Delaware · Nonprofit
DELAWARE ALLIANCE FOR NONPROFIT ADVANCEMENT
DELAWARE ALLIANCE FOR NONPROFIT ADVANCEMENT (Delaware) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,763,550 to it, the largest being LONGWOOD FOUNDATION INC ($3,400,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $3.8M
- Net assets
- $61k
What Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement does
Mission
Dana's mission is to shape and advance the systems and conditions that empower nonprofits to amplify their impact throughout delaware
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Strengthening nonprofit capacity - see schedule o for descriptionstrengthening nonprofit capacity - through consulting services, training, the annual impact delaware conference and networking, dana develops nonprofit leadership skills in the areas of governance, strategic planning, financial sustainability, communications, human capital, and collaboration. Dana continues to provide access to information resources and support in sustainability, strategic planning, fundraising, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and advocacy. This year, due to the abrupt shifts in government funding, dana developed its aaa scenario planning kit to help nonprofits adapt to the changing funding realities. Over 2,064 individuals participated in one of many dana learning programs. And over 83 nonprofits benefitted from custom training or consulting engagements. Dana was the recipient of federal sba funds to launch a nonprofit accelerator, a three-year program to help build sustainable nonprofit cultures. The first cohort of seven organizations launched in the fall of 2023 and will continue through 2026. Dana also received an arpa grant which supports a second cohort comprised of five organizations that…
$1,193,462 spent$502,339 earned by the program50% of program spendingAdvancing the nonprofit sector - see schedule o for descriptionadvancing the nonprofit sector - dana engages nonprofit leaders and government officials in dialogue around the vital role of nonprofits in the state of delaware. Through workshops, meetings and attendance at legislative sessions, dana offers educational information on state and federal legislative and budget matters that impact the sector. Dana's subsector advocacy days builds advocacy muscle within de nonprofits. This program teaches nonprofit employees and boards how to engage with policy makers, assisting with introductions and advising on how to promote their mission causes. Our public policy communities of practice gives dana members an opportunity to shape dana's advocacy agenda, raise issues that we should be aware of, and provide members insights into specific legislative initiatives. Policy makers seek dana to provide advance perspective on nonprofit impact for proposed regulations and legislation. 96% of dana members surveyed in 2024 are satisfied with dana's advocacy efforts in dover, and 98% agree that dana champions nonprofit issues at all levels of government
$903,235 spent38% of program spendingEnhancing dana members - see schedule o for descriptionenhancing dana members - dana facilitates opportunities and resources for nonprofit organizations to share ideas with one another and to create connections with community members, funders, elected officials, and other potential partners. Dana's membership expanded to 522 members which includes nonprofits, government agencies, foundations, small businesses, and emerging nonprofits. Nonprofit member retention was 77%, as the changing funding landscape resulted in some dana members losing sizeable amounts of funding. The 2024 member survey indicates that 95% of members are satisfied with membership, 96% satisfied with access to dana staff for information, and 97% believe dana provides a valuable connection to other nonprofits. Dana distributed free resources to members including standards for excellence packets, compensation benchmark data, sample board policy templates, and other resources to help members enhance their internal policies.
$268,530 spent11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,365,227.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $680k to $2.5M (+274%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 11% · 2021 8% · 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
23% of DELAWARE ALLIANCE FOR NONPROFIT ADVANCEMENT’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Sheila Bravo
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose $330k → $832k.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of DELAWARE ALLIANCE FOR NONPROFIT ADVANCEMENT’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
DELAWARE ALLIANCE FOR NONPROFIT ADVANCEMENT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 100% · 2019 94% · 2020 79% · 2021 98% · 2022 57% · 2023 96% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
40% of DELAWARE ALLIANCE FOR NONPROFIT ADVANCEMENT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
98% of DELAWARE ALLIANCE FOR NONPROFIT ADVANCEMENT's grant income comes from Delaware funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $202k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
DELAWARE ALLIANCE FOR NONPROFIT ADVANCEMENT is better cushioned than half of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding DELAWARE ALLIANCE FOR NONPROFIT ADVANCEMENT receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $810k on record.
- Small Business Administration$810k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like DELAWARE ALLIANCE FOR NONPROFIT ADVANCEMENT
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Delaware
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
50%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DELAWARE ALLIANCE FOR NONPROFIT ADVANCEMENT: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DELAWARE ALLIANCE FOR NONPROFIT ADVANCEMENT?
- DELAWARE ALLIANCE FOR NONPROFIT ADVANCEMENT (Delaware) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,763,550 to it, the largest being LONGWOOD FOUNDATION INC ($3,400,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DELAWARE ALLIANCE FOR NONPROFIT ADVANCEMENT have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $3,763,550 in grants to DELAWARE ALLIANCE FOR NONPROFIT ADVANCEMENT, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DELAWARE ALLIANCE FOR NONPROFIT ADVANCEMENT?
- LONGWOOD FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DELAWARE ALLIANCE FOR NONPROFIT ADVANCEMENT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Delaware. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 9 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing