Delaware Community Foundation 2012 Annual Report

Schell Brothers Rally Community Behind

Jusst Sooup

The Schell family and the Dunning family care about the people of Sussex County, particularly those who are hungry or in need.

So when the Dunnings' Jusst Sooup Ministry was chosen for ABC's “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” Schell brothers Chris and Preston decided to turn their passion for helping the people of Sussex County into action, by rallying the community to support the transformation of the Dunnings' tiny soup kitchen.

The Schell brothers donated the 6-acre property and led more than 1,400 volunteers to build a new house for the Dunning family, as well as a commercial-style kitchen to prepare food for the needy folks Dale Dunning affectionately refers to as her “soupers.”

Mrs. Dunning, who founded Jusst Sooup seven years ago, serves more than 175 gallons of soup each week and has fed thousands of people. But the soup is just part of the work of the ministry, Mrs. Dunning said. “It's about bringing hope to people and showing that somebody cares,” she told the Cape Gazette in a 2009 interview.

After the Extreme Makeover, the Schell brothers led a second community initiative to build the Jusst Sooup Ranch Property Fund, a $300,000 charitable fund at the Delaware Community Foundation.

The fund, raised through donations, produces enough income to ensure that the Dunning family won't have to worry about finding resources for operating expenses, Preston Schell said.

“The enthusiasm and spirit created behind this process were really amazing. We want to continue moving it forward,” he said. “It's almost as if there is this sense of 'What now?'”

On the cover: Preston Schell, president of Schell Brothers Builders, and Dale Dunning, founder of Jusst Sooup Ministries, share a hug as the transformed Jusst Sooup Ranch is revealed.

On this page: Dale Dunning revels in the new Jusst Sooup Ranch property.

Letter from the President & Chairman

Connecting people who care Dear Friends,

Each year, we at the Delaware Community Foundation have the privilege of distributing millions of dollars in grants to support education, the arts, the environment, and many other causes. We have this privilege because of you, our fundholders, who count on us to help turn your passion into action by stewarding your generous gifts wisely and supporting you in your charitable giving decisions.

We are proud that during Fiscal Year 2012, the DCF: • Welcomed 61 new funds • Closed the year with $221 million in assets • Awarded more than $400,000 in scholarships, and • Distributed $13 million in grants to charitable organizations.

As we launch the DCF's second quarter century, we are taking the opportunity to reflect on the work we have done and to look to our future. To that end, we have taken two critical steps this year.

First, to stabilize our financial future, we have built the DCF Strategic Fund. Now at more than $1.4 million, the annual income from the Strategic Fund will help support the DCF's operations in perpetuity.

Second, we have engaged a consultant to help us determine how we can build on the Foundation’s success to date. Over the past 25 years, the DCF has become a leader in Delaware’s nonprofit and philanthropic community, inspiring and facilitating charitable giving and maximizing the resources available.

But the Foundation can and should do more.

Community foundations nationwide are taking on new roles. Some are focusing on advocacy for the nonprofit sector, while others are striving to influence specific social issues, such as education and job creation. Still others are leading research to identify and measure areas of need, or providing nonprofits with technical and capacity building support.

How can the DCF continue to have the most positive impact on the State of Delaware?

During the next year, we expect to answer that question and produce a strategic plan for the work that lies ahead. We have our work cut out for us, and we welcome your insights.

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DCF Grants

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Scholarships

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Fund for Women

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Youth Philanthropy Boards

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African American Empowerment Fund of Delaware

Rodel Foundation

The Next Generation Legacy Society Investment Results Board of Directors

Yours,

Fred C. Sears II

Thomas J. Shopa

President and CEO

Chairman

The 2012 Annual Report reviews the Delaware Community Foundation's activities during fiscal year 2012, from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012.

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The Power of Partnerships:

DCF Collaborative Grants

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hrough the Collaborative Grants program, the Delaware Community Foundation seeks to inspire and support special initiatives in which multiple nonprofit organizations work together, to turn their shared passion into action, leveraging each other's resources to maximize the impact of grant dollars.

