Delaware Community Foundation Annual Report 2015

2015 Annual Report

ENGAGING

COMMUNITIES EMPOWERING GIVING

MISSION To build a shared vision for Delaware, grounded in knowledge, inspired by the common good and advanced through philanthropy.

The New Delaware Community Foundation:

Engaging Communities, Empowering Giving

Since 1986, the Delaware Community Foundation has been a force for good in Delaware, empowering charitable giving by helping generous people make grants to causes they care about.

Now, as we prepare to turn 30, the DCF is taking on a new challenge: Engaging communities.

CONTENTS 2 DelawareFocus 4 Forever Fund & Grants 8 Fund for Women 10 Next Gen & YPB 12 Scholarships 16 Legacy Society 20 Funds 23 Rodel 24 Nonprofit Funds 28 Friends 31 DCF in the Community 32 Investment Results 34 Board & Committees On the cover: With the help of 2015 grants from the DCF’s Fund for Women, Habitat

for Humanity of Sussex County (top) and Family Promise of New Castle County are helping Delaware families in need of housing.

During the past 10 years, the DCF has more and more frequently been called on to serve as a knowledgeable, neutral convener and facilitator. In this capacity, we help diverse communities engage in conversation and develop consensus solutions to challenging issues.

As this civic leadership component of our work has grown, so has our expertise, our knowledge and our enthusiasm.

That is why, in December 2014, the Board of Directors decided to expand the mission of the DCF to formally include community engagement and civic leadership in our responsibility to the community. The new mission of the DCF is to: Build a shared vision for Delaware, grounded in knowledge, inspired by the common good and advanced through philanthropy.

Under this new mission statement, we aspire to help Delawareans work together to develop a shared vision of the Delaware we want in the future.

Does it include even more beautiful parks? A more diverse arts scene?

More flourishing businesses, both small and large? Together, we can define and work toward that ideal.

We believe this shared vision should be grounded in knowledge, both quantitative and qualitative. We must truly know our state and constantly monitor its evolution. To gain this intimate knowledge of Delaware, we must study both the quantitative – data, statistics and trends – and the qualitative, including anecdotes, perceptions and observations.

The DCF is apolitical and has only one special interest: a Delaware comprising thriving, vibrant communities and opportunities for all. That is why we believe our community’s shared vision must be inspired by the common good.

VISION

We envision thriving, vibrant communities, driven by collaborations that unite generosity, knowledge and other resources to address Delaware’s evolving needs and opportunities.

To realize this shared vision, our community will require charitable resources, and so it must be advanced through philanthropy, which enriches and focuses our original mission “to build a permanent source of charitable funds for Delaware’s future.”

To advance this mission, we are making these and other significant changes at the DCF:

DelawareFocus – This fall, the DCF is launching DelawareFocus.org, the keystone of the DCF’s new community engagement initiative. This publicly accessible website presents Delaware-specific environmental, economic and social data and analyses, which will help us all gain a deeper understanding of Delaware’s most pressing challenges and opportunities.

Delaware Forever Fund – Currently, individual donors direct more than 95 percent of the DCF’s $13 million in annual grants to causes they are passionate about. While these grants support many important issues, many community challenges remain unaddressed. By growing the Delaware Forever Fund, formerly called the Unrestricted Fund, the DCF will be able to help the community focus on addressing systemic challenges and opportunities.

Growing Our Team – As we expand our community engagement work, we also are expanding our team. In August, we welcomed our first data analyst (see p. 36). In the next year, we expect to hire additional community engagement team members, who will work together to deepen our knowledge of Delaware and expand our civic leadership role.

At a press conference in February 2015, we first announced our intention to become a source of knowledge about Delaware, help the community develop a shared vision for our future and guide statewide collaborative efforts to realize that vision.

We have invested much of the past year in developing our plan and our capacity to fill this community leadership role, and we are proud to share the path forward in this report.

In the coming months and years, we will have successes and failures, accomplishments and setbacks, triumphs and disappointments. But with your support, come what may, we will keep moving forward and remain inspired by our vision: A thriving, vibrant Delaware, driven by collaborations that unite generosity, knowledge and other resources to address Delaware’s evolving needs and opportunities.

Yours,

Fred C. Sears II President & CEO

Marilyn R. Hayward Chair

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Knowledge, Insight, Impact

To increase and deepen our knowledge of Delaware, the DCF is launching DelawareFocus, the state’s first truly comprehensive, statewide community indicator project, in the fall of 2015.

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ommunity indicators are measurements of social, environmental and economic factors that affect quality of life. In a community indicator project, these factors are gathered and analyzed over time to monitor the community’s well-being and whether it’s improving, declining, or staying the same.

These metrics help us decide how to focus our resources to improve our community, and then to monitor the impact of our collective efforts.

This fall, the DCF is debuting DelawareFocus.org, a publicly accessible online database of community indicators specific to Delaware and its many communities. We are also presenting analyses of the data, outlining the insights provided and the trends revealed.

What will you discover at DelawareFocus.org?

The DelawareFocus report will be updated annually, and the online data will be updated more frequently to allow for continual monitoring of the community’s evolving needs.

Using this information, the DCF will help the community create a shared vision for Delaware’s future and build a statewide, data-driven civic agenda to realize that vision.

The DCF will then facilitate partnerships and strategic initiatives to help align the community’s resources to support the agenda.

“To build a unified vision, we need accurate and broadbased information about our community,” DCF Board Chair Marilyn Rushworth Hayward said. “Through DelawareFocus, the DCF is pulling together objective information in a transparent, accessible format so we can work together to identify the community’s most pressing needs and most promising opportunities.”

Launching this fall, DelawareFocus.org is completely accessible to the public, and we invite you to explore the site.

Whether you’re a fundholder, government official, nonprofit leader, businessperson, journalist, or just someone who cares about Delaware, we believe you’ll find the data interesting and useful.

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Focus “Driven by data and research, the foundation will help provide an objective view of our challenges and contribute to implementing solutions.”

– Gov. Jack Markell, endorsing the DCF’s new indicator project and community engagement work at a press conference in February 2015

While this is a new model for the DCF, community foundations around the country are using similar approaches to identify and address needs in their communities. In other regions, community profile projects have driven neighborhood-based initiatives to green their cities, foster entrepreneurialism, increase civic engagement and much more.

To build and maintain DelawareFocus.org, the DCF is contracting with the Center for Governmental Research, a Rochester, N.Y.-based nonprofit that specializes in helping

communities and organizations use data to evaluate and address needs. CGR has an excellent record of successfully supporting numerous other foundations and organizations in similar endeavors.

In the coming months and years, the DCF plans to enhance its working relationships with local organizations to analyze, share and use the data, in combination with the DCF’s unique expertise and insight into Delaware.

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The Delaware

Forever Fund

The Delaware Forever Fund, previously called the DCF Unrestricted Fund, is a $12 million endowment fund that enables the DCF to help address some of Delaware’s most urgent needs.

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rom the Forever Fund, which includes several subfunds and recurring support from other funds (see p. 22), the DCF awards about $600,000 each year through our collaborative and capital grants programs.

As our community’s needs continue to grow, the DCF is working to increase the Forever Fund so we can increase our impact on the state’s most pressing social, economic and environmental challenges.

Through the Forever Fund, we aim to move past Band-Aid fixes and help address systemic community issues at their roots.

But $600,000 isn’t enough to move the needle.

We need your help.

We invite you to open your own endowed fund under the umbrella of the Forever Fund—possibly in your name, your company’s name, or the name of a loved one—and join this movement to address Delaware’s most pressing challenges and promising opportunities at their roots.

For information about how you can open a Forever Fund, contact David W. Fleming at dfleming@delcf.org or 302.504.5224.

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The DCF’s collaborative, capital and equipment grants are funded by earnings from the Delaware Forever Fund.

To support our work to address systemic community challenges, visit delcf.org/forever.

Giving for Impact: DCF Collaborative Grants The DCF is committed to helping the community identify and address systemic, multifaceted challenges that exceed the capabilities of any single organization.

The DCF’s annual collaborative grants help address these complex problems at their roots by funding strategic multi-agency initiatives.

In 2015, the DCF awarded $250,000 statewide to expand mentoring, empower the financially vulnerable and combat

homelessness through the collaborative grants program.

Through the program, the DCF seeds nonprofit organizations’ efforts to find creative, sustainable ways to work together to create long-lasting benefits for the community.

These projects are small-scale examples of initiatives the DCF hopes to help facilitate in years to come, guided by data from the new DCF Indicator Project, DelawareFocus, and other community insights.

This year’s collaborative grant recipients are as follows:

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Delaware, Inc. received $75,000 to collaborate with Children & Families First Delaware on expanding the Big Brothers Big Sisters and Wilmington Community Schools Mentoring Partnership program.

The mentoring program currently pairs mentors with about 275 low-income, at-risk students at Bancroft Elementary, Elbert-Palmer Elementary, Shortlidge Academy and Stubbs Elementary in Wilmington. Mentors help increase student commitment, increase youth developmental assets and improve attendance.

The Challenge Program received $75,000 to support the Eastside Rising Workforce Development program, which will provide 150 under- or unemployed adults from Wilmington’s Eastside neighborhood with job training, life skills instruction, academic enhancement, and case management services.

The Challenge Program will be leading the initiative with Eastside Rising, a coalition of the Central Baptist Community Development Corporation and nine other agencies. The goal of this program is to help a minimum of 15 adults in Wilmington’s Eastside neighborhood to complete a construction training program and at least 135 additional Eastside adults to receive work-readiness training and job counseling services.

Food Bank of Delaware received $50,000 to support its Milford Culinary School program, which will provide 20 individuals in Kent County with training in the food service industry.

The Food Bank will be collaborating with four nonprofit agencies that will refer needy and underprivileged individuals including veterans, victims of domestic abuse, youth aging out of foster care, and individuals leaving incarceration.

La Red Health Center received $50,000 to support its comprehensive case management program for the homeless, which aims to reduce the number of people on the streets and in emergency shelters, and to increase productivity and employability among the homeless in Sussex County.

The program involves identifying the homeless, providing individual case management assistance, housing placement, healthcare and life skills training. La Red Health Center is working in collaboration with Tap Faith, ACE Peer Resource Center and eight other organizations.

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Giving for Strength:

DCF Capital & Equipment Grants Successful businesses invest in their infrastructure, and nonprofits must do the same.

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hrough the capital and equipment grants program, the Delaware Community Foundation makes an annual investment in the facilities, technology and other equipment our state’s nonprofit organizations need to increase efficiency, improve service and even expand services.

This year, the DCF awarded $266,000 in capital grants and $30,910 in equipment grants, enabling 33 nonprofits to make repairs, renovations, purchases and other investments that will have a lasting impact on the organizations and their clients.

serve others,” said Executive Director Kevin Gilmore. “We have been looking forward to making some necessary improvements to this house and now we can.”

In Kent County, People’s Place II, Inc., will use its $17,000 capital grant to repair the parking lot of its main facility in Milford. The facility houses five of People’s Place’s programs, providing counseling, victim-offender mediation, and a range of services related to domestic violence.

One of this year’s grantees is Ingleside Homes, Inc. (photo right), a nonprofit retirement community and nursing home in Wilmington. Ingleside will use its $20,000 DCF capital grant to renovate its dated electrical system.

“Many of our residents rely on electrically powered medical equipment and oxygen regulators, and our current backup system simply can’t power everything if there’s a blackout,” President and CEO Larry Cessna said.

“With the grant from the DCF, we can repair the system and guarantee our residents a safe and comfortable space, even in emergencies.”

Sussex County Habitat for Humanity (photo opposite page) also received a $20,000 grant to renovate the aging Georgetown building where its AmeriCorps volunteers stay during their term of service, building and repairing homes for families in need.

“Renovating this house will help our AmeriCorps members have their own decent place to live while they

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“Years of traffic in and out of the parking lot, weather, and the 450-500 vehicles a week that use this facility have contributed to its deterioration,” Executive Director Del Failing said. “With this grant from the DCF, we can make sure our clients can get from the parking lot to the program buildings safely.”

2 0 1 5 C A P I TA L G R A N T S All the Difference

Camp Arrowhead Child, Inc.

Delaware Association for the Blind Delaware Center for Horticulture Delaware Theatre Company

$7,500 $5,000

$15,000 $15,000 $5,000 $7,500

Delmar Public Library

$15,000

Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay

$10,000

Easter Seals

Historical Society of Delaware

$10,000 $5,000

Ingleside Homes, Inc.

$20,000

Nanticoke Health Services

$25,000

National Alliance on Mental Illness – DE People’s Place II, Inc.

Ronald McDonald House of Delaware

$9,473

West End Neighborhood House

$15,000

Wilmington Housing Partnership Wilmington Senior Center, Inc.

$2,500

Delaware Adolescent Program, Inc.

$3,200

Central Delaware Habitat for Humanity Delaware Financial Literacy Institute

Family Promise of Northern New Castle County First State Animal Center & SPCA Gateway House, Inc.

Jewish Family Services of Delaware Kind to Kids Foundation

$3,000 $3,000 $2,400 $1,800 $2,300 $3,000 $710

La Red Health Center

$2,000

Resources for Human Development

$4,000

Newark Day Nursery & Children’s Center

$3,000

$7,500

$15,000

Westside Family Healthcare

Brain Injury Association of Delaware

$17,000

Sojourner’s Place

Sussex County Habitat for Humanity

2015 EQUIPMENT GRANTS

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Fund for Women Honors

Susan Sherk & Lynn Kokjohn During the past year, the Fund for Women (FFW) honored two outstanding women with prestigious awards. In October, Susan Dunn Sherk received the 2014 First Founders Award for her lifelong commitment to service and philanthropy.

In May, Lynn Kokjohn accepted the 2015 Driving Force Award for her great contributions to advance the organization.

Susan Sherk

For Susan Sherk, the decision to dedicate her life to public service never felt like much of a decision.

“When you feel you can contribute,” she said, “you just do it.”

This motto led her to government and nonprofit work, devoting her talents and leadership to a 30-year career with the U.S. Congress before focusing on fundraising.

When she moved to Delaware in 1999, Susan served as the grants manager and interim executive director of the DCF, and subsequently as development director for the Delaware Symphony Orchestra. Currently, Susan has a consulting practice focused on nonprofits’ capital campaigns.

Susan, who served as FFW board chair 2006-2008, is now the board’s archives chair and a member of the FFW’s “Next Million” Campaign Committee.

Nonprofits that support education are especially close to Susan’s heart.

“If you can impact the life of a child, especially before the age of 9, the positive results are substantial,” said Susan, who serves on the St. Michael’s School and Nursery Board and chairs the Christ Church Christiana Hundred Outreach Committee, which manages the church’s grants and collection projects.

“When I think of community leaders committed to philanthropy in Delaware, Susan is on the short list,” said DCF President and CEO Fred Sears. “We all benefit from Susan’s commitment and untiring efforts to help make our state a better place to live and work.”

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Lynn Kokjohn

Rehoboth Beach resident Lynn Kokjohn has made a substantial impact in the FFW, helping to recruit more than 200 new FFW Founders (members) and raise thousands of dollars for grants assisting women and girls in Delaware. She has chaired the Sussex County Development Committee on the FFW Board of Trustees for six years.

In April, Lynn coordinated the FFW’s fifth annual “Fashion, Fun & Philanthropy” fashion show, resulting in 24 new Founders.

A retired DuPont manager and former co-owner of Fauxbulous FX Inc., Kokjohn now focuses on philanthropy. She is the chair of the Sussex County Advisory Committee for the DCF and serves on the DCF’s Board of Directors. She also is a member of the Delaware Family Law Commission, the Harry K Foundation board of directors and the Delaware Commission on Early Education and the Economy.

“With Lynn’s leadership, the Founder growth in Sussex County has been phenomenal in the past six years, and Lynn has been instrumental in furthering the Fund for Women’s strategic plans for our statewide organization,” FFW Chair Michele Whetzel said. “She is one of our greatest cheerleaders, and we all admire her commitment to making Delaware a better place for women and girls.”

2015 Grantees This year, the Fund for Women awarded $143,545 to 13 nonprofit organizations throughout the state.

Central Delaware Habitat for Humanity, Inc. $10,000: To enable women and girls 16+ to participate in the Women Build program, including volunteering on a construction site and participating in construction clinics.

Child, Inc. $10,000: To provide legal assistance to victims of domestic violence who are seeking to gain or maintain custody of their children.

Children & Families First $10,000: To provide therapy for adolescent girls to help reduce the number entering Delaware’s juvenile justice system.

Sussex County Habitat for Humanity $15,000: To help provide female home recipients with required monthly classes to help them manage their budgets, build wealth and stability, and become successful homeowners and contributors to their communities.

Wilmington Senior Center $10,000: To fund the $tand By Me 50+ program to provide targeted assistance to women ages 50 and older, helping them prepare for retirement, improve economic security and meet the challenges of living on fixed or uncertain incomes.

Delaware Hospice $13,000: To sponsor a total of 40 girls at Camp New Hope, where children receive help processing their feelings of loss and grief.

Family Promise of Northern New Castle County $10,000: To help provide beds and other essential furniture to families moving from homelessness into their own homes through the Moving On In initiative.

Friendship House, Inc. $8,000: To help women recovering from homelessness with dental and eye care not covered

by Medicaid.

Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay $10,000: To support the Wallet Wise and Smart Cookie financial literacy programs, which give girls money-management tools.

Goodwill of Delaware and Delaware County $7,575: To help provide job training and personal financial management to unemployed/underemployed women.

La Red Health Center $15,000: To help provide gynecological care to uninsured/underinsured women.

Ronald McDonald House of DE $10,000: To help provide mothers with infants with serious medical needs an affordable, safe, and comfortable place to stay, as well as a supportive environment.

Survivors of Abuse in Recovery $14,970: To provide professional mental health services to female victims of sexual assault.

About the Fund for Women In 1993, 16 visionary First Founders established the Fund for Women at the Delaware Community Foundation, vowing to recruit 1,000 Founders to give $1,000 each to create a $1 million endowment to support programs benefiting women and girls in Delaware. Since then, more than 1,500 women and men have become Founders. This year, the Fund for Women’s endowment exceeded $3.2 million dollars.

To become part of this exciting movement, visit delcf.org/ffw.

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The Next Generation

Engaging & Empowering Tomorrow’s Leaders A

giving circle of the Delaware Community Foundation, The Next Generation (Next Gen) is dedicated to engaging young professionals in philanthropic activities to benefit the community in years to come. With approximately 50 members statewide, Next Gen’s northern and southern chapters engage in hands-on fundraising, grantmaking, community outreach, education and endowment building.

Next Gen North raises money each year to fund grants that support STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education in New Castle County and to build its endowment fund. Next Gen South raises money to improve children’s mental health services in Kent and Sussex. Founded in 2012, Next Gen South proudly opened its own endowment fund this year.

“By establishing an endowment fund, we believe that Next Gen South is building a firm foundation to maintain the stability of our organization and our ability to continuing making an impact in our community through charitable grants,” Next Gen South President Jason Adkins said.

NEX T GEN S OUTH 2014-15 GRANTS Children & Families First’s Seaford House: $5,000 to expand the Expressive Therapy program, which treats teens through dance and music therapy.

Delaware Guidance Services for Children and Youth, Inc.: $5,000 to provide outpatient counseling to low-income children and families.

Delaware State University: $5,000 to fund Project Resilience, which sends DSU students to serve as community outreach workers.

NEX T GEN NORTH 2014-15 GRANTS Latin American Community Center: $10,000 to fund its Youth STEM Program First State Robotics, Inc.: $6,600 to reach out to children interested in STEM through robotics competitions, early reader books, and other initiatives.

Next Gen North member Adrian Farrar visits with students at St. Michael’s School & Nursery, which received a $5,000 grant to buy Core Knowledge Kits for engineering, math and science.

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St. Michael’s School and Nursery: $5,000 to purchase Core Knowledge kits to expand its STEM lab.

Kalmar Nyckel Foundation: $4,000 to support its new STEM to Stern program, which teach students about the science of sailing, covering topics such as wind vectors, buoyancy and mechanical advantage.

Youth Philanthropy Board

Engaging & Empowering Delaware’s Future Visionaries & I Philanthropists n addition to charitable dollars for the future, the DCF is seeding a culture of smart philanthropy by engaging young people in charitable giving.

The DCF’s Youth Philanthropy Board (YPB) program inspires Delaware high school students to become engaged in the community and empowers them with knowledge of how individuals and organizations can make the best use of charitable resources.

2014-15 YOUTH PHILANTHROPY BOARD GRANTS

New Castle County

Focus: Promotion of healthy lifestyles for at-risk teens.

Delaware Association for the Blind Kingswood Community Center Leading Youth through Empowerment Mom’s House YMCA of Delaware, Western Family Branch YWCA Delaware

$3,000 $3,250 $3,250 $500 $2,500 $2,500

Sussex County

Focus: Mentoring/tutoring to middle and high school students.

New Castle County YPB member Samantha Drummond presents a grant to Pam Cornforth, executive director of the Ronald McDonald House of Delaware.

Each year, more than 60 high school students – one from almost every public and private high school in the state – participate in the YPB.

Kent County

Over the course of nine months, students form a board in each county and receive funds to award as charitable grants in their communities. Just like the board of directors of a foundation, the students are responsible for setting a focus area, soliciting and evaluating grant applications, and conducting site visits. Then, the students decide how to award the money and conduct an awards ceremony.

Delaware Guidance Services for Children & Youth $5,000 Survivors of Abuse in Recovery $3,000 People’s Place II, Inc. $2,000

Through the YPB, students learn about how to make the most of charitable dollars by studying how organizations use their resources, collaborate with partners and continuously monitor the impact of their efforts.

Connecting Generations Selbyville Middle School Peer Mentoring Program Children & Families First Pathways to Success

$3,000 $3,000 $2,500 $1,500

Focus: Providing support and counseling to victims of abuse and/or rape/sexual assault.

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Scholarships

Investing In Education Is Investing in L

ike other churches, the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church in Wilmington strives to foster care and benevolence in the community. Since 1993, the church has gone beyond the traditional role by offering scholarships to high school seniors from the congregation and the community.

The church awards between seven and 15 scholarships each year. This year, church members strengthened the scholarship program by establishing the Bethel A.M.E. Church Education Endowment Fund at the Delaware Community Foundation.

The DCF will work with the Bethel A.M.E. Church in selecting future applicants and disbursing the scholarship awards. By setting up an endowment fund the Bethel A.M.E. Church has created a permanent, self-sustaining fund that will continue to grow and support the church members forever.

For the 2014-15 school year, the Delaware Community Foundation awarded $333,000 in scholarships to 166 students, including Ashley Barnett, who studies marine biology at the University of Delaware.

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“We have been very fortunate and very blessed over the years to have received gifts from certain individuals,” said Patricia Johnson, the church’s scholarship committee coordinator.

“The church decided that it would be best to put those gifts in a fund where they could grow. This way we could be guaranteed that there would be financial support for our high school graduates now and in the future.”

For Ronald Pinkett Jr. (photo opposite page), a 2013 recipient of a Bethel A.M.E. Church Family Scholarship, the scholarship meant pursuing his dream of becoming a physical therapist without burdening his family with tuition. Now an athletic training student at Shaw University in North Carolina, Ron is enrolled in the ROTC program and spends afternoons playing intramural football and basketball. Ultimately, he wants to be a physical therapist.

And the scholarship program goes beyond money, said Tracy Pinkett, Ron’s mother and a seventh grade teacher at Brandywine Middle School.

“The church ensures that students have financial support going into school, but also encourages them by sending a personalized care package with laundry detergent, snacks, movie tickets, things like that,” she said. “It is our church’s way of encouraging students to pursue a higher education.”

That extra encouragement makes a big difference, Ron said.

“It’s important to always see the positive even when you’re going through a tough time,” he said. “I tried to never feel like things were too hard or that what I was doing wasn’t worth it, because everything has a significant purpose, and it all happens for a reason.”

Your Community FUNDS AWARDING SCHOLARSHIPS Achievement Scholarship for Students with a History of Chronic Illness Fund

Thurman G. Adams and Hilda McCabe Adams Family Fund Roxana C. Arsht Fellowship Fund

Atlantis Scholarship Fund for Excellence Philip L. Bartlett Scholarship Fund Beekhuis Scholarship Fund

Steven Wesley Beheler Memorial Fund

Bethel AME Church Education Endowment Fund

Bethel AME Church/Nella Neely Adult Scholarship Fund

Jill Biden Scholarship Fund-Biden Breast Health Initiative John A. Botto Memorial Fund Caesar Rodney Rotary Fund

Cape Henlopen Scholarship Fund for Fair Elections V. George & Jeannette M. Carey Scholarship Fund Chrysler Technical Scholarship Fund

Citibank (DE) National Academy of Finance Scholarship Fund Cloutier-Valenti Legacy Scholarship Fund Committee of 100 Scholarship Fund

Chris Cordrey Student Athletic Scholarship Fund

Corporation Service Company Student Opportunity Grant Delaware College of Art & Design Scholarship

Delaware Workforce Investment Career Scholarship Fund Delaware Youth Leadership Scholarship Fund

Delmarva Christian High School Scholarship Fund Donald W. & Nancy S. Edwards Charitable Fund Helen Kirk Deputy Ellis Scholarship Fund #2 Endsley P. Fairman Fellows Fund

Lee Hirsch Scholarship Fund for Milford High School Janosik Scholarship Fund

Kelly Family Scholarship Fund

Laurel Alumni Association George Schollenberger Fund Laurel Alumni Scholarship Foundation, Inc. Fund Laurel Alumni Foundation Endowment Fund Patrick H. Lynn Scholarship Fund

John A. and Louise V. Maslin Scholarship Fund

Milford High School Alumni Association Scholarship Fund Keisha M. Michael Memorial Fund

William J. & H. Virginia Miller Jr. Family Scholarship Fund Geneva Pepper Morris Memorial Scholarship Fund Nanticoke Rotary Heroes Master Fund J.D. O’Connor Scholarship Fund

Barbara Kimmey Pierce Memorial Fund

PUMH Health and Aging Scholarship Fund John M. Roca Memorial Scholarship Fund Albert and Shirley Rose Scholarship Fund John J. & Rita D. Ryan Scholarship Fund

Tony Silicato Memorial Scholarship Fund for Lake Forest HS Tony Silicato Memorial Scholarship Fund for Milford HS John B. & Marion A. Smitheman Fund

Margaret A. Stafford Nursing Scholarship Fund

Eleanor B. and Henry H. Stroud, MD Memorial Scholarship Fund Frank D. Vari Memorial & Scholarship Fund Don & Anne Ward Scholarship Fund

Woodbridge High School Endowed Scholarship

William P. Frank Scholarship Fund

Woodbridge Jr/Sr High School Fillmore & Mabel Clifton Endowment Fund

Generation III Scholarship Fund

Woodbridge School District Ralph E. Davis Scholarship Fund

Fred Fifer III Memorial Education Fund Sandra Gruwell Keller Memorial Scholarship Fund Hastings Memorial Scholarship Fund George H. Henry Memorial Fund

Woodbridge School District American Legion Scholarship Fund Woodbridge School District Merritt M. Littrell Future Teachers Fund

Woodbridge School District Margaret Lynch Davis Memorial Fund

Funds established from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015 are listed in italics.

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Remarkable LIVES, Continuing the Work of Matt Haley, Beau Biden & Jim Gilliam Sr. Matt, Beau and Mr. G, who were taken from us during the past year, built their legacies around caring for children and increasing social justice. The DCF is honored to play a role in continuing their important work. Through their service and generosity, Matt, Beau and Mr. G made a lasting impact on the community during their lives.

