Awarded Grants
Awarded Grants
Featured Grantee: Choir School of Delaware
Bent, But Not Broken: A Conference Amplifying the Choral Music of Black Composers
Type: Vision · Award: $15,000 · Year: 2021
A first of its kind four-day music conference amplifying the musical contributions and accomplishments of Black artists across time and genres, featuring the American Spiritual Ensemble, led by conductor Everett McCorvey; EXIGENCE, led by conductor Eugene Rogers; Westminster Choir College Jubilee Singers, led by conductor Vinroy J. Brown, Jr.; the St. Thomas Gospel Choir; and the Choir School of Delaware, with conductor Jason Max Ferdinand.
“The conference is comprised of performances from nationally esteemed choral groups complemented with workshops and interest sessions led by the nation's most knowledgeable scholars of music and history. ‘Bent, But Not Broken’ aims to be the community and artistic summit that will make visible—and audible—the works of Black voices.” – Arreon A. Harley-Emerson, Director of Music & Operations
Featured Grantee: Network Delaware
Change Agent Guidebook Launch Event: Dover
Type: Opportunity · Award: $4,000 · Year: 2022
Grantee Locations
List of Grantees
| Organization | Name | Type | Award | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rehoboth Beach Historical Society & Museum | 150th Anniversary: The History of Rehoboth Beach Exhibit Opening | Opportunity | $3,126 | 2023 |
| Delaware Public Media | 2020 Delaware Election Coverage | Opportunity | $10,000 | 2020 |
| Yorklyn Storytelling Festival | 2020 Yorklyn Storytelling Festival Presents: Storytelling Channel | Vision | $15,000 | 2020 |
| Lewes Historical Society | 21st Annual Chautauqua – the 1960s in Delaware: A Decade of Turmoil and Transformation | Full S.T.E.A.M. Ahead | $2,885 | 2019 |
| Delaware Africa Coalition | 2nd Annual Taste of Africa | Opportunity | $3,000 | 2019 |
| City of Harrington | 41st Annual Harrington Heritage Day | Opportunity | $3,000 | 2019 |
| Lewes Public Library | 4th Annual Shakespeare Festival | Vision | $14,014 | 2019 |
| Lewes Public Library | 5th Annual Shakespeare Festival | Vision | $15,000 | 2021 |
| Cornerstone West CDC | 8th Annual Peace Parade and Community Celebration | Opportunity | $1,000 | 2020 |
| Cornerstone West CDC | 9th Annual Peace Parade and Community Celebration | Opportunity | $2,000 | 2021 |
| Art Reach Inc | ACCESS DE | Special Project | $25,000 | 2021 |
| UD-Women's Leadership Institute | ARP Act | Renew | $20,000 | 2021 |
| Delaware Historical Society | ARP Act | Recover | $20,000 | 2021 |
| Delaware Agricultural Museum and Village | ARP Act | Recover | $20,000 | 2021 |
| Wilmington & Western Railroad | ARP Act | Recover | $20,000 | 2021 |
| Selbyville Public Library | ARP Act | Renew | $13,995 | 2021 |
| Oceanview Historical Society | ARP Act | Recover | $19,050 | 2021 |
| Rehoboth Beach Public Library | ARP Act | Renew | $20,000 | 2021 |
| Delaware Art Museum | ARP Act | Recover | $20,000 | 2021 |
| Friends of the African Union Church Cemetery | ARP Act | Renew | $19,443 | 2021 |
| Delaware Pacem in Terris | ARP Act | Renew | $20,000 | 2021 |
| Historic Georgetown Association | ARP Act | Renew | $20,000 | 2021 |
| Berkana, Center for Media and Education | ARP Act | Renew | $19,917 | 2021 |
| University of Delaware - Master Players Concert Series | ARP Act | Renew | $20,000 | 2021 |
| Iron Hill Museum and Science Center | ARP Act | Recover | $20,000 | 2021 |
| The Dover Public Library | ARP Act | Renew | $11,000 | 2021 |
| Center for Material Culture Studies, UD | ARP Act | Renew | $18,300 | 2021 |
| Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library | ARP Act | Renew | $11,000 | 2021 |
| Old Swedes Foundation of DE | ARP Act | Recover | $13,000 | 2021 |
