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Walls & Turner Charitable Fund: Fulfillment of Children's Wishes Grant

Delaware Community Foundation Inc

Funding Amount

US $5,000 - US $10,000

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Can we apply?

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Geography

  • Agencies receiving DCF grants must serve the state of Delaware and its residents without discrimination based on race, religion, gender, age, disability, national origin or sexual orientation.

Not eligible / not funded

  • Not eligible: However, individuals and non-501(c)3 organizations are ineligible, as are requests for office equipment and funding for public educational institutions.
  • Not eligible: IndividualsNon-501(c)3 nonprofit organizations.
  • Not eligible: Purchase of office equipment, furniture, or or standard office expenses related to the operation of an organization (e.g. web site services, computer software, desktop or laptop computers, office phone systems, etc.)Sports clubs, leagues, or facilities.
  • Not eligible: Public or tuition-based educational institutions.
  • Not eligible: Fundraising entities for programs and organizations that are primarily supported through public funding (e.g., schools, parks, libraries)Purchase of vehicles (i.e., mobile machines that transport people or cargo)Endowment.
  • Not eligible: Debt reduction.
  • Not eligible: Religious organizations for sectarian purposes (However, projects that serve the entire community, regardless of religious affiliation, are eligible for support.)Annual fundraising campaigns.
  • Not eligible: Projects completed before June of the current year.
  • Not eligible: Special events.
  • Not eligible: Fundraising entities for programs and organizations that are primarily supported through public funding (e.g. schools, parks, libraries)

Overview

The Walls & Turner Charitable Fund provides small grants to support educational programs fulfilling the wishes of terminally ill children, alongside initiatives aimed at animal welfare. Eligible agencies must operate in Delaware without discrimination. However, individuals and non-501(c)3 organizations are ineligible, as are requests for office equipment and funding for public educational institutions. This initiative is committed to improving the lives of children and animals in the community.

These small grants will support educational programming that fulfills terminally ill children’s wishes and will fund programs that support animals and their welfare.

Eligibility

Agencies receiving DCF grants must serve the state of Delaware and its residents without discrimination based on race, religion, gender, age, disability, national origin or sexual orientation.

Ineligibility

IndividualsNon-501(c)3 nonprofit organizationsPurchase of office equipment, furniture, or or standard office expenses related to the operation of an organization (e.g. web site services, computer software, desktop or laptop computers, office phone systems, etc.)Sports clubs, leagues, or facilitiesPublic or tuition-based educational institutionsFundraising entities for programs and organizations that are primarily supported through public funding (e.g., schools, parks, libraries)Purchase of vehicles (i.e., mobile machines that transport people or cargo)EndowmentPublic or tuition-based educational institutionsDebt reductionReligious organizations for sectarian purposes (However, projects that serve the entire community, regardless of religious affiliation, are eligible for support.)Annual fundraising campaignsProjects completed before June of the current yearSpecial eventsFundraising entities for programs and organizations that are primarily supported through public funding (e.g. schools, parks, libraries)

Past recipients of this program

Recent awards under this program (from Delaware Community Foundation Inc's IRS filings)

  • Make-a-Wish Foundation of Philadelphia Delaware & Susquehanna Valley

    Wilmington, DE · 2022

    $34K

1 grant in Delaware Community Foundation Inc's 2022 filings reference “Fulfillment of Children's Wishes Grant” 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

IRS Form 990, 2025. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Nonprofits
  • Youth programs

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