Through their funds, which will generate money to support the causes they championed, they will continue to change Delaware and the world forever.

Matt Haley

Global Delaware Fund Matt, who was the founder and CEO of SoDel Concepts restaurant group, was well known in the Delmarva area for achieving tremendous professional success after difficult beginnings. As a young man, he was plagued by addiction and spent time in prison.

school and a hydroelectric plant in a small community in Nepal that will benefit children for years to come.

In light of his tumultuous youth and recent health issues, Matt felt he was living on “borrowed time.” He wanted to keep helping people forever—even when he ran out of time to borrow—so he established a legacy fund at the DCF. A legacy fund is an account to receive charitable gifts made through a will or trust. Through legacy funds, anyone—from people with large estates to those with modest savings—can establish a fund that will support the causes they care about for generations to come.

Matt was only 53 when he died in August 2014 in a motorcycle accident in India, but he had already arranged to leave part of his estate to the Global Delaware Fund.

Matt was a generous spirit and a force for change during his short life. Thanks to his foresight, he’ll keep on changing lives forever.

Beau Biden

But he recovered, found his passion in cooking and forged a lucrative career as a restaurateur. Determined to give back, Matt quickly began sharing his fortune.

In 2011, Matt created the Global Delaware Fund at the DCF to help children and families in Delaware and overseas.

At home, he gave generously to the Boys & Girls Club of Rehoboth, Pathways to Success, the Cape Henlopen Education Foundation and many other organizations.

He also changed lives in India, Pakistan and other parts of the world. Among his international projects, Matt established a

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Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children Beau Biden was a two-term Delaware Attorney General and a soldier who earned a Bronze Star during his 20082009 service in Iraq. He was a beloved public figure in Delaware and around the world, a man who committed himself to serving others.

Enduring LEGACIES Jim Gilliam

As attorney general, Beau fought for the powerless and committed himself to protecting children from abuse.

In his first year in office, he created the Child Predator Task Force to combat child abuse, which convicted nearly 200 sex abusers and rescued 120 children as of 2014. Beau also partnered with the YMCA and Prevent Child Abuse Delaware to launch the Stewards to Children program, training thousands of Delaware adults to recognize signs of child abuse.

“As adults, we have a legal and moral obligation to stand up and speak out for children who are being abused,” he wrote in a 2014 opinion piece. “They cannot speak for themselves.”

While Beau accomplished more good in his 46 years than many of us do in a full lifetime, the Biden family wanted to make sure his work continues.

After Beau’s death in May 2015, the Biden family established the Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children at the DCF. The global response was immediate, with more than $250,000 in gifts pouring in during the first week. Now at more than $500,000, the fund will award charitable grants to help nonprofits continue Beau’s work to protect children from abuse and violence.

“We have seen the progress that can be made when society commits to shining a bright light on a crime like domestic violence, and we are seeing the beginning of what can be accomplished if we continue shining that bright light on child abuse,” Beau wrote in a 2014 article in The News Journal.

Through the Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children, that bright light will shine forever.

Gilliam Fund for Social Justice & Equity Renowned advocate for social justice and equity Jim Gilliam Sr.—known to many as “Mr. G”—often recalled discussing segregation with a fellow soldier at a bar in Germany during World War II. “Isn’t it ironic,” he remembered saying to his colleague, who was white, “that we can sit here together miles away from home, but we wouldn’t be allowed to in our own country?”

Driven by experiences like that one, Mr. G dedicated his life to increasing social justice and equal opportunity for all, regardless of race or economic status. He was a decorated soldier and a distinguished public servant.

During his life, Mr. G gave generously from a family foundation and two funds at the DCF. Upon his death in September 2015 at the age of 95, his daughter Dr. Patrice Gilliam-Johnson and his best friend Dr. Tony Allen, established a new fund to honor his legacy: the James H. Gilliam Sr. Fund for Social Justice & Equity.

Mr. G knew that our country made great strides in social justice and race relations during his lifetime, but he was passionate, vocal and persistent about addressing the disparities that remain. Through the Gilliam Fund for Social Justice & Equity, his legacy will continue to play an important role on the long road to equality.

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Legacy Society

Make A Gift

That Costs Nothing During Your Lifetime Whether you have modest savings or a large estate, you can make a meaningful charitable gift without significant immediate impact to your finances through legacy giving.

A legacy gift, also called a planned gift, is a gift made through a will or trust. Depending on your unique situation, a legacy gift may enable you to: • Leave a permanent source of income for your favorite charitable cause.

• Inspire your loved ones to give.

• Secure a permanent stream of income for the rest of your life.

• Enjoy immediate tax advantages.

• Leave more of your estate to your descendants.

• Leave your personal legacy.

The Delaware Community Foundation has the expertise to work with you and your financial adviser or attorney to help you achieve your charitable goals and establish your personal legacy.

For more information, visit delcf.planyourlegacy.org or contact David W. Fleming at dfleming@delcf.org or 302.504.5224.

This information is not offered as legal or tax advice.

Please consult your financial advisor or attorney for advice on how planned giving will impact you.

DCF Legacy Society G. Lawrence Adams

Charles C. Allen III Paula Allen Barbra Frank Andrisani Gwendoline B. Angalet Robert & Carol Baker Feffie Barnhill Mona Bayard Paul & Beth Bechly James W. & Rosalyn Bishop Robert S. & Katherine M. Boyd Bobby B. & Joan Y. Brown Sarah E. Brown Robert C. Burkheimer Gloria Burton James Carlo Patricia Chappelle Janet Churchill Ross Claiborne Janet L. Clark Robert & Valerie B. Cloutier Francis & Addie Cole Steven R. Director Glen & Joan Dugdale Eugenia Athan Dugdale

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Cindy & Ted Dwyer Lanny & Micki Edelsohn Don & Nancy Edwards Helen L. Eliason Gary & Cindy Emory Robert E. Ewers Jr. & Penny Pleasance Jean D. Gandek Ajit George Bob & Jane Gibson Adly S. & Sheila Gorrafa Donald L. & Abigail Greene Eileen Hansen Selma Hayman Susan & Stephen Herrmann Ann Hilaman G. Stewart Hoagland D. Wayne & Betsy A. Holden Mary B. Hopkins Marilyn K. Hyte Gregory E. & Laura Johnson Katherine A. Johnson Lucille D. Jones & Julie Cripps Trena & Bob Kelly Robert C. & Caroline G. Ketcham

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Jan M. King Joseph & Jean Kowinsky Brian D. & Janet P. Kramer William & Keiley Lafferty Andrew Langsam & Cabella Calloway Langsam Hugh & Kathleen Leahy Richard Albert Legatski & Mary James Legatski Jack Lesher William D. Luke Jr. Elaine Markell Robert D. Martz Mildred O. McConnell Stephen & Maria Mockbee Mary Jo Moore Gary C. Myers Jr. Brian R. & Linda H. O’Connor Joan D. O’Connor Austin “Pete” Okie James F. Orth & Kateryna M. Orth Alan B. Palmer Elizabeth G. Poole Robert T. & Rita E. Quade Pierce Quinlan & Ginny Daly

Brian & Joy Read Margaret L. Richey Charles W. Robertson Jr. & Patricia K. Robertson Emilie W. Robinson Richard D. & Cynthia Rowland Dave Ryerson Carl & Doris Schnee Jean Otis Shields Theresa M. Silver Joni Silverstein Carolyn J. Smith Raymond F. & Rita O. Smith Robert P. & Tina Sonzogni Sandra Spence Alma Swank Philip C. Timon Reade Tompson Robert D. Ullrich Jane & Andrew Vincent Matthew G. Waschull J. Vincent Watchorn III John D. & Beverly J. Wik Hope R. Yerkes

Fred Sears After 13 Years of Service, the DCF’s Iconic President & CEO

Will Retire On December 31, 2015 When Fred took the helm in December 2002, the DCF was flourishing. But under his leadership, the foundation has blossomed beyond expectations.

During Fred’s tenure, the number of funds has grown six-fold, assets and annual grants have tripled, and more Delawareans are engaged in philanthropy through the DCF’s Giving Circles.

Behind the scenes, Fred has built bridges, mentored leaders and fostered friendships that have made Delaware a better place for all of us to live and work.

Perhaps most importantly, Fred has spent the past four years preparing the DCF for its next chapter—a chapter that, he knows, begins with his departure.

About four years ago, Fred noticed that a handful of community foundations were doing more for their communities. He envisioned the DCF doing more for Delaware, and he set us on the path toward that vision.

Since then, Fred has led the critical first phase of the DCF’s transformation from nonprofit financial institution to community leader, convener and facilitator. Many years of work remain, but Fred has given us the map.

Fred spent 13 years at the DCF helping others establish their legacies by creating charitable funds. Now, he leaves us his own legacy: the new DCF.

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Real Estate Trend: Non-Cash Giving Opportunities

Surge in Charitable Gifts of Real Estate The Delaware Community Foundation has experienced a boom in real estate giving during the past year, in line with national charitable giving trends.

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ince September 2014, the Delaware Community Foundation has received nearly $15 million in charitable gifts in the form of real estate, including a warehouse, a beach condo, an office building and an apartment complex.

Nationwide, real estate donations picked up early in the Great Recession and have continued as the housing market struggles to recover. Other economic factors are also prolonging the trend, said Delaware Realtor Duncan Patterson.

“Low interest rates make this the perfect time for individuals and businesses to donate real estate and take advantage of tax benefits,” Duncan said. “Capital gains and income taxes also are higher than they have been in recent years.

The combination of factors makes giving real estate very affordable.”

In addition to being a financially savvy move, making a charitable gift of real estate can be an easy, effective way of achieving your philanthropic goals without noticeable impact on your finances.

Hockessin residents Adly and Sheila Gorrafa have been able to support many charitable causes since donating their unused beach condo last fall.

Sheila & Adly Gorrafa opened a charitable fund by donating an unused beach condo to the DCF.

“In contrast to selling, bonuses from donating were a significant tax deduction spreadable over multiple years, and funding a kitty at the DCF to give to our favorite charities annually for many years to come, with the DCF handling the paperwork to boot,” Adly said.

When a donor makes a gift of real estate to the DCF, the foundation handles the entire process of preparing and selling the property, including working with realtors, managing repairs and completing paperwork.

“Dealing with a commercial property sale can be a hassle, particularly if the property has unusual characteristics,” said Richard Barros, who donated a Dover office building in December 2014.

“We decided to donate our building to the DCF because it would enable us to help many other charities in Delaware through a donor advised fund,” he said. “The DCF made the transfer easy, and now we can donate to our local charities.”

Give Your Home and Keep It Too! It’s possible to donate your home, retain the right to live there for the rest of your life, and still take an immediate tax deduction through a retained life estate. A retained life estate also enables you to: • Make a significant charitable gift to a cause or organization you care about.

• Remove a taxable asset from your estate.

• Shed the responsibility of overseeing the asset.

• Simplify your estate settlement.

• Relieve family members of the uncertainties, expenses and delays involved in a property transfer after death.

DCF team members are experts in managing retained life estates, charitable gift annuities and other gifts of real estate. For more information, contact David W. Fleming at dfleming@delcf.org or 302.504.5226.

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The Power of Non-Cash Giving Giving illiquid assets may help you achieve your charitable and financial goals.

Savvy philanthropists

What Can You Give?

understand that giving

• Publicly traded stocks – By making a charitable gift of appreciated stock, you may avoid capital gains tax.

non-cash assets can help them achieve their philanthropic goals and benefit from tax advantages.

The DCF works with many generous donors and their financial advisors to empower non-cash charitable gifts, helping ensure maximum benefit both for the donors and for the nonprofit organizations or causes they wish to support.

• Non-publicly traded or closely held stocks – The DCF can accept these assets if an acceptable means of converting the stock into liquid assets can be anticipated within a reasonable time.

• Subchapter S Corporation Stock – The DCF can accept these stocks, subject to some restrictions.

• Real Property – The DCF has a property-holding subsidiary that can accept donations such as land, real estate, tangible property and timber/mineral rights.

Other Opportunities • Life Insurance Policies – By irrevocably designating the DCF as the owner of the policy (or as beneficiary of a portion or all of its proceeds), you can establish a future charitable fund without a cash outlay.

• Retirement Plan Assets – Irrevocably designating the DCF as the beneficiary in qualified plans and/or IRAs can be an ideal means of charitable giving because these assets are most heavily taxed. The DCF could be a secondary beneficiary, through a charitable remainder trust, after taking care of a spouse or heirs.

• Charitable Gift Annuities – If you need the earnings from your investments now but want to make a future gift as a bequest, a CGA is a way to have your cake and eat it too – all with an immediate tax deduction.

When you are ready to make a significant charitable gift without

writing a big check, contact the DCF. We will work with you and your advisor to determine the most powerful and tax-advantaged option for your unique situation.

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Funds that Make Grants Recommended by Donors Donor Advised Funds These funds support specific charitable interests as directed by the donor.

