How to apply
Grant applications are accepted for two funding cycles. Requests for the spring funding cycle must be submitted by april 1. Requests for the fall cycle must be submitted by october 1. Organizations can request an application via the foundation's website: Laffeymchugh.org. If the applicant is eligible to apply, an email is sent to the documented contact with a link to the electronic application. The foundation does not accept paper-based applications or applications that are not submitted through its application portal. All applicants must be a 501(c)(3) public charity in good standing with th… Contact: Laffey-McHugh Foundation, 100 West 10th Street Suite 815, Wilmington, de, 3026541680, KYLE@LAFFEYMCHUGH.ORG Deadlines: Part 1: By 12pm est on april 1st or october 1st part 2: By 11:59pm est on april 1st or october 1st Restrictions: NONE
Quoted from Part XV of the foundation's 2024 Form 990-PF; the full text is in the filing. Confirm on the foundation's website before you write.
Grants paid in 2024
Top 60 of 153 grants by amount · from Form 990-PF Part XV
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Ministry of Caring IncWilmington, DE | To support the renovation and relocation of the emmanuel dining room east to a new permanent location to serve nutritious meals to families… | $150K |
| Food Bank of DelawareNewark, DE | To support the food bank of delaware's expanded head start backpack program. | $100K |
| Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA | To prospectively investigate advanced ultrasound imaging markers of acute kidney injury (aki) in 24 pilot subjects (0-19 years old) with se… | $75K |
| Kind to Kids FoundationNewark, DE | To improve academic outcomes for delaware students in foster care who are victims of abuse, neglect and trauma through kind to kids foundat… | $75K |
| Ministry of Caring IncWilmington, DE | To support renovations to samaritan housing, a short term emergency shelter for single women and women with children. | $75K |
| TeensharpWilmington, DE | To support enhancements to the technology infrastructure supporting the delaware goes to college academy offered to high school students fr… | $75K |
| YMCA of DelawareWilmington, DE | For its new thrive out-of-school program providing tutoring, sel, and life skills activities for teens, and extending social-emotional supp… | $75K |
| Friendship HouseWilmington, DE | In general operating funds to respond to client needs through its transitional housing program, empowerment centers and the clothing bank. | $65K |
| Delaware College ScholarsWilmington, DE | To support the launch of programming for 9th and 10th grade students for its residential college-preparation program that helps overcome ec… | $60K |
| Combined Campaign for JusticeWilmington, DE | In general operating support for delawares three legal aid agencies. | $50K |
| Leading Youth Through Empowerment IncWilmington, DE | For academic support for underserved middle school and high school students to prepare them for the next steps in high school, college, and… | $50K |
| Metropolitan Wilmington Urban LeagueWilmington, DE | In general operational funds to support its programming in the community. | $50K |
| Partners for JusticeNew York, NY | To support its client advocate program, an innovative public defense program in partnership with the office of defense services providing i… | $50K |
| Reading AssistWilmington, DE | To provide a tutor/teacher training and certification program currently being piloted at la academia antonio alonso charter school in newar… | $50K |
| Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA | To support a research project investigating how genetic mutations, particularly brca1/2, influence lymphoma patients responses to conventio… | $50K |
| Urbanpromise WilmingtonWilmington, DE | For its promise of yes capital campaign to repair properties embedded in under-resourced areas of wilmington in which urbanpromise staff an… | $50K |
| Four YouthWilmington, DE | To enable underserved high school students to explore delaware's natural and historical sites, documenting their experience via videography… | $45K |
| St Patrick's CenterWilmington, DE | For its emergency food distribution program. | $40K |
| Sunday Breakfast MissionWilmington, DE | To support homeless and impoverished individuals and families through nutritious meals, clothing, emergency shelter, food boxes, and reside… | $40K |
| The Harambee Fund at the Delaware Community FoundationWilmington, DE | To support the next cohort of harambee delaware emerging leaders of color and support the launch of the delaware dozen accelerator to work… | $40K |
| Wilmington Hope CommissionWilmington, DE | In general operations support for its expansion of initiatives in dover that aim to reduce recidivism. | $40K |
| Healthy Foods for Healthy Kids IncHockessin, DE | To support hiring a third program coordinator to meet growing demand for hands-on, outdoor, stem education services related to its school-b… | $35K |
| Nativity Preparatory School of WilmingtonWilmington, DE | For general operating expenses supporting its tuition-free, high-quality middle school program for students in wilmington. | $35K |
| The Teen Warehouse IncWilmington, DE | To establish new programming in creative arts, education, and health and wellness by supporting staff time devoted to program development a… | $35K |
| Academia Antonia Alonso Charter SchoolNewark, DE | For educator stipends to develop/support its transition to mastery-based learning, enhancing personalized instruction and improving academi… | $30K |
| Choir School of DelawareWilmington, DE | In general operating support for its vocal music, academic enrichment, health services, and life skills development programming. | $30K |
| Christina Cultural Arts Center IncWilmington, DE | To launch chasing away the blues, a collaboration with mental health professionals to offer self-care workshops, family arts classes, and r… | $30K |
| Delaware Adolescent Program IncBear, DE | In general operating funds to support curriculum refinement, professional development, instructional materials, and enhance services for pr… | $30K |
| Habitat for Humanity of New Castle CountyWilmington, DE | For the direct material costs of its critical repairs program providing aging in place home repairs for low income elderly homeowners in ne… | $30K |
| Mental Health Association in DelawareWilmington, DE | To expand its peer-mentoring program with the mental health court of delaware that offers re-entry programs for non-violent offenders withi… | $30K |
| Neighborgood Partners IncDover, DE | To support the pilot of central dover saves, a program for underbanked individuals in central dover to receive financial education, and bui… | $30K |
