Collaboration Fund: Seed Grant

Collaboration Fund: Seed Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Fund for Delaware Collaboration
Amount: Up to US $5,000
Last Updated: February 19, 2026

Summary

Overview

About the Fund The Fund for Delaware Collaboration (the “Collaboration Fund”) supports formal sustained collaborations between and among nonprofit organizations in the state of Delaware. These collaborations can range from voluntary back-office consolidations to programmatic joint ventures, to mergers and acquisitions. The Fund seeks to have a catalytic impact on the capacity, effectiveness, and financial health of the Delaware nonprofit sector. Three Types of Grant Awards The Collaboration Fund makes grants to nonprofits to identify and engage experienced technical assistance providers who can support the exploration or implementation of a sustained collaboration. The Fund will support collaboration projects involving nonprofits serving Delaware and Delawareans, regardless of whether they have headquarters in the state. Seed Up to $5,000 To assess readiness or begin the process of alignment

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Who is eligible to apply? Tax-exempt organizations that are based in, or provide services within the state of Delaware. This includes cases where a national organization partners with a Delaware-based nonprofit, as long as the primary benefit of the partnership applies to Delawareans. The grants are available to all tax-exempt organizations, regardless of organizational size or issue area. What kinds of projects are eligible for a grant?Grant support can only be used to cover the necessary one-time, out-of-pocket costs incurred in exploring or implementing a sustained collaboration.Although these costs may be modest compared with the potential benefits of the collaboration, they often become stumbling blocks, in part because most funding is tied to programs and is therefore unavailable for process/organizational costs. The Collaboration Fund will provide grants to support nonprofits to identify and engage experienced outside technical assistance (TA) providers.An organization can apply for Seed funding to engage a consultant who may assist with a landscape or network analysis exercise with the end goal of identifying potential partners for the formal collaboration.

Ineligibility

The Collaboration Fund cannot directly assist with partner organization identification or "matchmaking."