1626 Fund Thurman & Hilda Adams Charitable Fund AFP Brandywine Chapter Professional Development Loan Fund AHE Fund for Children & Youth Jeanne M. & William R. Allan Fund Allen Family Fund Charles C. Allen Jr. Family Fund Charles C. Allen III Charitable Fund Warren L. Allen Family Fund William E. Anderson Memorial Fund Andrisani Family Charitable Fund John G. Anthony Memorial Fund Arsht-Cannon Fund Atlantis Fund Aunt Jane Fund Richard & Andrea Barros Charitable Fund Edward & Mary Ann Bassett Fund Rachel L. (Gentsch) Baynard Fund Baynum Family Charitable Foundation Fund Beverley V. Baxter Fund for Women’s Rights Paul L. & Elizabeth W. Bechly Charitable Giving Fund Paul L. & Elizabeth W. Bechly Charitable Trust Fund Beckler Charitable Fund Edward J. & Judy Bennett Foundation Fund BHA Foundation Fund Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children Polly R. Bill Fund James & Rosalyn Bishop Foundation Fund Bison Way Fund Paul H. Boerger Fund Borel Family Fund Borkee Hagley Foundation Fund Robert & Katherine Boyd Fund Brady Family Fund Brooks Fellowship Glenn P. & Dorothy M. Brown Family Fund Sarah E. Brown Fund BTL Endowment Fund Burton Family Fund I.G. & M.G. Burton Charitable Fund Herbert & Myrtha Calhoun Family Charitable Fund Cardinal Charitable Fund Carter Family Fund Robert C. & Mae R. Carter Fund Molly Christopher Memorial Fund Janet I. Churchill Memorial Fund Clark Family Fund Cohick-Dwyer Fund Jim & Tina Collins Fund Concerned Physicians Fund of Delaware Joan & Art Connolly Family Fund Crit27 Fund Cross & Simon, LLC Fund DanNan Fund Sue Davis Educational Fund Delaware Youth Leadership Fund Edward D. Devine Memorial Fund Norman Dill Scientific Fund DiSabatino Family Fund EAM Charitable Fund Edgell Family Charitable Fund Embleton Charitable Foundation Fund Ewers Pleasance Family Fund Eleanor B. Fanning Fund

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Constance Ferguson Charitable Fund Paul & Gloria Fine Family Fund First Shore Fund First State Fund Five Toes Fund Foulke Meadow River Lands Scholarship Fund Steve & Jeannie Fowle Fund Sally M. Gakenheimer Fund Galardi-Quinn Family Fund Gande Family Foundation Fund Garett’s Gift, The Garett Robert Colona Giving Fund Elizabeth A. Garrigues Financial Aid Fund Gilliam Charitable Fund Linda Johnson Gilliam Fund Gilman Family Fund The Giving Back Fund The Giving Fund: In Memory of Judith A. Van Dyke David Goddess Fund Grayson Family Fund for Older Adults Donald L. & Abigail D. Greene Fund Peter & Joanne Harrigan Fund John & Niki Hawkins Fund Holden Family Fund Holveck Family Charitable Fund Robert R. & Judith H. Hoopes Fund Mary Ellen Hope Foundation Fund Horsey Family Youth Foundation Fund Peter & Caryl Horty Foundation Fund Ramachandra & Kusuma Hosmane Family Charitable Fund Howard/Brown Family Fund Marilyn Hyte & Pat McGee Fund Ann Jaffe Tolerance & Holocaust Education Fund James Jamieson Memorial Scholarship Fund Janosik Family Charitable Foundation Fund Johnson Family Philanthropic Fund Barbara W. Johnson Memorial Scholarship Fund Larry & Lynda Kaufman Charitable Fund Keever Family Fund Kilburn Family Fund Catherine D. King & E. Reese King Foundation Fund Paul & Mary Ellen King Charitable Fund Klima Family Charitable Fund Kluis Family Fund Winifred M. Koffenberger Fund Jonathan R. Krewatch Memorial Fund Lafferty Family Fund Last Resort Fund Jeffery & Judith Lewis Student Achievement Fund Frances C. Lordigan Fund Caroline M. Lunger Fund William F. Lynch II Charitable Fund Magnolia Fund Virgelia T. & Tyson Mapp Educational Enrichment Fund Markell Fund Emma Kim McCoy-Johnson Memorial Fund W.T. & M.A. McLaughlin Educational Fund Rex L. Mears Family Charitable Fund Suzanne Merrick Charitable Fund Moore Family Foundation Fund Elyse & Chad Moore Family Foundation Fund Mount Pleasant Fathers Fund New Castle County Pride Fund Appoquinimink Library Bear Library Fund Brandywine Library Fund John Cartier Fund

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Claymont Library Fund Elsmere Library Fund Friends of County K9 Fund Friends of the Mounted Patrol Fund Garfield Lending Library Fund Glasgow Park Fund Historic Preservation Fund Hockessin Library Fund Holiday Open House at Rockwood Fund Kirkwood Library Fund Live Healthy NCC - Nemours Fund Love Your Libraries Fund NCC General Special Events Fund NCC Paramedics 5K Fund New Castle Century Club Fund Newark Library Fund Platinum Picnic Fund Ciro Poppiti Wills Fund Sleep Under the Stars Fund Wilmington Library Fund Woodlawn Library Fund Nichols Family Memorial Fund Nixon Uniform Service & Medical Wear Foundation Fund John L. Norris Jr. & Barbara Norris Allen Fund Obrzut Ling Foundation Fund Oglesby Family Fund Austin F. Okie Fund Josephine C. Osbun Fund Our Wish Foundation Fund Jordyn K. Owens Memorial Foundation Fund Nicholas & Dorothy Pappas Fund Pennsylvania Merchant 1733 Fund Pettinaro Family Charitable Fund Phaenna Fund Louise Poole Family Fund Louise & William Poole Family Fund Powders Trust Fund Stuart W. Pratt Family Fund Maurice Pritchett Education Fund Frances P. Quirk Charitable Fund Rainy Day Fund Tubby Raymond Foundation Fund Alice D. Reilly Charitable Fund Charles & Patricia Robertson Charitable Fund Rodel Foundation Beverly Van Brunt Rogers Fund Ross Foundation Fund Virginia Bayless Fund Robin R. Burge Fund Polly R. Gardiner Fund Wilhelmina B. Moyer Fund Nibloc Fund SMS Fund John F. Van Sant Jr. Fund Carl & Doris Schnee Foundation Fund Marjorie S. Sears Fund for Homeless Dogs Dr. Jan Seitz Charitable Fund Sezna Foundation-In the Spirit of Teddy & Deeg Fund Shopa Family Foundation Fund Lillian & Montford Smith Family Fund Phillip & Carolyn Smith Foundation Fund Southern Health Partners, Inc. Fund Judy Beth Spiegel Library Memorial Fund Stayton Fund Stoddard Family Foundation Gary L. Stover Jr. Family Fund Swed-Sander Family Foundation Fund Terrell Family Fund The Thank You Fund Mildred H. & Ray A. Thompson Fund Timon Family Fund S.L. Townsend Family Fund Tunnell Family Charitable Fund Ullrich Family Fund Joan Marie Vari Fund

Robert Venables Legacy Fund Verplanck Family Fund Bunny Vosters Foundation Fund Wade Family Fund Don & Anne Ward Charitable Foundation Fund Ernest E. Woodacre Fund Women’s Wellness Fund Ann Schleuniger Wright Fund Wrixhaven Fund

Designated Funds These funds benefit one or more named charities for a designated period or in perpetuity.

Art for Vets Fund Bernard & Helen Balick Fund for Animals Philip L. Bartlett Designated Fund J. B. Barthmaier Memorial Fund Helen H. Bennett Scholarship Fund at DLA Benedictine Sisters of Ridgely, MD Fund Susan J. Betts Fund Charlie E. Brinton Fund Budinger Family Fund Carson Scholars Fund Cathedral Choir School of Delaware Endowment Fund Christina Cultural Arts Center Fund for Music & Arts Education Janet L. Clark Charitable Fund Cooch’s Bridge Historic District Fund Donald T. DeCoursey Fund Delaware Education Consultation Fund Delaware Futures Endowment Fund Evelyn H. Doncaster Fund Brian J. Donnelly Legacy Fund for the Future of our Park’s Monuments Dorothy & Elizabeth Music Scholarship Fund Eden Hill Farm Preservation Fund Margarette Hughes Eley Fund Eliason Education & Greening Fund Embleton Family Church and School Fund Clarence Fraim Boys & Girls Club Scholarship Fund Clarence Fraim Center Parking Lot Maintenance Fund Clarence Fraim Senior Center Aquatic Fund Friends of Historic Christ Church, Dover Endowment Fund Friends of Hockessin Colored School #107, Inc. Charitable Fund Friends of Owl’s Nest Fund Frugal Investors NSC Fund

Frugal Investors SA Fund B. F. & S. C. Ginn Fund Gorrafa Family Charitable Fund Grant Avenue Designated Fund Hartnagel United Way of Delaware Leadership Fund Daniel Hirsch Endowment Fund Daniel Hirsch Free Public Library Fund Lee Hirsch: Carlisle Fire Company Fund Lee Hirsch: Milford Memorial Hospital Fund Frank M. & Robert R. Hoopes Lecture Fund Ida E. Horsey Fund Joanne & Pete So Others May Eat Fund Jusst Sooup Ranch Property Fund Mary E. Justis Fund Charles W. King Capital Fund Eric W. Kjellmark Jr. Charitable Fund Johannes R. & Betty P. Krahmer 4% Solution Funds A&B Brian & Janet Kramer Charitable Fund Arie E. Lattomus Fund Claire LeClaire Trust Charitable Fund Eleanora Lofland Fund McMullen Fund Milford Workforce Development Commission Scholarship Fund Stephen A. Morente Fund Next Generation Endowment Fund Next Generation of Southern Delaware Endowment Fund Mary Nowinski & Distinguished Professor George L. Nowinski Fund A. T. Peters Memorial Fund June J. & Russell W. Peterson Fund for Environmental Education Howard Pyle Studio Endowment Fund James M. Quinn Tuition Aid Fund Margaret L. Richey Scholarship Fund Remo P. Romagnoli Fund Sara Elizabeth Rowland Memorial Fund F.H. & L.O. Russell Fund Charles & Susan Salkin Folk Art Fund Carol K. Searles Memorial Rehoboth Beach Library Fund

William J. & Reverend Shirley M. Smith, Sr. Scholarship Fund Society of Natural History of Delaware Fund in Honor of Al Matlack St. Thomas More Academy Scholarship Fund STMP Help Scholarship Fund J. Gerard Wayne Stegnar Fund Mark Steiner Memorial Endowment Fund Roberta C. Stewart Memorial Fund Sussex County Land Trust Bayside Easement Fund Sussex County Land Trust Peninsula Easement Fund Swajeski Family Fund Tina Memorial Fund Nina Wildman Fund Wilmington New Castle Pediatric Association Fund Woodlawn Library Fund Andrew N. Yatzus Scholarship Fund

Field-of-Interest Funds These funds support broadly defined areas of charitable interest.

Beekhuis Wilmington Community Fund C.A.R.E. Fund Mike Clark Legacy Foundation Fund Council of Urban Empowerment Fund Discover Community Development Fund Freida Dolby Fund Alan & Josephine Eichenberger Memorial Fund FCC National Bank Fund First State Scholarship Fund Fox Family of Leipsic Fund Daniel S. Frawley Memorial Fund Free Enterprise Education Fund Fund for Children’s Literacy Fund for Women Mary E. Copper Memorial Fund Lynn Estes Friess Fund Sally Knox Memorial Fund Leadership Fund Clara Miller Fund Betsy Rawls Fund Continued on page 22

“I established a fund at DCF because it honors Andy’s legacy and continues his passion to benefit children in Delaware. It has been a wonderful gift to our family to be able to provide opportunity to others in his name.”

– Vicky Yatzus Funds established from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015 are listed in italics.

*Multiple funds at the DCF.

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Funds that Make Grants Recommended by Donors continued from page 21 “We established a fund for environmental causes at the DCF because we are passionate about the planet, with its bees and birds and all of the animals that cannot speak for themselves.“ – Marilyn Hyte & Pat Magee

Field of Interest Funds continued from page 21 Marjory Stone Memorial Fund General Motors Fund Global Delaware Fund Samuel Harlan Jr. Fund Leslie M. (Skippy) Heisler Educational Resource Fund* Carl Hill Memorial Fund Daniel Hirsch Poor Fund Roy Klein Education Foundation Fund Lee Hirsch Poor Fund Lee & Florence Kvalnes Charitable Fund Lake Forest Community Education Fund Manufacturers Hanover (DE) Fund MBNA, America Fund William T. & Mary A. McLaughlin Long-Term Endowment Fund Patient 9 Foundation Patterson Woods Commercial Real Estate Educational Fund June J. & Russell W. Peterson Fund for Social Justice Elisabeth & Richard Poole Capital Fund for Delaware History & the Fine Arts Benjamin Potter Trust Grants Fund Starrlight Fund City of Wilmington (UDAG) Fund Wings Foundation II Fund Youth Philanthropy Fund

Fundbuilder Funds Funds aspiring to reach the $10,000 grantmaking threshhold.

Amina’s Hope Scholarship Fundbuilder Sid & Carol Balick Charitable Fundbuilder Donald Banschbach Music Education Fundbuilder Callihan Fundbuilder Common Cause Delaware Endowment Fundbuilder Coverdale Family Fundbuilder Delaware Oral Health Coalition, Inc. Fundbuilder Delaware Housing Coalition Fundbuilder DRSEA Founders Program Fundbuilder Future Farmers Fundbuilder Health Fund of the Delaware Academy of Medicine Fundbuilder Derrick Sean “Rick” Hoey’s Survivors College Scholarship Fundbuilder Kay’s Kamp Fundbuilder Nevin Pohl Family Fundbuilder Jackie Pavik RYLA Sponsorship Fundbuilder John Pingree Environmental Scholarship Fundbuilder Sonzogni Family Fundbuilder Taylor Family Fundbuilder Veteran Foundation Fundbuilder Way Home, Inc. Fundbuilder

Delaware Forever Funds

Stephanie V.S. Auen Fund – Ross Foundation Fund Bouton Fund Margaret Carswell Memorial Fund Continental American Life, Chairman’s Fund DCF Board of Directors Fund DCF Founding Donors Fund Delaware Legacy Fund Donald J. Franceschini Fund Carolyn E. Golding Fund Carolyn E. & Mabel R. Golding Grant Avenue Fund Grant Avenue Unrestricted Fund Helen M. Greene Fund Richard Johnson Memorial Fund Virginia Joy Charitable Fund Jeanette & Rosemary Fund J. P. Morgan & Co., Inc. Fund Helen V. McCaulley Memorial Fund Elizabeth Quigley Fund Charles & Patricia Robertson Unrestricted Fund Sadie Russell Fund State of Delaware Fund Walls & Turner Charitable Fund Thomas & Diane Wren Fund

Operating Funds Funds supporting the DCF’s daily operations.