| Friends of Cooch's Bridge Historic Site, Inc. | ARP Act | Renew | $15,000 | 2021 |
| Local Journalism Initiative, a fiscal sponsorship of the Delaware Community Foundation | ARP Act | Renew | $10,000 | 2021 |
| Chinese American Community Center | ARP Act | Recover | $20,000 | 2021 |
| MDDC Press Foundation | ARP Act | Renew | $20,000 | 2021 |
| Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League | ARP Act | Renew | $17,000 | 2021 |
| Delaware Shakespeare | ARP Act | Renew | $20,000 | 2021 |
| New Castle Historical Society | ARP Act | Recover | $20,000 | 2021 |
| Greenbank Mills and Phillips Farm | ARP Act | Recover | $20,000 | 2021 |
| Delaware Academy of Medicine/Public Health Association | ARP Act | Recover | $11,000 | 2021 |
| The Delaware Contemporary | ARP Act | Renew | $20,000 | 2021 |
| Afro-American Historical Society of Delaware, Inc. | ARP Act | Recover | $20,000 | 2021 |
| Jewish Historical Society of Delaware | ARP Act | Recover | $20,000 | 2021 |
| The Choir School of Delaware | ARP Act | Renew | $20,000 | 2021 |
| One Village Alliance | ARP Act | Renew | $14,000 | 2021 |
| Friends of Auburn Heights/Marshall Steam Museum | ARP Act | Recover | $10,000 | 2021 |
| Delaware Public Media | ARP Act | Renew | $10,000 | 2021 |
| Underground Railroad Coalition of Delaware | ARP Act | Recover | $7,448 | 2021 |
| Greater Harrington Historical Society | ART Act | Recover | $20,000 | 2021 |
| Action/Innovation Spring Subaward (Grant) Virtual Office Hour with Grant Officer | Action/Innovation | |||
| Wilmington Public Library | An Evening with Lynn Whitfield – New Date! | Opportunity | $5,000 | 2023 |
| Choir School of Delaware | Bent, But Not Broken: A Conference Amplifying the Choral Music of Black Composers | Vision | $15,000 | 2021 |
| Immanuel Episcopal Church on the Green | Bicentennial Celebration of the Expansion of Immanuel Episcopal Church on the Green | Opportunity | $3,000 | 2022 |
| Bowers Beach Maritime Museum | Bowers Beach Buccaneer Bash | Vision | $5,000 | 2020 |
| Bowers Beach Maritime Museum | Bowers Beach Buccaneer Bash | Vision | $5,000 | 2019 |
| Bowers Beach Maritime Museum | Bowers Heritage Day | Opportunity | $2,400 | 2019 |
| The Friends of the Dover Public Library | Bringing Louisiana Humanities PRIME TIME Family Literacy to the Dover Public Library | Opportunity | $3,000 | 2021 |
| Choir School of Delaware | Brush Up Your Shakespeare | Vision | $13,000 | 2020 |
| Delaware Art Museum | Building New Narratives Program: Delaware Art Museum | Action/Innovation | $5,000 | 2023 |
| Delaware Community Foundation | Building Opportunity Book Circles | Opportunity | $2,950 | 2019 |
| Chinese American Community Center | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $13,900 | 2020 |
| Delaware Academy of Science, Inc. | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $12,900 | 2020 |
| Delaware Public Media | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $12,900 | 2020 |
| Delaware Shakespeare | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $12,900 | 2020 |
| Fort Miles Historical Association, Inc. | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $10,000 | 2020 |
| Frankford Public Library | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $2,880 | 2020 |
| Friends of Auburn Heights | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $15,400 | 2020 |
| Greenbank Mills and Philips Farm | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $17,900 | 2020 |
| Milford Museum | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $10,900 | 2020 |
| New Castle Historical Society | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $12,900 | 2020 |
| One Village Alliance | CARES Act | $10,000 | 2020 | |
