Foundations · IRS 990 filings

Foundations in Delaware

2,550
foundations
$2.04B
grants paid, FY2022–FY2025
151
say they accept unsolicited
$10,000
median grant

Grantlas lists 2,550 foundations based in Delaware — 2,533 private foundations and 17 grantmaking charities such as community foundations and United Ways — from their 990-PF and Form 990 filings for FY2022–FY2025. Together they paid out $2.04 billion in grants in their latest filing year, and 151 of them (6%) say they accept unsolicited requests. The most common cities are Wilmington (2,343), Greenville (45) and Dover (38).

151 of them say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Foundations accepting applications in Delaware.

Top 25 of 2,550 foundations

All 25 foundations below say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Another 126 in this list say so too. Ranked by what they paid in grants in their latest filing.

Foundations in Delaware
Longwood Foundation IncWilmington, DE$250,000$40.8M$10,000–$8MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The McMurry FoundationWilmington, DE$10,000$18.8M$150–$9MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Crystal TrustMontchanin, DE$11.4M$11.7M$11.2M–$11.7MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Wasily Family Foundation IncWilmington, DE$9.3M$9.8M$8.8M–$9.8MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Lisa Dean Moseley FoundationRockland, DE$249,500$9.1M$50,000–$14MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Smilow FoundationWilmington, DE$11,250$7.4M$800–$3MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Robert and Dana Emery Family FoundationWilmington, DE$25,000$7.2M$5,000–$1.3MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Moccasin Lake FoundationWilmington, DE$10,000$6.9M$500–$750,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Raskob Foundation for CatholicWilmington, DE$18,000$6.2M$250–$100,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Wmr Family Foundation 045351-000Wilmington, DE$5,000$5.7M$500–$2.7MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Stephen & Mary Birch Foundation IncWilmington, DE$10,000$5.4M$1,000–$750,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Carl M Freeman Foundation IncSelbyville, DE$10,000$4.7M$1,000–$3.5MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Welfare Foundation IncWilmington, DE$50,000$4.7M$10,000–$300,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
David G Burton Successor Trustee UA DWilmington, DE$2,750$4.7M$1,000–$2.4MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Webster Bank Charitable FoundationWilmington, DE$5,000$4.5M$50–$346,732FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Laffey-McHugh FoundationWilmington, DE$20,000$3.7M$2,500–$150,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The VF FoundationWilmington, DE$32,500$3.4M$5,000–$380,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Franklin P and Arthur W Perdue FoundationWilmington, DE$7,000$3.3M$400–$156,250FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Illumina Corporate FoundationWilmington, DE$15,000$3M$2,500–$881,989FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Robinson FoundationWilmington, DE$12,500$2.8M$1,830–$1MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Wyeth Foundation for American ArtRockland, DE$25,000$2.8M$15,000–$1.7MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Wsfs Cares FoundationWilmington, DE$5,000$2.7M$1,000–$100,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Geoffrey C Hughes Foundation IncWilmington, DE$50,000$2.2M$10,000–$750,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Chichester Dupont Foundation IncWilmington, DE$20,000$2.1M$5,000–$626,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Ellice & Rosa McDonald FoundationWilmington, DE$40,000$2.1M$1,500–$127,980FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
  • Median grant and grant range come from the 990-PF grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report.
  • “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.

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Data from 990-PF and Form 990 filings, FY2022–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.