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DELAWARE OPPORTUNITIES INC

DELAWARE OPPORTUNITIES INC (New York) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,786,025 to it, the largest being REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC ($766,590). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$17M
Funders on record
19
Grants received
$1.8M
Net assets
$4.4M
13/19 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Delaware Opportunities Inc does

Mission

Community action agency

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Nutrition programs - provides food, meals, and nutritional guidance to economically disadvantaged and elderly individuals.

    $4,627,232 spentof which $702,332 as grants$109,685 earned by the program
    29% of program spending

  2. Education - programs that offer educational programs and services to disadvantaged individuals, pre-school children, teens, and adults.

    $2,593,012 spentof which $1,865 as grants
    16% of program spending

  3. Combined housing programs - provides individuals and families with access to safe, affordable housing by means of rental assistance and property rehabilitation.

    $4,099,423 spentof which $2,282,068 as grants$787,311 earned by the program
    25% of program spending

  4. Community services - programs to provide emergency services to the community and provide the elderly and disadvantaged individuals with mobility and accessibility to beneficial services, thus promoting independence.

    $877,324 spentof which $74,759 as grants
    5% of program spending

  5. Economic self-sufficiency - programs to increase individual and family self-sufficiency.

    $518,227 spentof which $139,407 as grants
    3% of program spending

  6. Crime victims and preventive services - programs that provide supportive services to crime victims and their families.

    $1,147,325 spent
    7% of program spending

  7. Early childhood/family development services - provides child care services to disadvantaged pre-school and handicapped children and their families.

    $2,082,990 spentof which $171,415 as grants
    13% of program spending

  8. Other

    $142,774 spentof which $696 as grants
    1% of program spending

The 8 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $16,088,307.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($13M) Expenses 100 ($13M) Net assets 100 ($3.9M)2018 Revenue 101 ($13M) Expenses 100 ($13M) Net assets 115 ($4.5M)2019 Revenue 98 ($13M) Expenses 99 ($13M) Net assets 123 ($4.8M)2020 Revenue 97 ($13M) Expenses 101 ($13M) Net assets 120 ($4.7M)2021 Revenue 101 ($13M) Expenses 105 ($13M) Net assets 118 ($4.7M)2022 Revenue 107 ($14M) Expenses 112 ($14M) Net assets 112 ($4.4M)2023 Revenue 116 ($15M) Expenses 118 ($15M) Net assets 115 ($4.5M)2024 Revenue 125 ($17M) Expenses 126 ($16M) Net assets 127 ($5.0M)2025 Revenue 127 ($17M) Expenses 136 ($17M) Net assets 113 ($4.4M)
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Revenue (127)Expenses (136)Net assets (113)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $7.2M to $8.5M (+19%).

$5.7M
$6.2M
$6.4M
$6.3M
$6.2M
$6.0M
$6.8M
$7.2M
$8.5M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

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2018
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2022
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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 82% · 2018 83% · 2019 71% · 2020 85% · 2021 91% · 2022 91% · 2023 94% · 2024 92% · 2025 92%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

94% of DELAWARE OPPORTUNITIES INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 696 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$424k
’17
$601k
’18
$304k
’19
−$131k
’20
−$109k
’21
−$205k
’22
$155k
’23
$469k
’24
−$570k
’25
0.2
months of
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

Shelly Bartow

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.

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Listed192019201919191919
Joined·+4+2+5+1+2+2+3+2
No longer listed·33422232
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $62k → $373k.

Funder
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3 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 OPPORTUNITIES INC’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 OPPORTUNITIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

83% 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 OPPORTUNITIES INC.

43%
largest funder
86%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 68% · 2019 97% · 2020 41% · 2021 59% · 2022 52% · 2023 57% — diversifying over time.

“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

64% of DELAWARE OPPORTUNITIES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

95% of DELAWARE OPPORTUNITIES INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY
MA
DE
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $49k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

DELAWARE OPPORTUNITIES INC's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 9 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−3% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.2mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)3% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 328 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025

Government funding DELAWARE OPPORTUNITIES INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $25.9M on record.

Federal$25.9M
grants $25.9Mcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of Health and Human Services$24.8M
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.1M
  • Department of Agriculture$47k

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 OPPORTUNITIES 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 New York

Community Action Planning Council of Jefferson County Inc81%Cayugaseneca Community Action Agency Inc80%Adirondack Community Action Programs Inc80%Child and Family Support Services Inc79%Chautauqua Opportunities Inc79%Community Action Partnership for Dutchess County Inc79%Citizen Advocates Inc79%Commission on Economic Opportunity for the Greater Capital Region Inc79%

Nationally

Community Action Agency of Delaware County Inc87%First State Community Action Agency Inc84%Community Action Agency of Siouxland82%Combined Community Action Inc82%Community Action Agency Inc82%Food Bank of Delaware Inc82%Delmarva Community Services Inc82%Community Collaboration of Delaware82%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

93% of spending goes to programs.

Program 93%Management 7%Fundraising 0%

Governance

17
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Advanced Delaware Opportunities Objectives Inc · exempt
  • Housing Company for Delaware County Inc · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds DELAWARE OPPORTUNITIES INC?
DELAWARE OPPORTUNITIES INC (New York) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,786,025 to it, the largest being REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC ($766,590). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does DELAWARE OPPORTUNITIES INC have?
IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $1,786,025 in grants to DELAWARE OPPORTUNITIES INC, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of DELAWARE OPPORTUNITIES INC?
REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC is the largest funder on record, with $766,590 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like DELAWARE OPPORTUNITIES INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 19 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