| Rehoboth Beach Historical Society and Museum | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $12,900 | 2020 |
| Rehoboth Beach Public Library | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $11,247 | 2020 |
| Selbyville Public Library | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $8,900 | 2020 |
| Wilmington & Western Railroad - Historic Red Clay Valley Association | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $17,900 | 2020 |
| Delaware Agricultural Museum and Village | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $17,900 | 2020 |
| Delaware City Library Society | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $10,000 | 2020 |
| Overfalls Foundation | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $12,927 | 2020 |
| Arden Club, Inc. | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $17,900 | 2020 |
| The Milton Historical Society | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $17,900 | 2020 |
| Preservation Delaware, Inc. | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $8,900 | 2020 |
| Historic Odessa Foundation | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $12,900 | 2020 |
| Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $11,860 | 2020 |
| Delaware Historical Society | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $12,900 | 2020 |
| Greater Harrington Historical Society | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $12,226 | 2020 |
| Lewes Historical Society | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $12,900 | 2020 |
| Lewes Public Library | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $10,000 | 2020 |
| Ocean View Historical Society | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $9,276 | 2020 |
| Old Swedes Foundation of DE, Inc. dba / Old Swedes Historic Site | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $12,868 | 2020 |
| Quaker Hill Historic Preservation Foundation | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $4,000 | 2020 |
| Wilmington Public Library | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $12,900 | 2020 |
| Port Penn Area Historical Society | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $2,850 | 2020 |
| Jewish Historical Society of Delaware | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $9,513 | 2020 |
| Afro-American Historical Society of Delaware | CARES Act | CARES/Recover | $6,300 | 2020 |
| Network Delaware | Change Agent Guidebook Launch Event: Dover | Opportunity | $4,000 | 2022 |
| Change Agent Guidebook Launch Event: Newark | Opportunity | |||
| Network Delaware | Change Agent Guidebook Launch Event: Wilmington | Opportunity | $4,000 | 2022 |
| The Delaware Contemporary | Chawky Frenn: We the People, for Sure or for Show | Opportunity | $2,500 | 2020 |
| Laurel Historical Society | Children’s Art Work Scanning Project | Opportunity | $2,550 | 2019 |
| Ocean View Historical Society | The Coastal Towns Museum | Opportunity | $3,000 | 2019 |
| Delaware Opera | Community Conversations (Exploring the Arts through Humanities) and Inside Opera Live | Vision | $11,440 | 2019 |
| The Delaware Contemporary | A Contemporary Centennial: Representation Today | Vision | $5,000 | 2020 |
| YWCA Delaware | A Conversation with Professor Carol Anderson: One Person, No Vote | Opportunity | $5,000 | 2022 |
| Serviam Media | Conversations Post Quarantine | Opportunity | $4,820 | 2021 |
| Serviam Media | Conversations from Quarantine (Delaware Strong Together) | Opportunity | $2,960 | 2020 |
| Delaware Historical Society | Delaware Historical Society: Educational Outreach Program | Action/Innovation | $10,000 | 2023 |
| Delaware Historical Society | Delaware History Online | Opportunity | $5,000 | 2021 |