DCF Community Engagement Fund DuPont Company Fund Elizabeth A. Garrigues Fund Charles Stewart Mott Fund

Special Funds Funds for special initiatives and finite projects or grantmaking.

1916 Fund 21st Century Children’s Administrative Fund Frank E. Acierno Foundation Fund Aquila Foundation Fund A.R.I.A.N.N.A. Fund Assist & Inspire Delaware Fund Bank of America (MBNA) - Delaware Series Cards Fund Beaver Valley Conservation Fund Be A Santa To A Senior Fund Bethel Father Daughter Dance & Activities Fund Hattye Mae Biddle Fund Big Love Fund Breaking For The Cure Fund Cindy Foundation for Ovarian Cancer Research Clifford Brown 11 Street Project Fund Crop Foundation Fund Deirdre A. D’Aulerio Memorial Inflammatory Breast Cancer Fund DCC - Cancer Education Alliance Fund Delaware Aging Network Operating Fund Delaware Dance Network Fund Delaware Design-Lab High School Fund Delaware Division of Libraries E-Book Fund Delaware H. E. A. L. Coalition Fund Delaware Oral Health Coalition Operating Fund Delaware School Based Health Alliance Fund DelaCORE Fund Delaware Youth Chess Organization Fund Delaware Consumer Bankruptcy Pro Se Foundation Fund Delaware Economic Summit Fund Delaware Grantmakers Association Group Fund Dover Interfaith Mission for Housing Fund Ebola Crisis Orphans Fund Empowered Community Fund Fair Play Foundation Fund

Funds established from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015 are listed in italics.

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*Multiple funds at the DCF.

Financial Empowerment Fund Fraunhofer “New Cells for New Vaccines” Fund Friends of Brown vs. Board of Education Fund Fund for the Advancement of Urban Scholars Gadde Family Foundation Georgetown Millsboro Rotary Flags for Heroes Fund Gilliam Foundation Fund Greater Kent Committee Golf Tournament Fund Healthy Kids Delaware Fund Heart 2 Hands Foundation Fund Heart in the Game Fund Help the Veterans Fund Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware Foundation Hockessin Fourth of July Fund HotSpur Soccer Fund Human Ecology Foundation Fund Michael & Ericka Hynansky Family Fund International Heritage Center of Delaware Fund Janosik Dinner & Golf Tournament Fund Kids Runway for Research Fund Kids on Purpose Fund Kids With Confidence Fund Kind to Kids Foundation Fund Jack Langseder Forever STRONG Foundation Let The Kids Play Fund Samuel J. LeFrak Memorial Fund Lincoln Tricentennial Commission Fund Julia Madison Mal Rotation Fund DCF Memorial Fund MERIT Program Operating Fund Miracles for Molly Dunne Foundation Fund Minner Center for the Milford Library Fund Mountaire Thanksgiving for Thousands Fund Mt. Cuba Center Fund Mt. Olive Cemetery Preservation Fund Navient Foundation National Education Fund Neighborhood Fund Newark Country Club Fund Next Generation Fund Next Generation Fund of Southern Delaware Claude Norris III Fund Old Brandywine Village, Inc. Fund Peace Drum Project Fund Pins for Kids Fund Prekindergarten Reading Encouragement Project Fund Such As I Have Foundation Fund Sam Miller Fund Short Wars Film Fund Solar for Kids Fund South Wilmington Planning Network Fund Spicer Memorial Car Show Fund Start It Up Delaware Social Impact Fund Andy Staton Foundation Fund STEPS Fund Stop the Violence Prayer Chain Fund Stockley Center Sussex Outdoors Fund Sussex Child Health Promotion Coalition Operating Fund Sussex Senior Transportation Cooperative Fund Father James Trainor Scholarship Fund Ullrich Family Designated Fund V Ryan R. Wagner Scholarship Fund We Stand Up Fund Erik Williams Foundation Fund Wilmington Children’s Chorus Fund Wilmington Community Orchard Project Fund Wilmington Skate Project Fund Project Delaware Fund Young@Art Fund Youth Sports Institute of Delaware Fund Zip Code Wilmington Fund

HELPING DELAWARE BUILD ONE OF THE

FINEST SYSTEMS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE WORLD BY 2020

W

e all believe that Delaware schools should be world class. For the Rodel Foundation of Delaware, reaching that goal—to help the First State build one of the finest systems of public education in the world by 2020—requires a mighty lift, and the guidance and cooperation of partners throughout the state.

While many education issues dominated the headlines in 2015, there were also great strides for student outcomes.

Today, more Delaware students than ever are experiencing high-quality early learning, foreign language immersion, and Advanced Placement coursework. This year marked a 30-year low in the annual high school dropout rate, while gains have been made in rates of students graduating and continuing on to higher education.

The Rodel Foundation of Delaware, a supporting organiztion of the Delaware Community Foundation, works to implement its vision in many ways.

Meanwhile, through Rodel’s contributions to organizations like Schools That Lead, Teach For America, and the Delaware Leadership Project, outstanding teachers and leaders have been cultivated, benefiting hundreds, if not thousands, of Delaware children statewide.

It promotes policy changes that can have a huge impact statewide, like raising academic standards, using timely data to make decisions, and investing in our youngest learners. The organization emphasizes policy areas like Common Core State Standards, personalized learning, high-quality early learning, and teacher leadership.

In the midst of 2015’s policy discussions around public education, Rodel facilitated constructive conversations to forge a path forward. Rodel continued to support the Vision Coalition—a public-private partnership composed of a broad range of Delawareans who work together to improve Delaware public education—in collaborating with the state’s top public- and private-sector leaders and 4,000 other Delawareans to define the skills and attributes of a well-educated Delawarean in 2025. The result is an ambitious 10-year plan, Student Success 2025, which was released September 16, 2015.

Rodel also provides funding to innovative, potentially high-impact initiatives, like Innovative Schools, and the Relay Graduate School.

100 educators and school leaders attended and learned more about the concepts and strategies of personalized learning—where students and teachers work together towards students’ individual learning goals.

And in its quest to elevate educator voices, Rodel continued its support of the inaugural Rodel Teacher Council.

Sixteen educators from around the state and from a variety of content areas helped mold the future of statewide education improvements in Delaware. In February 2015, the Council built upon its “Blueprint for Personalized Learning in Delaware” (published in 2014) by hosting a personalized learning workshop for teachers. More than

Rodel also celebrated a banner year for the iEducate Delaware initiative, which recognizes Delawareans’ contributions to Delaware students. From an initial group of 200 nominations and 15 subsequent finalists, five honorees were selected in June. Public voting helped guide the process, and each of the five honorees stood out due to their innovation, creativity, and strong collaboration with others in their communities.

The organization looks around the country and the world for best practices in education, and works to convene diverse statewide partnerships to catalyze action.

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Nonprofit Funds

The Delaware Community Foundation is the trusted steward of funds benefiting more than 200 nonprofits. Endowment funds increase organizations’ financial stability and encourage donors to make planned gifts.

Bill Adami Fund for Innovation – Easter Seals AIDS Delaware Fund* Dr. George Benes & Michael Mallee Fund America’s State Parks Foundation Fund* American Planning Association - Delaware Chapter Fund American Civil Liberties Foundation Fund Arc of Delaware Endowment Fund Bellevue Community Center (Edgemoor) Fund Bethel AME Church Music Endowment Fund Big Brothers/Sisters Endowment Fund Biggs Museum of American Art Endowment Fund Blood Bank of Delmarva Endowment Fund Glenn C. Bowman Endowment Fund of the Rehoboth Film Society Boys & Girls Club of Delaware Fund Brandywine Valley Association Fund Brandywine Zoo Fund Robert D. Burris Scholarship Fund for the Delmarva Christian High School Cab Calloway School Fund Cancer Support Community Delaware Fund— Matthew E. Pangburn Endowment Candlelight Theatre Fund Canine Partners for Life Fund CareLink Community Support Services Fund Careys United Methodist Church Endowment Fund Martha Carper Youth Fund Catholic Charities Fund CenDel Foundation Fund* CENDEL FTD Family Support Fund Central Delaware Habitat for Humanity Fund Dog Pound Boxing Club Fund Dorm To Gourm Fund Dover Library Foundation Fund Gourmet Dinner Fund Greater Dover Fund Harrington Tournament Foundation Hawkins Family Fund Kent County Fund for the Arts Community Match Fund Kent County Fund for the Arts in Memory of Joshua Marion Twilley Kent Kids Fund Ben Knapp Fund Knucklehead Fund Sean & Shannon Mercer Fund Mom’s House of Dover Endowment Fund Eugene O’Raughley Memorial Fund Ann & Charles Rebar Memorial Fund Silver Linings Initiative Fundbuilder Center for Therapeutic & Educational Riding, Inc. Endowment Fund Charter School of Wilmington Fund Cheer, Inc. Fund Chesapeake Bay Girl Scout Council Fund Child HELP Foundation Fund Agnes Fund Dr. Basilio N. Bautista Family Fund Carleton & Blanche Carey Fund Colonial Rotary Fund Fannin Family Fund Gregory Kramedas Memorial Fund

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Walther Family Fund Melville F. Sr. & Betty Warren Memorial Fund Children & Families First Fund Children’s Advocacy Center of Delaware Endowment Fund Children’s Beach House Endowment Fund Christiana Care Health Services Inc. Endowment Fund Junior Board of Christiana Care Fund Claymont Community Center Fund Claymont Legacy Endowment Fund Coastal Concerts Endowment Fund Colonial Rotary Club of Dover Endowment Fund Community Legal Aid Society Endowment Fund Communities In Schools of Delaware Endowment Fund Connecting Generations Fund ContactLifeline, Inc. Endowment Fund Clifford T. Crouch Fund DASEF Fund DCRAC Fund DFRC Endowment Fund Del-Mar-Va, BSA Scholarship Fund Delaware 4-H Foundation Fund Delaware Agricultural Museum & Village Endowment Fund Delaware Arts Stabilization Fund Delaware Division of the Arts* Christina Cultural Arts* Delaware Art Museum* Delaware Theatre Company* Delaware Symphony Association* Grand Opera House* Opera Delaware* Rehoboth Art League* Music School of Delaware* Delaware Association for the Blind Fund Delaware Bar Foundation Endowment Fund Delaware Botanic Garden Fund

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Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition Endowment Fund Delaware Burn Camp Fund Delaware Center for Horticulture Greening & Education Endowment Fund Nancy Corroon Travel Scholarship Fund Delaware Center for Justice Fund Delaware Center for the Inland Bays Endowment Fund Delaware Chapter of NAHRO Fund Delaware Foundation for the Visual Arts Scholarship Fund Delaware Futures 2 Fund Delaware Governor’s Bioscience Fellowship Delaware Greenways Legacy Fund Delaware Guidance Services Fund Delaware Hospice Fund Delaware Humane Association Endowment Delaware Humanities Council Reserve Fund Delaware Humanities Forum Fund Delaware Medical Education Foundation Fund Delaware Military Academy Endowment Fund Delaware Military Heritage & Education Foundation, Inc. Fund Delaware Museum of Natural History Fund Delaware Nature Society Endowment Fund Delaware Performing Arts Center Inc. Endowment Fund Delaware Preservation Fund* Delaware Recreation & Parks Society Fund Peter D. Adams Scholarship Fund William J. Hopkins Scholarship Fund Delaware SPCA Fund Delaware Seashore Preservation Foundation Fund Delaware State Parks Unrestricted Fund Auburn Heights Preserve Fund* Bellevue State Park Fund* Brandywine Creek State Park Cape Henlopen State Park Fund* Conservation Easement Fund*

“We opened an endowed fund at the DCF so future generations of Delawareans will be able to enjoy the long and rich tradition of public gardens as a botanical, horticultural and environmental center in Southern Delaware.”

– Susan Ryan, Board Chair, Delaware Botanic Garden

Delaware Seashore State Park Fund* Flint Woods Nature Preserve Fund Fort Delaware State Park Fund* Fork Branch Nature Preserve Funds Fox Point State Park Fund* Northern View Tract of the Dragon Run Nature Preserve Fund* O’Neill Environmental Education Fund* Pea Patch Island Special Projects Fund Thompson Island Preserve Fund* Trap Pond State Park Fund White Clay Creek State Park Fund* Wilmington State Park Fund* Delaware State University Foundation Fund Delaware Volunteer Legal Services Fund Delaware Wild Lands, Inc. Endowment Fund Diamond State CLT Fund Domestic Violence Advocacy & Prevention Fund: In Honor of Carol Post Easter Seals of Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Inc. Fund Eastern Apicultural Society Honeybee Research Fund* Josephine R. Eichenberger Memorial Fund for STEHM

Epilepsy Foundation of Delaware Endowment Fund FIL Lacrosse Fund – Developing the Olympic Dream Faithful Friends, Inc. Endowment Fund Family Counseling Center of St. Paul’s Fund First State Animal Center & SPCA Fund First State Community Action Agency Endowment Fund First State Preservation Grant Fund First State Robotics Inc. Nonprofit Endowment Fund Food Bank of Delaware Endowment Fund Fresh Start Scholarship Century Fund Friends of Auburn Heights Preserve Endowment Fund Friends of Bear Library Fund Friends of Historic Riverview Cemetery Fund Friends of the Hockessin Library Friends of John Dickinson Mansion Endowment Fund Friends of the Newark Free Library/Charlesa Lowell Memorial Fund Friends of Wildcat Fund Friends of Woodlawn Library Fund Georgetown-Millsboro Rotary Club Endowment Fund

Gibraltar Gardens Endowment Fund Gilpin Hall Endowment Fund Girls Inc. of Delaware Endowment Fund* Goodstay Gardens Endowment Fund Greater Lewes Foundation Fund R. Marshall Schell Fund Sue Watts Marshall Fund Lewes Canalfront Park Named Items Fund Lewes Public Library Fund Cresson Foundation Smith Scholarship Fund Cape Henlopen Education Foundation Rawl-Webster Fund Rehoboth Beach Sunrise Rotary Club Fund Maureen Schab Fund for Education Fund Lewes Canalfront Park Maintenance Fund Lewes-Rehoboth Rotary Club Fund Greenwatch Institute Fund Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County Fund Habitat for Humanity of Sussex County Fund Historical Society of Delaware Fund HOBY Delaware Endowment Fund Helen Macklin Holleger Visual Arts Endowment Fund Homeward Bound Endowment Fund Gretchen Hupfel Endowment Fund for the DCCA Continued on page 26

Funds established from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015 are listed in italics.