This year, the DCF awarded a total of $220,000 to three statewide, multi-agency initiatives to expand mentoring, reduce child sexual abuse, and empower financially vulnerable Delawareans.

Funding is renewable for up to three years, contingent on progress and anticipated costs. The lead agencies and initiatives selected are:

Expanding Mentoring The Delaware Mentoring Council received $40,000 to support establishment of “Mentors as Parent Partners,” a program to provide students with mentors who are willing to assume enhanced mentoring roles.

Mentors work with children, parents and teachers to help the students with schoolwork and overall academic progress, including attendance, grades and performance on standardized tests. School districts statewide and 10 nonprofit organizations are collaborating on this initiative.

Reducing Child Sexual Abuse The YMCA of Delaware received $100,000 to support “Stewards of Children Sexual Child Abuse Prevention.”

A collaboration of 15 nonprofits and government agencies, this program aims to train 35,000 adults (5 percent of adult Delawareans) over the next five years using the evidence-based “Stewards of Children” program.

Empowering the Financially Vulnerable United Way of Delaware received $80,000 to support statewide expansion of the “$tand By Me®” financial empowerment program.

Dozens of Delaware businesses, nonprofit organizations and government agencies are working together to provide financially vulnerable low- and moderate-income Delawareans with: • One-on-one financial coaching • Help navigating college and financial aid applications • Access to consumer-friendly alternatives to payday loans and check cashing stores • Help requesting and interpreting credit scores, and • Financial planning support to help them increase their own economic security.

The DCF's Collaborative Grants are funded by earnings from the Foundation's unrestricted funds.

To support the Collaborative Grants program, visit www.delcf.org/give and search for “Unrestricted Fund.”

Funds Supporting DCF Grants and Operations Funds Supporting DCF Grants Budinger Family Fund The C.A.R.E. Fund Margaret Carswell Memorial Fund City of Wilmington Fund Continental American Life Chairman's Fund DCF Arts & Humanities Fund DCF Board of Directors Fund DCF Education & Scholarships Fund DCF Environmental Fund DCF Founding Donors Fund DCF Health & Nutrition Fund DCF Housing & Community Development Fund DCF Human & Social Services Fund Delaware Foundation Fund Delaware Legacy Fund

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Alan & Josephine Eichenberger Memorial Fund FCC National Bank Fund The Donald J. Franceschini Fund Daniel S. Frawley Memorial Fund General Motors Corporation Fund Carolyn E. Golding Fund Carolyn E. Golding & Mabel R. Golding Fund Grant Avenue Unrestricted Endowment Fund Helen M. Greene Fund Samuel Harlan Jr. Fund J. P. Morgan & Company, Inc. Fund Jeanette & Rosemary Fund Virginia Joy Charitable Fund Brian & Janet Kramer Charitable Fund Manufacturers Hanover Fund MBNA America Fund

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Helen V. McCaulley Memorial Fund Elizabeth V. Quigley Fund Charles & Patricia Robertson Fund Sadie Russell Fund State of Delaware Fund Walls & Turner Charitable Fund Thomas & Diane Wren Fund

Funds Supporting DCF Operations DCF Strategic Fund DuPont Company Fund Elizabeth A. Garrigues Financial Aid Fund Claire LeClaire Trust Charitable Fund Charles Stewart Mott Fund

Funds established from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012 are listed in italics.

DCF Co-Hosts First National Urban Fellow in Delaware

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he Delaware Community Foundation, in partnership with the Community Education Building, is proud to be hosting Rebeccah Schermesser, the first National Urban Fellow to work in Delaware.

The National Urban Fellows program develops people of color and women to become leaders and change agents in the public and nonprofit sectors. Through the program, fellows earn a Master of Public Administration degree at Baruch College in New York and spend nine months serving in unique immersion experiences in government and nonprofit organizations across the country.