| Berkana Center for Media and Education | Delaware In Space Oral Histories | Full S.T.E.A.M. Ahead | $5,000 | 2019 |
| Jewish Historical Society of Delaware | Delaware Jewish Community Oral History Collection Initiative | Action/Innovation | $10,000 | 2023 |
| Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League | Delaware Main Street Marshall Plan Speaker Series | Vision | $15,000 | 2020 |
| Delaware Theatre Company | Delaware Young Playwrights Festival | Vision | $7,500 | 2021 |
| Delaware Theatre Company | Delaware Young Playwrights Festival 2020/2021 | Vision | $7,500 | 2020 |
| Delaware Theatre Company | Delaware Young Playwrights Festival | Vision | $13,908 | 2019 |
| Delaware Theatre Company | Delaware Young Playwrights Festival | Vision | $15,000 | 2019 |
| MDDC Press Foundation | Diversifying Journalism Internships in Delaware | CARES/Recover | $15,000 | 2021 |
| NLAPW Holly Branch | Downtown Dover Poetry Weekend | Opportunity | $2,945 | 2020 |
| The Tilton Society of Delaware | Dr. Tilton Lecture Series | Opportunity | $1,450 | 2021 |
| Eleutherian Mills - Hagley Foundation | Dr. Wesley Memeger, Jr.: A Life in Science and Art | Opportunity | $3,000 | 2020 |
| Eleutherian Mills - Hagley Foundation | Dr. Wesley Memeger, Jr.: A life in Science and Art | Vision | $7,200 | 2021 |
| ACLU of Delaware | Entre Nosotr@s: Stories from Delaware Immigrants | Action/Innovation | $10,000 | 2023 |
| Delaware Children's Museum | Exploring Space | Full S.T.E.A.M. Ahead | $1,000 | 2020 |
| University of Delaware | The First People of the First State: Restoring our Ancestral Knowledge | Vision | $13,161 | 2019 |
| Berkana Center for Media and Education | First State, First Step: Delaware to the Moon | Vision | $15,000 | 2019 |
| University of Delaware | Front Page Café (Gwen Florio) | Opportunity | $1,600 | 2020 |
| Rehoboth Art League | Gallery Talks 2019 | Opportunity | $2,680 | 2019 |
| One Village Alliance | Girls Can Do Anything 2020! | Vision | $10,000 | 2020 |
| Bowers Beach Maritime Museum | Heritage Fest 2021 | Opportunity | $950 | 2021 |
| Greater Lewes Foundation | History Book Festival 2019 | Vision | $15,000 | 2019 |
| The History Book Festival, a fund of the Greater Lewes Foundation | History Book Festival 2021 | Vision | $15,000 | 2021 |
| The Delaware Contemporary | Imminent Realm: Light, Image, Sound | Vision | $7,450 | 2019 |
| Berkana Center for Media and Education | In Due Course: Milford’s Desegregation Story | Action/Innovation | $7,500 | 2023 |
| Delaware Academy of Science | Iron Hill Museum Archaeology and Heritage Fest | Opportunity | $2,555 | 2019 |
| Iron Hill Museum/Delaware Academy of Science | Iron Hill Powwow 2021 | Opportunity | $2,500 | 2021 |
| Iron Hill Powwow 2022 | Opportunity | |||
| Iron Hill Museum | Iron Hill Powwow | Opportunity | $2,750 | 2019 |
| Delaware Agricultural Museum | Learning from the Past, Living in the Present, Planning for the Future Exhibit support – Delaware Agricultural Museum | Action/Innovation | $5,000 | 2023 |
| Delaware Military Heritage and Education Foundation | The Major General William Duncan M.D. Lecture Series | Opportunity | $2,000 | 2020 |
| The Colored Conventions Project/University of Delaware | Mary Ann Shadd Cary: Civil and Voting Rights Pioneer from Wilmington to Canada West | Vision | $10,000 | 2020 |
| The Delaware Contemporary | Meleko Mogosi: Public Programming | Opportunity | $3,000 | 2021 |
| Greater Harrington Historical Society | Memorial Day Celebration | Opportunity | $1,000 | 2019 |
| Delaware Shakespeare | Merry Wives of Windsor Weekend Intensive | Opportunity | $1,450 | 2019 |
| Delaware Art Museum | Mirrors and Windows: Diversity in Children’s Literature | Opportunity | $925 | 2019 |
| Berkana Center for Media and Education, Inc. | More Voices of Delaware’s Black History | Opportunity | $3,000 | 2021 |