*Multiple funds at the DCF.

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Nonprofit Funds continued from page 25 Immanuel United Methodist Church Trustees Fund In Trust Center Endowment Fund Independence School Endowment Ingleside Homes Inc. Endowment Fund Inner City Cultural League Endowment Fund Karla B. Jensen Fund to Benefit STEHM, Inc. Jewish Community Center Fund Jewish Family Services of Delaware Fund John Wesley United Church, Inc. Endowment Fund Junior Achievement of DE Endowment Fund Junior Achievement Jim Montebell Memorial Fund Junior League of Wilmington Fund* Kalmar Nyckel Foundation Fund Kent/Sussex Ind. Endowment Fund Jan Crouch Memorial KSI Fund Kathy E. Klein Endowment Fund for the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Kingston-Upon-Hull Endowment Fund Milton & Hattie Kutz Home Fund Latin American Community Center Fund Laurel Community Foundation Fund League of Women Voters Endowment Fund Lewes Historical Society Fund Lewes Presbyterian Church Endowment Fund Lewes Yacht Club Foundation Endowment Fund Limen House Endowment Fund Libraries Endowment Master Fund Bridgeville Public Library Endowment Fund Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library Endowment Fund Delaware Academy of Medicine Library Endowment Fund Delaware City Public Library Endowment Fund Delaware Library Association Scholarship Fund Delmar Public Library Endowment Fund Frankford Public Library Endowment Fund Friends of the Dover Public Library Endowment Fund Friends of the Kent County Public Library Endowment Fund Georgetown Public Library Endowment Fund Harrington Public Library Endowment Fund Laurel Public Library Endowment Fund Lewes Public Library Endowment Fund Milford Public Library Endowment Fund Millsboro Public Library Endowment Fund New Castle Public Library DDL Endowment Fund Rehoboth Beach Public Library DDL Endowment Fund Seaford District Library Endowment Fund Selbyville Public Library Endowment Fund Smyrna Public Library Endowment Fund Sussex County Council Greenwood Public Library Endowment Fund Sussex County Council Milton Public Library Endowment Fund Sussex County Council South Coastal Library Endowment Fund Literacy Volunteers Serving Adults/Northern Delaware Inc. Fund Lockwood Fund Lolita Lopez-Jesse Fund for Westside Family Healthcare Fund Lutheran Community Services Fund MCC Foundation Fund MHDC Endowment Fund Main Street Delaware City Ecological Restoration Fund Marvel Fund Masonic Charitable Fund Ronald McDonald House of DE Endowment Fund*

Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation Howard N. & Josephine J. McIntosh Memorial Scholarship Fund Meals On Wheels Endowment Fund Meeting Ground Endowment Fund Mental Health Association in DE Fund Milford Community Band Endowment Fund Milford Public Library Operations Reserve Fund Milford Senior Center Fund Milton Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund Milton Historical Society Endowment Challenge Fund II Ministry of Caring Fund for the Future Mispillion Art League Fund Modern Maturity Center Endowment Fund Mount Olivet Methodist Church Seller’s Memorial Fund Mount Olivet Methodist Church Memorial Prayer Garden Fund Elizabeth W. Murphey School Gilda Caruso Memorial Fund Elizabeth W. Murphey School Woodall Endowment Fund National Alliance on Mental Illness in Delaware Fund NCALL Fund Nanticoke Health Services Health Care Professional Assistance Fund Nanticoke Health Services Prescription Drug Fund Nanticoke Rotary Endowment Fund Needy Family Endowment Fund Neighborhood House Endowment Fund New Castle Public Library Endowment Fund New Expectations Fund Newark Country Club Endowment Fund Newark Senior Center Endowment Fund* Newark Symphony Orchestra Endowment Fund Old Christ Church League Fund Old Swedes Foundation of Delaware Fund Opportunity Center Endowment Overfalls Foundation Endowment Fund PMA Foundation Tip Murphy Legacy Fund Charles Parks Foundation Endowment Fund PAWS for People Eric Altemus Memorial Fund PAWS for People Dianne Galleshaw Memorial Endowment Fund People’s Place Endowment Fund Pershing Rifles Foundation Planned Parenthood Endowment Fund Port Penn Area Historical Society Endowment Fund Postles Fund Preservation Delaware, Inc. Fund Prevent Child Abuse Delaware Fund Quintin E. Primo, Jr. Fund for Racial Justice Public Allies Fund Public Relations Society of America-Delaware Chapter Charitable Fund Quiet Resorts Charitable Foundation Fund READ-ALOUD Delaware Fund Reading ASSIST Endowment Fund Red Clay Cab Calloway Fund Rehoboth Beach Public Library Fund Rodney Street Tennis & Tutoring Fund Florence Holmes & Lynford O. Russell Sr. Memorial Endowment Fund SCAOR Community Service Foundation Fund Saint Edmond’s Academy Opportunity Fund Salisbury University Foundation Fund David Samson Fund for People with Down Syndrome Sander Swed Fund Schwartz Center Endowment Fund Seaford Kiwanis Club Scholarship Fund

Funds established from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015 are listed in italics.

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*Multiple funds at the DCF.

Seaford Historical Society, Inc. Endowment Fund Seamen’s Center Endowment Fund Shattuck Fund Christopher J. Smail Memorial Scholarship Fund Smyrna Opera House Fund Southbridge Tree Maintenance Fund Southern Delaware Choral Society Fund Special Olympics Delaware Endowment Fund* St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church Capital Fund St. Francis Foundation Fund St. John’s United Methodist Church Fund St. Mark’s High School Fund St. Michael’s Day School & Nursery Fund Marion C. Stark Fund for the Benefit of New Castle County Libraries Velma E. Steward Fund Christopher Sturmfels & Michael Kriner Memorial Fund Summer Concert Series Fund Sussex Child Health Fund Swierczewski Fund Tatnall School Endowment Fund Therapeutic Riding at Carousel Fund Ray A. & Mildred H. Thompson Memorial Fund for the Friends of Bear Library Trinity Community Cemetery Fund Trinity Foundation Fund United Cerebral Palsy of Delaware Fund United Way of Delaware, Inc. Endowment Fund Ted Van Name Goodwill Scholarship Fund WSSA Endowment Fund West Center City Early Learning Center Fund West Presbyterian Church Endowment Fund Wilmington & Brandywine Cemetery Charitable Fund Wilmington Country Club Centennial Fund Wilmington Drama League Endowment Fund Wilmington Friends School Wilmington Montessori School Endowment Fund Wilmington Senior Center Fund Wilmington Tree Maintenance Fund YIG-James C. Hardcastle Fund Yes U Can USA Fund YMCA Association-wide Master Fund* 100th Society Fund Aquatics Master Fund Joseph W. Carmac, Jr. Trust Fund John Cassey Aquatics Fund Central Branch Master Fund Alex Ennis Youth Scholarship Fund Paul A. Fallon Trust Fund Charles J. Foster Jr. Fund Leigh Family Fund Don McClain Camp Improvement Fund Sally Monigle Fund Julie Nagle Fund Mildred & Arthur Nierenberg Camper Scholarship Fund Laura Ohline Scholarship Fund Eugene Perry Fund James I. Reilly Fund Resource Center Fund Sharp Foundation Fund Lee Sparks Family Fund James & Susan Stewart Fund Tockwogh Master Fund Western Master Fund Willis & Emma Pickrum Memorial Fund YWCA of Delaware* Endowment Fund Scholarship Fund Leslie Stanford Fund

Adami Fund

Spurs Innovation in Therapy For Children with Disabilities Sussex County children with disabilities are using modified ride-on toy cars to gain mobility and independence through the GoBabyGo program, winner of the first grant from the Bill Adami Fund for Innovation at the DCF.

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hrough the fund, established last year by Easter Seals Delaware Maryland’s Eastern Shore, the organization’s children’s therapy department in Georgetown received 10 GoBabyGo cars this summer.

The cars, which were created by the University of Delaware’s physical therapy department, are used in therapy and loaned to families to encourage mobility and independence among children with physical disabilities. Research shows they also help improve children’s cognitive, language and social development as the children gain freedom to explore their environment.

In establishing the Adami Fund, Easter Seals created a unique grant structure in which staff members are invited to submit ideas for innovative ways to increase the independence of people with disabilities. A committee selects the winning idea and uses funds from the grant to implement the project.

This year, Easter Seals staff from around the state submitted nine innovative, thoughtful proposals. While GoBabyGo was the winning idea, several other proposals were so good that Easter Seals’ leadership team decided to fund them out of the annual budget.

“Easter Seals is excited that the Bill Adami Fund for Innovation can be utilized to bring the latest in mobility technology to a child’s therapy experience. These cars will be used for years to come, touching hundreds of families,”

With a grant from the Bill Adami Fund for Innovation, Easter Seals bought 10 GoBabyGo! adaptive toy cars to enhance physical therapy for children with disabilities.

said Kenan J. Sklenar, president and CEO of Easter Seals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore. “We are working diligently to grow the Adami Fund and continue to promote innovative thinking throughout the organization.”

In addition to funding new initiatives, the Adami Fund underwrites new technology, training for therapists, and internships for students with intellectual disabilities.

The Bill Adami Fund for Innovation was established in honor of Easter Seals’ former president and CEO, who died in 2013 after 22 years of service. For more information about the Adami Fund or Easter Seals, please contact Rosi Crosby at 302.221.2066 or rcrosby@esdel.org.

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Ensuring Civic Leadership for Delaware:

DCF’s Annual Friends Campaign

Since 1986, the Delaware Community Foundation has been providing civic leadership services that benefit Delawareans all over the state. Thanks to the generosity of the individuals and businesses listed here, the DCF has been a powerful force for good for nearly 30 years, serving in these roles: Facilitator

Cultivator

Convener

Resource

Throughout the state, the DCF is often called on to serve as a neutral facilitator and convener when multiple players are involved in grappling with complex issues. Over the years, the DCF has facilitated initiatives that improved transportation for seniors, increased collaboration among agencies fighting hunger, and expanded mentoring.

Sometimes, community needs or opportunities arise, but there’s no obvious entity to respond. In these situations, the DCF may pull relevant parties together to initiate action.

For example, when the opportunity arose for women in Delaware to pool their charitable resources, the DCF seeded and nurtured the Fund for Women, which now awards more than $125,000 in grants each year to benefit women and girls statewide.

The DCF focuses on addressing community needs now and in the future, and Delaware will need great nonprofit leaders and philanthropists in years to come. To engage and develop a strong pipeline, the DCF established the Youth Philanthropy Board for high school students and The Next Generation for 25- to 40-year-olds.

The DCF is a source of community knowledge and funding, gathering information and fostering relationships throughout the state to help individuals and organizations make the best use of their resources. The DCF applies knowledge of community needs to award approximately $600,000 in annual capital and collaborative grants, and to help inform the grant-making decisions of DCF fundholders, who award approximately $13 million in annual grants.

This year, we are working to increase our impact by launching the DCF Indicator Project and expanding our community engagement and civic leadership work.

To invest in our work, please make a gift to the Friends Campaign at delcf.org/friends or by calling 302.571.8004.

Kelly Sheridan, DCF client services administrator, gives the Sussex County Youth Philanthropy Board final instructions before the grants ceremony.

