WELFARE FOUNDATION, INC.
RECENT GRANTEES
The Welfare Foundation was proud to make grants to the following organizations, among many others, in its December 2024 grant cycle. For a full list of grantees from this and previous cycles, visit Areas of Giving.
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Amanecer Counseling & Resource Center to assist with increasing safety and comfort at their space on N. Van Buren Street.
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Bayhealth Foundation to assist with building a new childcare center on their Sussex Campus as a benefit to their employees.
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First State Squash, Inc. to assist with building repairs, specifically to replace their leaking roof.
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Green Beret Project to assist with purchasing vans to transport youth to and from activities.
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Historic Lewes to support the restoration of the historically significant Cannonball House, the only surviving structure that was damaged during the War of 1812.
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Milford Housing Development Corp. to help purchase two construction vans and a trailer in order to grow their repair programs.
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Ursuline Academy to assist with costs to install an elevator to make the upper floors accessible to visitors and students with mobility limitations, as well as in case of emergencies.
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Vision to Learn to provide vision care with their mobile vision clinic and purchase glasses for Delaware children.
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YMCA of Delaware to build a new Early Learning Academy in partnership with the Community Education Building's Youth Development Center.
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Grant Recipient Spotlight
Founded in 1959, Lutheran Community Services (LCS) provides essential needs for Delaware individuals and families with food, housing and health insecurities. Its vision is a community where people are moving from emergency to empowerment.
A key component of their work is “Food is Medicine” and nutrition security programs that are designed to prevent, manage, and treat diet related chronic diseases among vulnerable populations. LCS partners with ChristianaCare on the Delaware Food Farmacy, a comprehensive 6-month program that provides medically tailored groceries for patients with uncontrolled hypertension, diabetes, congestive heart failure, and/or women with high-risk pregnancies.
Support from the Welfare Foundation assisted with constructing the LCS Food Hub, a 3,400 square foot warehouse adjacent to its current facility. The new site will allow LCS to expand the Delaware Food Farmacy and aggregate additional healthy foods from local Delaware farmers and other sources, in order to custom pack more medically tailored groceries. The Food Hub will also support LCS’ existing pantry network which serves over 50,000 people a year, including healthy school pantries, a sickle cell support program, and other nutrition security programs.