Specific Interest Grants - Dave Ryerson Fund and the Beekhuis Community Fund: Statewide Small Arts Grants Programs and Projects
Funding Amount
US $1,000 - US $2,500
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
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Eligible organizations
- Nonprofit organizations are invited to apply for this grant opportunity.
Overview
The Dave Ryerson Fund and the Beekhuis Community Fund provide small grants to support the arts in Delaware. These grants are aimed at both small organizations and larger entities with specific projects, promoting performing, visual, literary, media, or folk arts. The initiative focuses on reaching audiences with limited access to the arts, ensuring inclusivity in cultural experiences. Award amounts range from $1,000 to $2,500.
Delaware Community Foundation
Each year, the DCF awards millions of dollars in grants to support the work of nonprofits addressing Delaware’s greatest needs and opportunities, with an eye to building opportunity and advancing equity.
These small grants will support the arts throughout Delaware. The opportunity is designed for small organizations or larger organizations with smaller, discrete projects. Supported programs include the presentation of performing, visual, literary, media or folk arts in communities throughout Delaware, and that reach audiences and participants with limited access to the arts or to a particular art form.
Awards will range from $1,000 to 2,500.
Eligibility
Nonprofit organizations are invited to apply for this grant opportunity.
Past recipients of this program
Recent awards under this program (from Delaware Community Foundation Inc's IRS filings)
Christina Cultural Arts Center
Wilmington, DE · 2022
$61K
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Philadelphia Delaware & Susquehanna Valley
Wilmington, DE · 2022
$34K
Wilmington, DE · 2022
$28K
Gamma Theta Lambda Education Foundation
Bear, DE · 2022
$7,500
Wilmington, DE · 2019
$312K
12 grants in Delaware Community Foundation Inc's 2019–2022 filings reference “Specific Interest Grants” in their stated purpose. Amounts and places as reported by the funder.
What Delaware Community Foundation Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 323
- Total given
- $20.4M
- Median grant
- $22K
- Range
- $5,050–$1.37M
- By dollars: Delaware 75%, Pennsylvania 8%, Florida 7%. Top recipient cities: Wilmington, DE; Newark, DE; Dover, DE.
- 70% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 23% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Find-M Friends · Crystal River, FL
Unrestricted support , barndominium capital project , purchase of real estate
$1.37M
State of Delaware · Odessa, DE
Provide support to schools and different departments within the state of delaware
$1.17M
Natural Lands · Media, PA
Unrestricted support , capital cost for purchase of crebilly farms tract
$1.05M
Delaware Medical Education Foundation Ltd · Newark, DE
Delaware primary care investment initiative
$1M
Tidalhealth Foundation Inc · Salisbury, MD
Graduate medical education-davinci surgeon console , allen cancer center at tidal…
$525K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Arts
- Nonprofits
- Foundation
- Small grants
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