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Friends Community Builders ($10,000+)

Mr. & Mrs. Gerret van S. Copeland Mrs. Helen L. Eliason Thomas R. Pulsifer*

Community Partners ($5,000-$9,999)

Anonymous Ms. Adrienne Arsht* Elizabeth W. Bours* Mrs. Carroll M. Carpenter Pat & John Cochran* Michael & Ellen Kullman* William & Melissa Lafferty Nancy & Tom Sager Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Schell Valerie Sill & Dennis O’Brien

Ambassadors

($2,500-$4,999) James C. Borel Ms. Kelly E. Firment Marilyn & Nathan Hayward Pete & Tina Hayward Ms. Cynthia A. Hewitt Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hynansky Alan & Ellen Levin* Kathleen Furey McDonough, Esq.* Gary M. Pfeiffer Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Richards Jr.* Ronald & Janet M. Yabroff

Benefactors

($1,000-$2,499) Jill & Rich Abbott* Bob & Joan Appleby* Gregg & Stacey Bacchieri* Dr. Alex B. Bodenstab Drs. Uma & Vinay Chowdhry Phoebe Craven Barry A. & Joan D. Crozier Doneene Keemer Damon Christopher F. Daniels Mr. Henry B. du Pont IV Mr. Robert E. Ewers Jr. & Ms. Penny Pleasance Neil & Jeannie Fleming Mr. Norman D. Griffiths Wayne & Betsy Holden* Richard & Catherine Julian* Bryan & Kay Keenan Stephen & Joyce Lamb* Robert & Marcy MacGovern Mr. & Mrs. Omar Y. McNeill Ms. Vasantha Nagarajan Richard & Mary Ella Nenno* Drs. Janice Nevin & Charles Pohl Kate & Bob Pincus Vernon R. & Margaret S. Proctor Grafton & Deenie Reeves* Maureen C. & Michael Rhodes Mr. & Mrs. Christopher D. Saridakis Mr. & Mrs. Fred C. Sears II* Thomas J. Shopa* Mrs. Margaretta K. Stabler Marjorie & Edward Steiner* Mr. Gary R. Stockbridge Richard & Sharon Struthers Elaine & Sherman Townsend

Dr. Eva L. Verplanck & Ms. Anne Verplanck* William J. Wade, Esq.* Constance Wahlig Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Whetzel Ms. Katherine K. Wilkinson*

Patrons

($500-$999) Anonymous Bernard & Helen Balick* Craig & Sally Binetti* Mrs. Georgina M. Bissell* Ms. Diane L. Boc & Mr. John McCooey Ellison M. Carey Senator & Mrs. Tom Carper* Jean L. & Robert Collat Robert & Nancy Crowe* Lanny & Micki Edelsohn* Gary & Denise Ferguson Bill & Connie Fisher Mark Fitzpatrick* Steve & Jeannie Fowle Martha S. Gilman & S. Gregory Smith* Jeff & Linn Goddess* Mr. & Mrs. William Goeller Dr. & Mrs. Edward Goldenberg Sally Gore Donald L. Gouge Jr.* Diane & Ed Gulyas Paul Harrell Jr.* John & Niki Hawkins Mary & Bob Hickok* Mrs. Judith Hoopes* Peter & Susan Horty* Peter & Patti Hurd Mr. & Mrs. William H. Iredale Ms. Nancy Karibjanian John & Terri Kelly Holly Kershner* Mr. Robert C. Kline* Rodger & Julie Levenson Mr. & Mrs. H. David Lunger* Mr. & Mrs. David F. Lyons Sr.* Mr. & Mrs. William H. J. Manthorpe Jr.* Grace & Blair Messner* Stephen J. Mottola Frank & Brigitte Murphy Mark & Kathleen Murphy Kenneth & Kathryn Nachbar Mr. Donald W. Nicholson Jr. Vice Chancellor & Mrs. John W. Noble Austin “Pete” Okie* Mark Olson & Jenny Warren* Alan B. Palmer* Peter & Linda Panzer Mr. & Mrs. A. Duer Pierce Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Pierce* Mr. & Mrs. Brian C. Preston Patricia & Richard Quinn* Dennis Rochford Dennis & Beth Salter* William & Dawn Schieffer Laurisa S. Schutt Steve & Judy Schwartz* John & Lorraine Seiberlich Susan & Wil Sherk* Elaine & David Singleton Susan & Mark Stalnecker Brian Stetina Terry & Sandra Strine

*10 or more years supporting the DCF, †Deceased.

Chris & Bill Sudell Cindy L. Szabo & Brian M. Ellis Edward & Judy Tarlov* Mr. Robert D. Ullrich Norm & Suzy Veasey Jane & Andrew Vincent* Mr. Matthew G. Waschull* Mary Jane & Bill Willis* Dr. Valerie Woodruff*

Supporters ($250-$499)

Anonymous (3) Dr. Mona & Dr. Raafat Z. Abdel-Misih Frank & Marcella Albero Judy & Rich Allen Barbra Frank Andrisani Dr. & Mrs. Robert Andrzejewski Mr. & Mrs. Julian H. Bauman Jr.* Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Beardwood The Honorable Rosemary Betts Beauregard* Joan R. Bolling* Ms. Elizabeth M. Bouchelle* Ann & Jeff Bross Robert & Elizabeth Buccini Tom & Anita Bucknum Ms. Laura A. Campbell Dr. Christine & Mr. Eric Cannon Stephanie & Ruly Carpenter* Mike & Jane Castle* John & Randi Centrella Mr. & Mrs. Ralph J. Cetrulo Mr. & Mrs. Michael O. Clark Mrs. Joan Connolly Mr. & Mrs. James C. Conrad* Senator & Mrs. Christopher A. Coons Vincent J. & Melanie S. Daniels Ernie & Jennifer Dianastasis Mr. & Mrs. Andy DiSabatino Stan & Martha Diver* Mr. Robert E. Faatz* Thomas & Marie Forrest Anthony M. Frabizzio* Thomas & Catherine Franceschini* Gregory Fuller Sr. Peter C. Fulweiler Jack & Kathryn Garniewski* Elizabeth Cahill Garofalo & Edward F. Garofalo Tim Gibbs & Troy Havens Bob & Jane Gibson Michael & Rosemary Ginzberg* Marcia Halperin & Norman Monhait* Robert & Linda Harra* James G. & Maret K. Headley Mr. & Mrs. John E. Healy III John & Diane Himes* Mr. & Mrs. John Hollis Marilyn K. Hyte* Jack & Marion Jacobs* William & Mary Johnston Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Keller Lynn Adams Kokjohn Carol G. Kroch Faith B. & Eric Kuehn* Hugh & Kathleen Leahy* Jonathan & Karlyn Lokken Caroline M. Lunger* Matt & Nancy Lynch Robert I. Marshall

Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Martinelli Mr. John R. Matlusky Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. McDowell* Mr. & Mrs. Rex L. Mears* Jeanne & Don Mell Mr. & Mrs. William J. Miller Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Mitchell II Mr. & Mrs. Mel Monzack* Peter & Linda Morrow Mr. & Mrs. Paul H. Mylander Leslie Newman* Mr. & Mrs. W. Charles Paradee Jr. Chris & Mary Patterson* Mr. & Mrs. Verino Pettinaro* Jack Porter Roy & Michelle Proujansky Harold W. T. Purnell II Ms. Tara M. Quinn Louis B. Rosenberg* Dr. & Mrs. Jonathan S. Russ Mr. & Mrs. David N. Rutt* Charles & Susan Salkin* Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Schutt Jr.* Denise & Charlie Schwartz H. Rodney & Andrea Scott Ellen & Jim Semple Mr. & Mrs. Sam Severance Gail I. Sezna* Mr. & Mrs. L. D. Shank III* Ms. Joan L. Sharp Bill Shea Michelle & David Shepherd Thomas C. & Mary H. Short Rob & Kathleen Siegfried Dr. & Mrs. Claibourne D. Smith Dr. David Solacoff & Dr. M. Lynne duPont* Mr. Robert M. Sommerlatte & Dr. Christine Maynard Mr. & Mrs. Gilchrist Sparks III William C. Spruance Andy Staton Charles & Theresa Sterner Dale Stratton* Peggy & Leo Strine* Vernon & Michelle Taylor Philip C. Timon Reade Tompson Ms. Julie Topkis* Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Uffner Wakefield Family* John W. Ward Mel & Peni Warren Gary G. Washington* Mrs. Ann D. Wick* John D. & Beverly J. Wik*

Contributors ($100-$249)

Anonymous (5) Ms. Debra S. Alesantrino Jeanne & William Allan Mr. & Mrs. Ashley R. Altschuler Bill Baldt* Mr. & Mrs. P. Brooks Banta Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Bayard* André G. & Sally A. Beaumont Paul & Beth Bechly* Cliff & Donna Berg* Nancy & Jay Blumberg* Ms. Carolyn Bray Continued on page 30

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Friends continued from page 29 Dr. Jill & Mr. Christopher Brooks David & Gwen Brown* Don Brown & Lynn Howard Marlene Elliott Brown Scott & Terri Brown Mr. & Mrs. Arnie Caine Lynda & Douglas Campbell* Ms. Anne P. Canby Steven & Deborah Casey Honorable & Mrs. Richard C. Cecil* James & Mary Jo Chandler Joseph & Suzanne Claricurzio Tom & Linda Cloud Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Cooper Richard J. & Valery Cordrey Richard S. Cordrey* Pam & Doug Cornforth* Doug & Karen Crouse Mr. & Mrs. Michael Darling Mr. & Mrs. John K. Darr Laura Day Rob & Debbie Director* Mr. & Mrs. Michael DiSabatino Richard & Christine DiSabatino* Mr. & Mrs. David C. Doane Eric M. Doroshow, Esq. Mr. William C. Dugdale Linda & Robert Duncan Raymond & Veronica Eid John & Lena Elzufon Mr. & Mrs. James L. Everett Mr. & Mrs. Ross W. Fasick Stephanie & Michael Fitzgerald* David & Kathleen Fleming

Israel & Patricia Floyd* John & Mary Lou Flynn The Honorable James L. Ford III Kim F. Fortunato, Esq. Anne Churchill Foster Mr. & Mrs. William Frederick Edward J. Freel* Gail Garbutt Richard A. Gentsch* Peter & Susan Gilman* Mr. Richard A. Givens II Mr. & Mrs. Elliott Golinkoff Edward O. Gordon* Susan & Chris Grundner Ann & Rod Gualtieri Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Gummey Jr.* Robert G. Hackett Jr. Rich & Dottie Harper* Jennings Hastings Dick & Audrey Hatfield Martha J. Hays & Richard L. Horwitz Susan & Stephen Herrmann* Paula & Robert Hill Mrs. Denise T. Hindes Dr. Ilona E. Holland & Chief Justice Randy Holland Eric & Monique Holloway Dori R. Jacobson* Lynn & Leslie Jones Dayle & Michael Joseph* Debbie & G. Ward Keever IV* Paul & Mary Ellen King Marion Klein Carl & Carol Kunz*

Bangalore T. Lakshman The Honorable William Swain Lee Allison & Jason Levine Carole & Robert Long Douglas W. Lundblad* Maraleta & Jack Malloy* Mr. & Mrs. Louis N. Manerchia Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Marshall Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Joshua W. Martin III* Bob & Peg Matarese Dr. & Mrs. Venerando J. Maximo Jim & Georgia Mazarakis Mr. & Mrs. Joseph G. McDonough Dr. Matthew McIlrath* Frank & Carolyn McIntosh Mark & Elaine Mendelson Mr. & Mrs. Hugh E. Miller* Rita L. Mulrooney† Anne L. Naczi, Esq.* Michael & Janis Nesterak Mr. & Mrs. Edward T. Novak Bill & Kathy Osborne* Mr. & Mrs. John W. Paradee Donald & Ethel Parsons David Paul & Kathy Klein Alan & Claudia Peters* Richard J. A. Popper Caroline duPont Prickett Ms. Kelly J. Sheridan & Ms. Debra J. Quinto Michael & Linda Ratchford Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Ridout Mr. & Mrs. J. K. Riegel John & Sharon Riley*

Bob & Margaret Rosenberg Jay & Maxine Rosenthal* Mrs. Sue Saliba Michele & Howard Sands* Ellen S. Scarborough* Mr. & Mrs. Preston A. Schell Joanne T. Scott* James T. III & Fern G. Skelly Sonia Schorr & Gilbert J. Sloan* Ben & Terry Smith Carolyn J. Smith Rita & Jack Speakman* Jay & Sharon Stevens Marie & Edward Stewart Mr. & Mrs. R. Bruce Swayze Rita & Tom Sweeney* Barbara & Len Togman* Ms. Evelyn T. Waller Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Welch Mr. & Mrs. John S. Wellons* Mr. & Mrs. Edward White* Dick & Anne Wier Amelia & Hirsch Wierzbicki Lynn & John Wigton Jane P. Wilkie Mr. & Mrs. Alex Wise* Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Wolcott Jr. S. B. & Katy Woo Mrs. William T. Wood Jr.* Cynthia P. Woolley* Cam & Kathy Yorkston Toni Young* Dr. & Mrs. Vidadi M. Yusibov

The Northern Trust Company of Delaware Platinum Dining Group Pratt Insurance Inc. Rowland, Johnson & Company, P.A. Saul Ewing LLP Law Office of Schmittinger & Rodriguez, P.A. Shah & Associates P.A. Matt Slap Subaru S. Renee Smith Productions, Inc. Stewart Becker Properties Vandemark & Lynch, Inc.

McMullen Fund Mildred H. & Ray A. Thompson Fund

*10 or more years supporting the DCF, †Deceased.

Business Partners Community Partners ($5,000-$9,999)

Delmarva Power Discover Bank DuPont Company JP Morgan Chase & Company Springleaf Foundation, Inc.

Ambassadors

($2,500-$4,999) Capital One Services LLC Nuclear Electric Insurance, Ltd. PNC Bank, Delaware Sallie Mae WSFS Bank

Benefactors

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Leon N. Weiner & Associates, Inc. W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

Patrons

($500-$999) ab+c Creative Intelligence Albero, Kupferman & Associates, LLC Biddle Capital Management BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware Chandler Funeral Home Ellis & Szabo, LLP I.G. Burton & Co., Inc. Kimmel Carter Roman & Peltz, P.A. Mid-Coast Community Bank Nixon Uniform Service & Medical Wear Wohlsen Construction

($1,000-$2,499)

Supporters

Artisans’ Bank Barclays Bank Christiana Care Health System, Inc. Citizens Bank (DE) N.A. Cover & Rossiter, PA Fulton Bank Anthony & Catherine Fusco Foundation Glenmede Trust Company, N.A. M&T Bank Navient Foundation Patterson Schwartz Foundation, Inc. Sysco Eastern Maryland

A. R. Morris Jewelers Applied Bank Bancroft Construction Company Bayshore Ford - Sterling Builders & Managers, Inc. (BMI) Curry Poole Group LLC Delmarva Broadcasting Diamond Technologies Gunnip & Company LLP Harvey Hanna & Associates Jefferson, Urian, Doane & Sterner, PA Mitchell Associates, Inc.

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Contributors ($100-$249)

Back to Basics Learning Dynamics Balick & Balick, LLC Edward J. Deseta Company, Inc. Horizon Philanthropic Services, Inc. Tri-State Battery Susan Pittard Weidman, Esq.

