Specific Interest Grants - Walls & Turner & Freida Dolby Fund- Animal Welfare

Q: When is the deadline for Specific Interest Grants - Walls & Turner & Freida Dolby Fund- Animal Welfare?

The funder has not published a deadline for this grant.

Q: Who has received Specific Interest Grants - Walls & Turner & Freida Dolby Fund- Animal Welfare funding?

Delaware Community Foundation Inc's IRS filings list 12 awards under this program (2019–2022). Recent recipients include Christina Cultural Arts Center (Wilmington, DE), $61,267 in 2022; Make-a-Wish Foundation of Philadelphia Delaware & Susquehanna Valley (Wilmington, DE), $34,450 in 2022; Preston's March for Energy (Wilmington, DE), $27,500 in 2022.

Delaware Community Foundation Inc

Foundation Grants for Animal Rescue Grants for Disabled Foundation Grants

Funding Amount

US $2,500 - US $7,500

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Overview

These grants will fund programs that support animals and their welfare. This includes but is not limited to:
Assist in the training of professionally trained seeing-eye dogs and service assistance dogs for blind individuals, deaf individuals and/or individuals with mobility impairments and/or other physical disabilitiesProvide support services in connection with the placements of such dogs with eligible recipients who are residents of the State of Delaware who demonstrate a drive to become more independent and who would not be able to acquire such dogs without financial assistanceEncourage the humane treatment of animals in Delaware through education of the public, adoption of animals without owners, neutering, and enforcement of laws governing the humane treatment of animals.
Awards will range from $2,500 to $7,500.

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
Preston's March for Energy

Wilmington, DE · 2022

$28K
Gamma Theta Lambda Education Foundation

Bear, DE · 2022

$7,500
Grand Opera House

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