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Cause Crime and legal aidState Delaware330 funders

Foundations that fund crime and legal aid in Delaware

330 private foundations based in Delaware with a return in the last two years gave $11 million to crime and legal aid organizations in 544 grants. The median grant was $5,000, and 25 of these foundations accept applications.

Foundations with a return in the last two years, each by its latest return (tax years 2024 to 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Ranked by giving to crime and legal aid

Top 50

Grants in each foundation’s latest return to organizations whose IRS category is crime and legal aid.

  1. Walder FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 8 grants Preselected only $990,000 to crime and legal aid
  2. Jeffrey Carlton Foundation 105848-000Wilmington, DE · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $723,990 to crime and legal aid
  3. Hampshire Foundation IncWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $600,000 to crime and legal aid
  4. Adobe FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $500,000 to crime and legal aid
  5. Earl and Kathryn Congdon Family FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $500,000 to crime and legal aid
  6. Longwood Foundation IncWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 2 grants Accepts applications $435,000 to crime and legal aid
  7. Lorna Jordan Charitable Organization AKA Lorna Jordan FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 6 grants Preselected only $330,000 to crime and legal aid
  8. The Herbert & Nell Singer Foundation IncWilmington, DE · tax year 2025 2 grants Preselected only $263,316 to crime and legal aid
  9. Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation IncWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 11 grants Preselected only $237,000 to crime and legal aid
  10. Reissa FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 3 grants Preselected only $205,000 to crime and legal aid
  11. Welfare Foundation IncWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 3 grants Accepts applications $204,000 to crime and legal aid
  12. Schlinger Family FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 2 grants Preselected only $153,500 to crime and legal aid
  13. Geoffrey C Hughes Foundation IncWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $150,000 to crime and legal aid
  14. Connolly Family Foundation IncWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 2 grants Preselected only $150,000 to crime and legal aid
  15. Walton Rick & Kathy Charitable TR FDNWilmington, DE · tax year 2025 3 grants Preselected only $130,000 to crime and legal aid
  16. The Kennedy FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2025 2 grants Preselected only $120,000 to crime and legal aid
  17. Laffey-Mchugh FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 3 grants Accepts applications $112,000 to crime and legal aid
  18. American Electric Power FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2025 7 grants Preselected only $105,500 to crime and legal aid
  19. Gerald L Lennard Foundation IncWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $100,000 to crime and legal aid
  20. The Dorothy B Davis FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 2 grants Preselected only $100,000 to crime and legal aid
  21. Philip L Van Every FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $100,000 to crime and legal aid
  22. The Delloakes FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2025 2 grants Preselected only $100,000 to crime and legal aid
  23. Westly FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 3 grants Accepts applications $100,000 to crime and legal aid
  24. JTMF FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 2 grants Preselected only $95,000 to crime and legal aid
  25. The Barry and Mimi Sternlicht FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 6 grants Preselected only $95,000 to crime and legal aid
  26. JP's Peace Love & Happiness FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2025 5 grants Preselected only $93,500 to crime and legal aid
  27. The Nemec Abbott FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $88,500 to crime and legal aid
  28. Pincus Family FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2025 2 grants Preselected only $85,000 to crime and legal aid
  29. Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities IncWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 3 grants Accepts applications $85,000 to crime and legal aid
  30. Virga FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 3 grants Preselected only $82,000 to crime and legal aid
  31. MAJIC Vermont FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $80,000 to crime and legal aid
  32. Westmeath FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 3 grants Preselected only $80,000 to crime and legal aid
  33. The Clark & Shannon Buerk Family FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2025 5 grants Preselected only $77,500 to crime and legal aid
  34. Henry L Kimelman Family FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 3 grants Preselected only $75,000 to crime and legal aid
  35. Mount Holly Charitable FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $70,000 to crime and legal aid
  36. The Murray Family FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2025 3 grants Preselected only $65,000 to crime and legal aid
  37. The Moyer Family FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 2 grants Preselected only $60,000 to crime and legal aid
  38. There is a Light FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 2 grants Preselected only $60,000 to crime and legal aid
  39. Iger Bay FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2025 2 grants Preselected only $58,334 to crime and legal aid
  40. Michael and Ina Korek Foundation TrustWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $58,200 to crime and legal aid
  41. The Mayer-Phillips Foundation IncWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $50,000 to crime and legal aid
  42. Leomi FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $50,000 to crime and legal aid
  43. The Broder Family Foundation IncWilmington, DE · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $50,000 to crime and legal aid
  44. Roy and Gwen Steeley Foundation IncWilmington, DE · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $50,000 to crime and legal aid
  45. Ttees the Edith W Mac Guire Char TRWilmington, DE · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $50,000 to crime and legal aid
  46. The DeLuca Family FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $50,000 to crime and legal aid
  47. Workday FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $50,000 to crime and legal aid
  48. The Vijay R Sanghvi Family FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $50,000 to crime and legal aid
  49. The Doherty FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $50,000 to crime and legal aid
  50. The VF FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $50,000 to crime and legal aid