Program Sponsors

Jefferson, Urian, Doane & Sterner, PA JP Morgan Chase & Company Thomas D. Wren

Youth Philanthropy Board Sponsors

Atlantis Fund JP Morgan Chase & Company

Community Engagement Partners Barclays Bank Mrs. Helen L. Eliason Longwood Foundation Siegfried Group, LLP

Matching Companies

AIG Matching Grants Program Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Bank of America Foundation CA Technologies, Inc. Matching Gifts Program Capital One Services LLC Carillon Point Account Corporation Service Company Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Energizer Gannett Foundation, Inc. Genentech, Inc. Glenmede Trust Company, N.A. JP Morgan Chase Foundation Matching Gift Program Microsoft Giving Campaign Nuclear Electric Insurance, Ltd. Pepco Holdings UBS - Matching Gift Program

DCF in the Community:

Fostering Insight that Complements Data DCF team members work hard to stay informed about our state and build relationships with its people and organizations.

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his has always been an important aspect of the DCF’s work. It’s why our CEO turns up at senior centers, our development directors attend town hall meetings, and we all sit on different nonprofit boards around the state.

But statistics will never replace the insight—the intimate understanding of Delaware—that we gain by meeting our neighbors, hearing their stories, observing their challenges and seeing their work in action.

But now, this consistent community presence is becoming even more important as we expand and formalize our role as a leader, convener, facilitator and source of community knowledge.

That is why, in addition to our informal visits and observations, the DCF will be creating and seeking more opportunities to talk with members of the community, starting in early 2016. During these conversations, we will be listeners, primarily. Our goal is to increase our knowledge of Delaware, understand how the data manifests itself into real life, and discover what the numbers do not show.

The quantitative data we gather through DelawareFocus, the new DCF Indicator Project, will provide us with an objective, broad picture of the needs of various communities throughout the state.

During the coming months, years and decades, the DCF team will strive to combine the information we gather through DelawareFocus with the insight and knowledge we gather from you to help the community build and realize a shared vision for Delaware’s future.

Bill Allan, DCF senior vice president for Southern Delaware, presents a DCF capital grant to help Primeros Pasos build a childcare facility in Georgetown.

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Our Investment Philosophy

Our goal is to maximize preservation and growth of capital over time, while minimizing risk and volatility.

Compared to similar-sized community foundations around the country, the Delaware Community Foundation’s investment portfolio delivers competitive returns, provides greater diversification and has lower risk volatility exposure.

Investment Committee

Investment Committee Members

The DCF Investment Committee oversees the investment and management of the Foundation’s assets with a long-term investment horizon to maximize resources available for the good of the community.

These assets, currently at approximately $280 million, are invested in a highly diversified portfolio of global equities, fixed income, flexible capital and real asset investment strategies.

DCF Investment Committee members are local finance and investment experts who volunteer their time to direct the DCF’s asset allocation strategy to achieve a balance of return and risk. The committee receives advice from Prime Buchholz & Associates, Inc., an investment advisory firm specializing in not-for-profit endowments.

Despite the turbulent market volatility of the last quarter century, the DCF has consistently outperformed the Policy Index* and added

7.4%

annually since inception in 1986.

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Robert N. MacGovern, Chair Retired Investment Executive Matthew C. Beardwood Vice President, Glenmede Trust Co. Paul H. Harrell Jr. Past Chairman, Harrell Resources, Inc. Kathleen Hawkins Wealth Management Advisor, Merrill Lynch & Co. Cynthia A. Hewitt Managing Director, Merrill Lynch & Co. Bud Martin Executive Director, Delaware Theatre Company Valerie J. Sill, CFA President & CEO, DuPont Capital Management Philip C. Timon Chief Investment Officer, Endowment Capital Group Thomas D. Wren Past Treasurer, MBNA America Bank *Policy Index is a compilation of each money manager’s indices.

Financials

Delaware Community Foundation, Inc., and Supporting Organizations Combined Statements of Financial Position June 30, 2015 and 2014

2015 2014

ASSETS Cash and Cash Equivalents

$34,653,775

$27,812,966

Investments

236,967,097

224,878,551

1,729,018

2,024,192

288,718

269,760

Notes Receivable Unconditional Promises to Give Other Receivables

2,920

12,494

Fixed Assets - Net

289,774

209,193

$273,931,302

$255,207,156

Grants Payable

$22,453

$17,445

Other Accrued Expenses

201,750

657,433

Charitable Gift Annuities

551,944

579,803

54,054,400

54,243,328

$54,830,547

$55,498,009

Total Net Assets

$219,100,755

$199,709,147

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

$273,931,302

$255,207,156

Total Assets LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

Nonprofit Agency Endowments Total Liabilities

The DCF awarded

$15.7 million in grants and

$333,000 in scholarships in Fiscal Year 2015.

Investment Results Over Time As of June 30, 2015 9.0%

8.4%

7.9%

8.0%

6.9%

7.0%

7.1%

7.1%

6.0% 5.0% 3.7%

4.0%

4.0%

3.5%

3.0%

DCF Funds

Policy Index

2.0% 1.0% 0.0%

-0.1%

-0.3%

-1.0%

1 Year Return

3 Year Return

5 Year Return

7 Year Return

Since Inception

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Fiscal Year 2016

Board of Directors Officers & Executive Committee Marilyn Rushworth Hayward Chair Principal Hayward & Associates

John C. Hawkins Member at Large President/CEO ab+c Creative Intelligence

John Paradee, Esq. KCAC Chairman Partner, Baird Mandalas Brockstedt, LLC

Thomas L. Sager, Esq. Vice Chair Retired General Counsel, DuPont Company

Lynn Adams Kokjohn SCAC Chairman Retired DuPont Manager

Thomas J. Shopa Immediate Past Chairman Partner, BDO USA, LLP

Kelly Firment Member at Large Small Business Credit Card Product/Strategy Executive, Bank of America

Hon. Stephen P. Lamb Secretary Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison

David Singleton Treasurer Retired Public Sector Executive

Directors Doneene Keemer Damon Director, Richards, Layton & Finger

Nancy Karibjanian Vice President, Delaware First Media

Bill Dugdale Partner, Brown Advisory

Rob MacGovern Retired Investment Executive

Martha S. Gilman Vice President Gilman Development Company

Jim Mazarakis Executive Vice President WSFS Bank

Joan L. Sharp Founder and Principal, Life Strategies, LLC

Tom Hanson, Esq. Partner, Morris James

Kathleen McDonough, Esq. Partner, Potter Anderson Corroon

Gary Stockbridge President, Delmarva Power Region

Jennings Hastings Director of Operations Faw, Casson & Co., LLP

Janice E. Nevin, MD, MPH Chief Executive Officer Christiana Care Health System

Andy Staton President, Andy Staton Group

“I volunteer with the DCF because it helps prepare Delaware to address community needs in the future.”

– Nancy Karibjanian

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Donald W. Nicholson Jr. Financial Advisor Donald W. Nicholson & Associates Vice Chancellor John W. Noble Delaware Court of Chancery

Cindy L. Szabo, Esq. Partner, Ellis & Szabo, LLP (Gubernatorial Appointee) Michelle A. Taylor President & CEO United Way of Delaware (ex officio) Michele Whetzel Chair, Fund for Women

Fiscal Year 2016

Committees

Committees composed of members of the Board of Directors and other volunteers support the DCF’s work.

Audit Committee

Jennings P. Hastings, Chair Peter S. Kennedy

Development Committee

John C. Hawkins, Chair Frank Albero William C. Dugdale Timothy E. Gibbs Jane Gibson Martha S. Gilman Don W. Nicholson Jr. Deenie Reeves Laura Lubin Rossi Julie Russ Thomas L. Sager, Esq. Susan D. Sherk Robert M. “Mac” Sommerlatte

Finance Committee

David Singleton, Chair Bill Dugdale Mark R. Hutton Jim Mazarakis Robert W. Pierce

Grants Committee

Kelly Firment, Chair Carolyn Bray Wendy R. Danner Edward H. Deptula Chaitanya R. Gadde Linda J. Gilliam Thomas E. Hanson, Jr. Mary Hickok Joyce Lamb Rodney A. Lambert Jr. Laurisa S. Schutt Denise Schwartz Andy Staton Gary Stockbridge Ravi Subbaraya Cindy L. Szabo Matthew H. Terrell Janet M. Yabroff

Kent County Advisory Committee John W. Paradee, Esq. Evans Armantrading Kevin M. Baird, Esq. Ellison M. Carey, CFM, CRPC Kathryn J. Garrison, Esq.

Jennings P. Hastings, CPA Rachael Mears Beth B. Miller, Esq. S. Renee Smith Charles Sterner Jr. Brian J. Stetina, CPA Peni G. Warren, CFM, CRPC

Marketing & Communications Committee Nancy Karibjanian, Chair Peter C. Fulweiler Martha S. Gilman Ranie Goode John C. Hawkins Dorothy R. Jacobson Kay Keenan Lynn Adams Kokjohn Mark R. Mendelson Janice Nevin Donald W. Nicholson Jr. Frank J. “Skip” Pennella Leon Tucker

Youth Philanthropy Board Advisory Committee New Castle County Natalia Carlucci Daryl Graham Brittany Mason Leslie Newman Kay Preston Michele Whetzel David T. Woods

Kent County

Linda Chick Doug Crouse Michelle R. Dawson Nisha Lodhavia

Sussex County

Hugh Leahy Richard B. Wheeler

Nominating Committee Thomas J. Shopa, Chair Donald R. Kirtley Kathleen McDonough Donald W. Nicholson Jr. Thomas R. Pulsifer Thomas D. Wren

Personnel Committee

Kathleen McDonough, Chair Doneene Keemer Damon

Sussex County Advisory Committee

Lynn Adams Kokjohn, Chair Jason Adkins Marlene Elliott Brown Charles L. Burton Valery L. Cordrey David C. Doane, CPA Greg Fuller Sr. Mike Furnari John Hollis Hugh D. Leahy Jr. David Lyons Sr. C.W. Mitchell Harold W. T. Purnell II, Esq. Cindy L. Szabo, Esq.

Youth Philanthropy Board advisors Daryl Graham and Leslie Newman review the program at the New Castle County YPB grants ceremony.

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Welcome Rebecca Elzey and Deborah Burton

The Delaware Community Foundation welcomed Rebecca Elzey and Deborah Burton to the team in 2015.

Rebecca Elzey In March, Rebecca joined the team as vice president for Central Delaware, where she works closely with the CenDel Foundation to empower philanthropic giving and build permanent charitable funds for the Kent County area.

Before joining the DCF, Rebecca was the development specialist for the American Red Cross of the Delmarva Peninsula. She previously worked in various development positions for the American Civil Liberties Union of Delaware, Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research, Connections Community Support Programs, and the Produce for Better Health Foundation.

Deborah Burton In August, Deb became the DCF’s first data analyst, a new position created to support the expansion of the foundation’s community engagement work.

As the data analyst, Deb is helping the DCF create system protocols, reports and analyses to help inform and guide conversations about Delaware’s most pressing community challenges.

Deb, who has more than 15 years of private- and public-sector management experience, specializes in objectively analyzing data to help communities and agencies achieve needed social change through collaboration. She previously worked at the Delaware Division of Public Health and, most recently, the Division of Libraries, where she helped libraries throughout the state use community indicator data to maximize the relevance of their programs.

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Contact Information Wilmington Office

Community Service Building 100 West 10th Street Suite 115 P.O. Box 1636 Wilmington, DE 19899 302.571.8004

Central Delaware Office

101 West Loockerman Street Suite 1B Dover, DE 19904 302.724.7552

Southern Delaware Office 36 The Circle Georgetown, DE 19947-4393 302.856.4393 Website: delcf.org

DCF Director of Grants Beth Bouchelle (left) and volunteer Debra Quinton welcome guests at the Southern Delaware Reception.

Facebook: facebook.com/DelawareCommunityFoundation

Twitter: @DelCommunity

Staff

Acknowledgments

Fred C. Sears II, MBA President & CEO 302.504.5228 fsears@delcf.org

De’Sean Deary Accounting Associate 302.504.5227 ddeary@delcf.org

Richard A. Gentsch, MA Executive Vice President 302.504.5222 rgentsch@delcf.org

Photography throughout the report

William R. Allan Senior Vice President for Southern Delaware 302.856.4393 wallan@delcf.org

Rebecca Elzey Vice President for Central Delaware 302.724.7552 relzey@delcf.org

Allison Taylor Levine, APR Director of Marketing and Communications 302.504.5226 alevine@delcf.org

Shore, Eastside Rising Workforce

Elizabeth M. Bouchelle Director of Grants 302.504.5239 bbouchelle@delcf.org

Calisa R. Emerson Gifts Administrator 302.504.5229 cremerson@delcf.org

Kelly Sheridan Client Services Administrator 302.856.4393 ksheridan@delcf.org

Cre8tiv Impulse, Inc. Production and

Deborah Burton Data Analyst 302.504.5252 dburton@delcf.org

David W. Fleming Senior Vice President for Philanthropic Services 302.504.5224 dfleming@delcf.org

Marie Mauk Stewart Client Services Manager 302.504.5230 mstewart@delcf.org

Delaware Community Foundation’s activities

Joyce Darling Director of Finance 302.504.5234 jdarling@delcf.org

Becky Cahill Garofalo Consultant 302.504.5251 bcahill@delcf.org

Terri Waller Executive Assistant/ Office Manager 302.504.5221 twaller@delcf.org

If you’re interested in opening a fund at the Delaware Community Foundation, please contact David W. Fleming at 302.504.5224 or dfleming@delcf.org.

courtesy of Ashley Barnett, the Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children, Easter Seals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Development, Food Bank of Delaware, Global Delaware Fund, The News Journal, Rodel Foundation of Delaware, Ron Yabroff and Vicky Yatzus. Design by printing by McClafferty Printing Company.

The 2015 Annual Report reviews the during fiscal year 2015, from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015.

Back Cover Photo: A student at St. Michael’s School & Nursery works with educational materials funded by a grant from The Next Generation.

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