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volunteers distributing food items

Basic Needs & Relief Services

Examples of Recent Grants

families receiving items in a distribution effort
Grant Awarded
Catholic Charities, Inc.
to sustain and expand its Basic Needs program supporting underserved families.
Grant Amount:
$50,000
Grant Cycle:
Spring 2025
VOLUNTEER GIVING AWAY FOOD
Grant Awarded
Food Bank of Delaware
to address childhood hunger by expanding the Backpack Program through partnerships such as Head Start centers, libraries and food pantries.
Grant Amount:
$100,000
Grant Cycle:
Fall 2024
a volunteer distributing coats
Grant Awarded
Operation Warm
for new coats and shoes for Delaware children.
Grant Amount:
$25,000
Grant Cycle:
Fall 2024
produce food packaged for a distribution.
Grant Awarded
Planting to Feed Inc.
to support the community refrigerator program.
Grant Amount:
$30,000
Grant Cycle:
Spring 2024
persons exiting an organization's van
Grant Awarded
St. Patrick's Center
for its Emergency Food Program.
Grant Amount:
$40,000
Grant Cycle:
Fall 2024
mothers and their children's posing in front of strollers in a community shelter
Grant Awarded
Sunday Breakfast Mission
to support individuals and families through nutritious meals, clothing, shelter and residential program services.
Grant Amount:
$40,000
Grant Cycle:
Spring 2024
a photo of new sneakers in a storage facility
Grant Awarded
Shoes That Fit
for the Delaware Student Shoe Bank, a pilot program with Friendship House to support homeless and low-income students in need.
Grant Amount:
$15,000
Grant Cycle:
Fall 2024
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