Grants awarded

Who does Delaware Humanities Council fund?

Delaware Humanities Council has awarded $1.8 million across 107 grants to 65 grantees between 2019 and 2023. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $15,000, with most between $11,000 and $20,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $16,900 versus $13,250 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded

$1.8M

Typical grant

$15K

Grantees

Grants

107

Years

2019–2023

Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

65 of 65 grantees

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Grantee	Total received	Grants	Years	Latest	State	Support
University of Delaware	$89K	5	2019–2022	2022	DE
The Greater Lewes Foundation	$76K	2	2020–2021	2021	DE
Greater Harrington Historical Society	$76K	4	2019–2022	2022	DE
O One Village Alliance	$74K	3	2019–2021	2021	DE
History Book Festival at Lewes INC	$68K	2	2022–2023	2023	DE
Delaware Public Media Corporation	$60K	4	2019–2022	2022	DE
Historical Society of Delaware	$55K	3	2019–2022	2022	DE
B Berkana Center for Media and Educat	$51K	3	2019–2021	2021	DE	—
I Individual recipient	$51K	1	2021	2021	—	—
Jewish Historical Society of Delaware	$40K	3	2019–2022	2022	DE
T The Choir School of Delaware	$38K	1	2021	2021	—	—
Lewes Public Library INC	$38K	4	2019–2022	2022	DE
Delaware Agricultural Museum Association	$38K	2	2019–2020	2020	DE
Greenbank Mill Associates INC	$38K	2	2019–2021	2021	DE
W Wilmington & Western Railroad	$38K	2	2019–2020	2020	DE	—
B Berkana Center for Media and Education INC	$36K	2	2022–2023	2023	DE
Chinese American Community Center INC	$34K	2	2019–2021	2021	DE
Delaware Shakespeare Festival INC	$33K	2	2019–2021	2021	DE
New Castle Historical Society	$33K	2	2019–2021	2021	DE
Delaware Academy of Science INC	$33K	2	2019–2021	2021	DE
Delaware Theatre Company	$32K	2	2020–2021	2021	DE
Rehoboth Beach Public Library INC	$31K	2	2019–2020	2020	DE
Ocean View Historical Society	$30K	2	2019–2020	2020	DE
D Department of Human Resources	$28K	2	2023	2023	—	—
Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation INC	$26K	2	2020–2023	2023	DE
Network Delaware INC	$26K	2	2022–2023	2023	DE
Holy Trinity (old Swedes) Church Foundation INC	$26K	2	2019–2021	2021	DE
Friends of Auburn Heights INC	$25K	2	2019–2021	2021	DE
Friends of Coochs Bridge Historic Site INC	$25K	2	2021–2022	2022	DE
Fort Miles Historical Association INC	$24K	1	2019	2019	DE
S Selbyville Public Library	$23K	2	2019–2020	2020	DE
C Corbit Calloway Memorial Library	$23K	2	2019–2021	2021	DE
Delaware Art Museum INC	$23K	1	2020	2020	DE
Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Foundation INC	$20K	1	2021	2021	MD
The Delaware Contemporary Arts INC Arts INC	$20K	1	2021	2021	DE
Historic Georgetown Association INC	$20K	1	2021	2021	DE
Delaware Pacem in Terris INC	$20K	1	2021	2021	DE
F Friends of the African Union Cemetery INC	$19K	1	2021	2021	DE
Plastic Free Delaware	$18K	1	2023	2023	DE
Local Journalism Initiative	$18K	1	2023	2023	DE
Milton Historical Society	$18K	1	2019	2019	DE
Arden Club INC	$18K	1	2019	2019	DE
Cornerstone West Community Development Corporation	$17K	1	2022	2022	DE
Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League INC	$17K	1	2021	2021	DE
American Civil Liberties Foundation of Delaware INC	$14K	1	2022	2022	DE
M Mddc Press Foundation	$14K	1	2020	2020	—	—
I Individual recipient	$14K	1	2019	2019	—	—
Y Yorklyn Storytelling Festival	$13K	1	2020	2020	—	—
The Overfalls Foundation Foundation	$13K	1	2019	2019	DE
Historic Odessa Foundation	$13K	1	2019	2019	DE
Wilmington Institute Free Library	$13K	1	2019	2019	DE
Rehoboth Beach Historical Society	$13K	1	2019	2019	DE
Neighborhood House INC	$12K	1	2023	2023	DE
Delaware Academy of Medicine INC	$11K	1	2021	2021	DE
T The Friends of the Dover Public Library	$11K	1	2021	2021	DE
Milford Museum and Landmarks Commission INC	$11K	1	2019	2019	DE
The Lewes Historical Society INC	$10K	1	2019	2019	DE
D Delaware City Library Society	$10K	1	2019	2019	DE
Delaware Community Foundation INC	$10K	1	2021	2021	DE
Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice	$9K	1	2023	2023	DE
Preservation Delaware INC	$9K	1	2019	2019	DE
Joshua M Freeman Foundation	$8K	1	2019	2019	DE
U Underground Railroad Coalition of Delaware Northeast Underground Rai	$7K	1	2021	2021	DE
I Individual recipient	$7K	1	2020	2020	—	—
D Dspa Hale Byrnes House	$5K	1	2023	2023	DE	—

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