| University of Delaware Libraries, Museum & Press | My Art Speaks for Both My Peoples: A Symposium on Elizabeth Catlett | Opportunity | $3,000 | 2019 |
| New Light Theatre | New Light Theatre presents ‘Othello’ | Opportunity | $2,300 | 2020 |
| Pacem in Terris | Peace Week Delaware: Peace Week Delaware Kick off | Opportunity | $3,000 | 2019 |
| Friends of Auburn Heights/Marshall Steam Museum | Pedal Car Loan Exhibition | Opportunity | $5,000 | 2021 |
| Delaware Art Museum | Picturing Beauty: Celebrating Real Women | Vision | $3,850 | 2019 |
| Local Journalism Initiative of Delaware | Public Awareness Campaign: Local Journalism’s Role in Democracy and Community | Action/Innovation | $5,000 | 2023 |
| One Village Alliance | Raising Kings 2021 | Vision | $7,500 | 2020 |
| One Village Alliance | Raising Kings 2022 | Vision | $15,000 | 2021 |
| One Village Alliance | Raising Kings Conference 2020 | Vision | $15,000 | 2019 |
| One Village Alliance | Raising Kings Conference 2023 | Action/Innovation | $18,000 | 2022 |
| Fort Miles Historical Association | Relics of the USS Arizona: Interpreting Pearl Harbor Beyond the Hawai’ian Islands | Vision | $15,000 | 2020 |
| Joshua M. Freeman Foundation | Rightfully Hers | Vision | $10,495 | 2019 |
| The Choir School of Delaware | A Royal Affair: Music Created for or Commissioned by the British Monarchy | Vision | $12,120 | 2019 |
| Spring Action/Innovation Subaward (Grant) LOI Deadline | Action/Innovation | |||
| Local Journalism Initiative, a fiscal sponsorship of the DCF | Statewide Community News and Information Needs Assessment | Opportunity | $5,000 | 2021 |
| DSPA-Hale Byrnes House | Summer & Fall Talks | Opportunity | $1,500 | 2020 |
| DSPA Hale-Byrnes House | Summer and Fall 2021 Speaker Series | Opportunity | $1,500 | 2021 |
| University of Delaware - Center for Material Culture Studies | UD-The Center for Material Culture Studies “Thing Tank” event (via Zoom and in person) | Renew | $18,300 | 2021 |
| Serviam Media | United We Dream | Vision | $15,000 | 2021 |
| University of Delaware | University of Delaware- Center for Material Culture Studies: Sustaining and Expanding Thing Tank | Action/Innovation | $4,500 | 2023 |
| History Book Festival, a fund of the Greater Lewes Foundation | The Virtual History Book Festival | Vision | $13,000 | 2020 |
| Berkana Center for Media & Education | Voices of Delaware’s Black History | Opportunity | $3,000 | 2020 |
| Berkana Center for Media and Education, Inc. | Voices of Delaware’s Black History: Part 3 | Opportunity | 2022 | |
| Milton Historical Society | “Walking into Greatness: Bryan A. Stevenson Public Programs” | Opportunity | $3,000 | 2019 |
| The Choir School of Delaware | We Hold THESE Truths: A Celebration of Black Excellence | Action/Innovation | $18,000 | 2022 |
| League of Women Voters of Delaware | We’re the WE in We, the People Segment 11: “The 19th Amendment” | Opportunity | $1,700 | 2019 |
| West Side Grows Together: MLK2024 | ||||
| Wilmington Black Restaurant Week: Kickoff Event | Opportunity | |||
| Cityfest Inc | Wilmington Black Storytelling Program | Action/Innovation | $3,000 | 2023 |
| Wilmington Public Library | Wilmington Library Juneteenth Festival | Opportunity | $3,500 | 2021 |
| The Delaware Art Museum | Wilmington Writers Conference 2021 | Opportunity | $1,295 | 2021 |
| Delaware Art Museum | Wilmington Writers’ Conference | Opportunity | $2,325 | 2019 |
| Delaware Historical Society | Women, Politics, and Activism Public Program Series | Vision | $10,750 | 2020 |
| Cab Calloway Foundation | Yorklyn Storytelling Festival | Vision | $15,000 | 2019 |
| Kent County Public Library | Young Writers’ Conference | Opportunity | $1,450 | 2022 |