Delaware · Nonprofit
DELAWARE HOSPICE INC
DELAWARE HOSPICE INC (Delaware) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,099,187 to it, the largest being DELAWARE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($1,292,908). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $26M
- Funders on record
- 40
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $29M
What Delaware Hospice Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to support every individual, family, and community with compassionate and expert care for serious illness. This is accomplished through a variety of programs and services: delaware transitions, delaware palliative, delaware hospice, delaware hospice center, katybug, new hope and bereavement.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program and a significant change in how it conducts a program.
The dementia care program, launched in july 2024, aligns with the centers for medicare & medicaid services' "guide" initiative. This program provides comprehensive medical, emotional, and practical support for individuals living with dementia and their caregivers, helping reduce hospitalizations and avoid unnecessary nursing home admissions. Program staff are certified dementia practitioners through the national council of certified dementia practitioners.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Delaware transitions, a free support program established in 2003, concluded in november 2024, with its activities and responsibilities integrated into other areas of the organization. The inpatient hospice unit at saint francis hospital was officially closed in january 2025.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Delaware hospice, founded in 1982, is delaware's nonprofit hospice care provider, dedicated to supporting individuals, families, and communities with compassionate, expert care for serious illness. The organization serves new castle, kent, and sussex counties in delaware, as well as southern chester and delaware counties in pennsylvania. Its mission is carried out by 316 staff members and 301 volunteers who deliver high-quality clinical, emotional, and spiritual support across all programs and care settings. Delaware hospice provides serious illness management across all of its programs.continued on schedule o.delaware hospice provides all the elements of a hospice program (I.e., nurses, certified nursing assistants, social workers, grief counselors, chaplains, and volunteers) to individuals of any age.- pediatric support is provided through our katybug program. Katybug is the only pediatric hospice and palliative care program in delaware, created specifically to support infants, children, teens, and their families during complex and life-limiting illnesses. - delaware hospice operates the delaware hospice center in milford, delaware, which provides 24/7 specialized inpatient care…
$24,449,213 spent$24,046,164 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $24,449,213.
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 2021 to 2022, from $52M to $46M (−12%).
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: 2017 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 16% · 2022 3% · 2023 12% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
5% of DELAWARE HOSPICE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $271k → $318k.
5 of 40 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 64% 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 HOSPICE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 40 funders by total. 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 HOSPICE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
70% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund DELAWARE HOSPICE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2019 68% · 2020 55% · 2021 58% · 2022 61% · 2023 61% — 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
52% of DELAWARE HOSPICE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
61% of DELAWARE HOSPICE INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $856k that is directly attributable, 56% of it comes from Delaware funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 HOSPICE INC receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $2.1M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,288 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding DELAWARE HOSPICE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.9M on record.
- GRANTS IN AID$1.2M
- MEDICAL SERVICES$622k
- GRANTS$103k
- REFUND:DOT:NON-HIGHWAY$629
- REVENUE REFUND$100
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 HOSPICE INC
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 4 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Honoring Choices Delaware LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DELAWARE HOSPICE INC?
- DELAWARE HOSPICE INC (Delaware) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,099,187 to it, the largest being DELAWARE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($1,292,908). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DELAWARE HOSPICE INC have?
- IRS filings report 40 organizations giving $2,099,187 in grants to DELAWARE HOSPICE INC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DELAWARE HOSPICE INC?
- DELAWARE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,292,908 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DELAWARE HOSPICE INC 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 40 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