| Network ConnectWilmington, DE | To sustain and expand the future culture creator employment program, enabling underserved and at risk youth to develop essential skills and… | $30K |
| Rodney Street Tennis and Tutoring AssociationWilmington, DE | For its summer education/enrichment and outreach programming for the underserved communities of wilmington. | $30K |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater DelawareWilmington, DE | To support the launch of a meal program, called spoonful of hope, for its volunteers to provide nutritious meals to families with children… | $30K |
| Summer Learning Collaborative IncWilmington, DE | To pilot an expansion of collabclub services to meet the needs of special education students at southern elementary school in new castle co… | $30K |
| Tech ImpactWilmington, DE | To support underrepresented delawareans through its itworks delaware and cxworks baylor workforce programs, and local nonprofits through pr… | $30K |
| The GrandWilmington, DE | For its stages of discovery school matinees providing students in prek to grade 12 an opportunity to experience live theatre with enriching… | $30K |
| True Access Capital CorpWilmington, DE | To help close the wealth gap by supporting bipoc businesses in delaware to gain access to capital and business advisory services. | $30K |
| Year Up IncNew Castle, DE | To support year up united wilmington's student services such as transportation, childcare, mental health, and financial assistance to reduc… | $30K |
| YWCA DelawareWilmington, DE | To sustain and expand the role of community health workers to improve the health and well-being of clients being served through its home-li… | $30K |
| Zoe MinistriesGreenwood, DE | To bridge the temporary funding gap in the inaugural year of operations at hannahs house, the states first residential facility for young v… | $30K |
| Public Allies Delaware (americorps With Ud)Wilmington, DE | To enable small delaware nonprofits with limited staff and capacity to benefit from a capacity building assessment and placement of a publi… | $27K |
| Delaware Institute for the Arts in EducationWilmington, DE | To support its delaware wolf trap classroom residencies that connect professional artists with students and educators using cross-disciplin… | $26K |
| Abc Parenting InstituteNewark, DE | To expand access to services for incarcerated parents by implementing attachment and biobehavioral catch-up (abc), an evidence-based home v… | $25K |
| Amanacer Counseling and Resource CenterWilmington, DE | To connect more people to bilingual, culturally responsive behavioral health professionals trained in community-based, trauma-informed care. | $25K |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of DelawareWilmington, DE | To offer a free 10-week summer camp for teens ages 13-15 and create a blueprint that can be expanded statewide. | $25K |
| Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of ArtChadds Ford, PA | To support the brandywine conservancy's protection and preservation of the brandywine-christina watershed through land preservation, agricu… | $25K |
| Community Collaboration of Delaware IncNew Castle, DE | To become a smart recovery multiple pathways provider, offering community meetings such as the family & friends program to support long ter… | $25K |
| Delaware Art MuseumWilmington, DE | To support its healing through the arts program, which utilizes various art forms to bring about healing for community members in need. | $25K |
| Delaware Center for HorticultureWilmington, DE | To help reinvigorate its urban agriculture programming and establish partnerships with local organizations to expand fresh food access init… | $25K |
| Delaware Public Media IncDover, DE | To support digital marketing efforts to grow awareness and subscribers in new castle county. | $25K |
| Down Syndrome Association of DelawareNewark, DE | To support development of a sibling component of its 2024 days of summer camp in kent and new castle county. | $25K |
| Elevate Vocal ArtsWilmington, DE | To support program and curriculum development to scale its vocal arts apprenticeship and summer institute as a delaware workforce developme… | $25K |
| Green Beret ProjectDover, DE | To sustain engagement of 30 young adults in the mechanic shop operations while working toward a social enterprise start up for this generat… | $25K |
| Jefferson Street Center IncWilmington, DE | To expand its community hub program leveraging its gym, kitchen, stage and meeting rooms as a resource for local organizations providing cu… | $25K |
| Las Amricas Aspira AcademyNewark, DE | Toward the purchase of a van to support its "exploring beyond the classroom" initiative providing underprivileged students at aspira academ… | $25K |
| Literacy DelawareWilmington, DE | To pilot an innovative program at local libraries to efficiently address unmet adult literacy needs through a conversation/book club and no… | $25K |
| Local Journalism Initiative of DelawareWilmington, DE | To ensure education is a dedicated area of its independent, investigative news coverage and to host education-focused community events. | $25K |
| Operation WarmPhiladelphia, PA | To gift 1,200 under-resourced delaware children with a brand-new coat or a pair of new shoes. | $25K |
| Response - Help for Survivors of Domestic Violence & Sexual AssaultAspen, CO | To support the final stages of the campaign to build the center for hope and healing for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. | $25K |
By state: Delaware 129 · Pennsylvania 6 · Colorado 7 · California 5 · New York 2 · Arizona 1
About this foundation
Laffey-Mchugh Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation in Wilmington, Delaware, tax-exempt since 1961. Private foundations must pay out roughly 5% of their assets each year, mostly as grants to 501(c)(3) public charities.
Does Laffey-Mchugh Foundation accept grant applications?
Yes. On its 2024 Form 990-PF the foundation indicates it accepts applications. Grant applications are accepted for two funding cycles. Requests for the spring funding cycle must be submitted by april 1. Requests for the fall cycle must be submitted by october 1. org. Deadlines: Part 1: By 12pm est on april 1st or october 1st part 2: By 11:59pm est on april 1st or october 1st.
How much does Laffey-Mchugh Foundation give each year?
In tax year 2024 it paid $3.7M across 153 grants, a median of $20K.
Where does Laffey-Mchugh Foundation give?
Delaware (129 grants), Pennsylvania (6 grants), Colorado (7 grants) and elsewhere, per its latest filing.
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