By Patrick Callahan and Patrick Callihan Over the past few years, a spotlight has been put on measuring the efficacy of a nonprofit and its mission. This has come about partly because of the ease of new tools in capturing and analyzing data. It is now expected, by most funders and supporters, for a nonprofit…
By Ken Mammarella The Blood Bank of Delmarva’s third bloodmobile — a roving donation center — was made possible by Delaware’s first social impact bond. The concept, also called Pay for Success, was introduced to the U.S. in 2012 and legalized in Delaware last August. These arrangements involve at least three entities: a service provider…
Delaware nonprofits are focusing on ways to innovate through diversity and innovation, even as they struggle to maintain funding for key programs and create new ones. The Delaware nonprofit sector employs 45,307 people and generates $2.9 billion in wages, generating $5.4 billion in spending, says Sheila Bravo, president of the Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement…
By Dan Linehan Their goals are ambitious: Help Sussex Countians develop as children, graduate on time and find a good job, all while avoiding long-term physical and mental disorders like addiction, diabetes and obesity. If that sentence seemed overstuffed, then so does the mission of the Sussex County Health Coalition. Formed about 15 years ago…
By Peter Osborne DBT Editor Sam Cannan’s office wall lists more than 100 job openings from companies desperate for watchmakers and watch-repair technicians that he hopes to fill with students from his Veterans Watchmaker Initiative (VWI) school in Odessa, which graduated its first class of four wounded and disabled veterans on April 12. But the…
The Delaware Fund for Women at the Delaware Community Foundation has awarded $168,595 this year to 12 Delaware nonprofit organizations statewide. The 2019 grantees include: Catholic Charities, Inc. – $15,000 To fund supportive services in the Bayard House Youth Project, which provides a homelike environment for Delaware’s homeless, pregnant and parenting youth (ages 16-21) and their dependent children, to…
Personal connections are key to the philanthropy of Gerret and Tatiana Copeland. “Everything we did reflected our background and interests,” Gerret Copeland said Tuesday, after sharing with his wife the Delaware Historical Society’s 12th annual Delaware History Makers Award. Luckily for Delaware, the region and the nation, they have diverse backgrounds and interests. Gerret is…
By Abby Osborne At first glance, Sreenidhi Banda seems shy and somewhat withdrawn, but when you start to talk to the Charter School of Wilmington sophomore about business and her own company, she lights up. This is what Junior Achievement (JA) has done for thousands of students in Delaware over the past 100 years: Build…
By Peter Osborne As Sharon Kelly Hake explained the mission of Great Dames Delaware at the organization’s 10th Anniversary Bash on April 25, she talked about “women who have never fully embraced their Great Dameness, women who are struggling to find their voices.” She also described a Great Dame as “people who help each other…
Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay has announced that Girl Scout cookie sales have been extended through April 14. Other chapters around the country have extended sales for various reasons, including a string of rainy weather in the south. The group is also asking buyers to consider donating to Operation Taste of Home, which was created…