Open to applications

25 foundations

The return gives an application contact and does not check the preselected-only box.

  1. Longwood Foundation IncWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 2 grants Accepts applications $435,000 to crime and legal aid
  2. Welfare Foundation IncWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 3 grants Accepts applications $204,000 to crime and legal aid
  3. Geoffrey C Hughes Foundation IncWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $150,000 to crime and legal aid
  4. Laffey-Mchugh FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 3 grants Accepts applications $112,000 to crime and legal aid
  5. Westly FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 3 grants Accepts applications $100,000 to crime and legal aid
  6. Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities IncWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 3 grants Accepts applications $85,000 to crime and legal aid
  7. The VF FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $50,000 to crime and legal aid
  8. Moccasin Lake FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2025 5 grants Accepts applications $47,000 to crime and legal aid
  9. WSFS Cares FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 8 grants Accepts applications $32,000 to crime and legal aid
  10. Chichester Dupont Foundation IncWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $30,000 to crime and legal aid
  11. Stephen & Mary Birch Foundation IncWilmington, DE · tax year 2025 2 grants Accepts applications $27,500 to crime and legal aid
  12. Robert and Dana Emery Family Foundation Rockefeller Trust CompanyWilmington, DE · tax year 2025 1 grant Accepts applications $25,000 to crime and legal aid
  13. Ellice & Rosa McDonald FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2025 1 grant Accepts applications $25,000 to crime and legal aid
  14. The Dorothy G Bender Foundation IncWilmington, DE · tax year 2025 2 grants Accepts applications $22,500 to crime and legal aid
  15. Webster Bank Charitable FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 3 grants Accepts applications $20,050 to crime and legal aid
  16. The Yip Harburg Foundation IncWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 5 grants Accepts applications $19,500 to crime and legal aid
  17. Rohda Family Charitable Foundation 086812-000Wilmington, DE · tax year 2025 1 grant Accepts applications $10,000 to crime and legal aid
  18. JM McDonald Foundation IncWilmington, DE · tax year 2025 1 grant Accepts applications $10,000 to crime and legal aid
  19. WMR Family Foundation 045351-000Wilmington, DE · tax year 2025 1 grant Accepts applications $8,000 to crime and legal aid
  20. Crestlea Foundation IncWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $7,985 to crime and legal aid
  21. Ramsey McCluskey Family FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $7,500 to crime and legal aid
  22. Lucky Seven FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 3 grants Accepts applications $6,900 to crime and legal aid
  23. Deupree Family FoundationWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 3 grants Accepts applications $5,500 to crime and legal aid
  24. New Earth Foundation IncWilmington, DE · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $3,000 to crime and legal aid
  25. Ben & Jeanne Overman Charitable TrustWilmington, DE · tax year 2025 1 grant Accepts applications $500 to crime and legal aid