Who funds KINGSWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF DELAWARE INC ↗
  • Who funds KENT-SUSSEX INDUSTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds DEL-MAR-VA COUNCIL INC - BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF DELAWARE ↗
  • Who funds FIRST STATE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTINA CULTURAL ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ↗
  • Who funds NEW CASTLE COUNTY HEAD START INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MINISTRY OF CARING INC ↗
  • Who funds DELAWARE ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION O ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF DELAWARE ↗
  • Who funds DELAWARE CENTER FOR JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF DELAWARE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY LEGAL AID SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER DELAWARE INC ↗
  • Who funds FAITHFUL FRIENDS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF CECIL COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF DELAWARE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE URBAN INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE'S PLACE II INC ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Delaware Community Fo…Longwood Foundation I…Laffey-McHugh Foundat…Crestlea Foundation I…Welfare Foundation IncWsfs Cares FoundationChichester Dupont Fou…Incyte Charitable Giv…Marmot FoundationThe Anthony & Catheri…Agilent Technologies …The Carl M Freeman Fo…
Delaware Community Foundation IncDE164× affinity96 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Delaware Community Foundation Inc · Longwood Foundation Inc · Laffey-McHugh Foundation · Crestlea Foundation Inc · Welfare Foundation Inc · Wsfs Cares Foundation · Chichester Dupont Foundation Inc · Incyte Charitable Giving Foundation · Marmot Foundation · The Anthony & Catherine Fusco Foundation · Agilent Technologies Foundation · The Carl M Freeman Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization United Way of Delaware funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Delaware. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 140%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 21%
  • Christina Cultural Arts Center Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Children and Families First: 87% of income from government
  • Contact Lifeline Inc: 86% of income from government
  • First State Community Action Agency Inc: 83% of income from government
  • Delaware Adolescent Program Inc: 76% of income from government
  • Beautiful Gate Outreach Center Inc: 75% of income from government
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Delaware Inc: 73% of income from government
  • Delaware Center for Justice: 73% of income from government
  • Child Inc: 71% of income from government
  • New Castle County Head Start Inc: 68% of income from government
  • Delaware Aerospace Education Foundation: 62% of income from government
  • The Summer Learning Collaborative Inc: 54% of income from government
  • Mot Senior Center Inc Rozumalski: 53% of income from government
  • Cheer Inc: 51% of income from government
  • People's Place Ii Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Ywca Delaware Inc: 50% of income from government
  • St Michael's School and Nursery Inc: 48% of income from government
  • The Modern Maturity Center Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Read-Aloud Delaware Inc: 45% of income from government
  • Christiana Care Health System Inc: 43% of income from government
  • Girls Incorporated of Delaware: 40% of income from government
  • Limen House Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Community Legal Aid Society Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Newark Senior Center Inc: 37% of income from government
  • West End Neighborhood House Inc: 36% of income from government
  • The Shepherd Place Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Latin American Community Center Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Sojourners' Place: 30% of income from government
  • The Ministry of Caring Inc: 30% of income from government
  • University of Delaware: 30% of income from government
  • Hilltop Lutheran Neighborhood Center Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Opportunity Center Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Food Bank of Delaware Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Sussex County Habitat for Humanity: 23% of income from government
  • Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County: 21% of income from government
  • First State Animal Center and Spca Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Delaware Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Neighborhood House Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Faithful Friends Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Delaware Nature Society Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Brandywine Counseling & Community Services Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Kent-Sussex Industries Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Delaware Community Foundation Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Camp Barnes Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Autism Delaware Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Delaware Symphony Association Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Delaware Children's Museum Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Kingswood Community Center Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Aids Delaware Inc: 9% of income from government
  • The Music School of Delaware Inc: 9% of income from government
  • The Home of the Brave Foundation: 8% of income from government
  • Delaware Theatre Company: 8% of income from government
  • Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition Inc: 7% of income from government
  • The Mary Campbell Center Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Jewish Federation of Delaware Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Little Sisters of the Poor Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Bayhealth Foundation Corporation: 4% of income from government
  • Forgotten Cats Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Special Olympics Delaware Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Serviam Girls Academy Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Delaware 4-H Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Delaware Hospice Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Christiana Care Health Services Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Pilot School Incorporated: 1% of income from government
  • Young Men's Christian Association of Delaware: 1% of income from government
  • Heart of Florida United Way Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Philanthropy Delaware Fka Delaware Grantmakers Association: 0% of income from government
  • Mental Health Association in Delaware Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Tower Hill School Association: 0% of income from government
  • Epilepsy Foundation of Delaware: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
14get no government money at all
32report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
15rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 269 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $10.0M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2021, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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