Ms. Schermesser, a former foster youth and a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, began her career as an environmental scientist in California. She recently moved into nonprofit development, working with Strive For, a mentoring program for foster youth, and Marine Applied Research & Exploration, a marine deep-water monitoring and engineering nonprofit.

At the DCF, Ms. Schermesser is participating in the Youth Philanthropy Board's grant making processes, and assisting in marketing and fundraising efforts for The Next Generation and the African American Empowerment Fund of Delaware.

At the Community Education Building, she is facilitating conversion of the kitchen to serve the food needs of tenant and area charter schools and developing concepts for greening the building. After the fellowship, Ms. Schermesser hopes to leverage her experience to help turn her passion for helping foster youth into action by developing a residential charter school for foster youth.

Two Delawareans have participated in the National Urban Fellows program in past years: Dr. Tony Allen worked at the William Penn Foundation in Philadelphia in 1997, and Antoine Oakley worked for the City of Chicago in 2010.

Ms. Schermesser, a native of Oakland, California, is the first Urban Fellow to work at an agency in Delaware.

DCF Community Grants DCF Awards $262,000 in 2012 Capital Grants

The Delaware Community Foundation is proud to have awarded $262,000 in capital and equipment grants this year to 32 nonprofit organizations around the state.

Over the years, the DCF has awarded more than $5 million in capital and equipment grants, helping nonprofit organizations turn their passion into action. Capital grants support projects such as construction, renovation or repair of buildings, and/or land purchases. Equipment grants are awarded for items essential to the organization’s delivery of services. This year's recipients are:

Capital Grants Arden Club Biggs Museum of American Art Can-Do Playground at Milford Clarence Fraim Senior Center Connections, CSP Delaware Museum of Natural History Dover Library Foundation Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew Friends of the Bear Library Junior Achievement of Delaware La Esperanza Latin American Community Center Little Sisters of the Poor Lutheran Senior Services Milton and Hattie Kutz Home Nemours Fund for Children's Health Ronald McDonald House of Delaware Supporting Kidds UrbanPromise Wilmington Hope Commission Wilmington Housing Partnership YMCA of Delaware (Dover)

$10,000 $5,000 $5,000 $10,000 $5,000 $5,000 $10,000 $15,000 $10,000 $10,000 $20,000 $11,000 $12,800 $14,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $15,000 $10,000 $20,000

Equipment Grants Delaware Center for Homeless Veterans Delaware Center for Horticulture Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council Delaware First Media Delaware Housing Coalition Family Promise of Northern New Castle County Goodwill Industries of Delaware Kent County SPCA SmartDrive Foundation Waggies by Maggie & Friends

$3,000 $1,800 $2,500 $2,000 $2,000 $1,700 $5,000 $3,000 $1,500 $2,500

Applications are posted each December at www.delcf.org/grants.

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Scholarships

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Since 1986, the Delaware Community Foundation has been connecting people who care with the causes they care about by helping them establish charitable funds and provide grants to the nonprofit organizations they wish to support. Many of our donors who care about education choose to create scholarship funds to provide opportunities for individuals to help with rising college costs.

Loren Boyd & Dwight S. Deloatch, pictured above with the Smiths, were the first two recipients of the William J. & Rev. Shirley M. Smith Sr. Scholarship.

For the 2011-2012 school year, the DCF supported local students by awarding more than 400 scholarships totaling more than $400,000. To learn more about scholarships or how to create a scholarship fund with the DCF, please visit our website at www.delcf.org/scholarships.

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Thurman G. Adams and Hilda McCabe Adams Family Scholarship Roxana C. Arsht Fellowship Philip L. Bartlett Scholarship Steven Wesley Beheler Memorial Scholarship Helen H. Bennett Scholarship at the Delaware Library Association Bethel AME Church Endowed Scholarship John A. Botto Memorial Fund John Burton Community Service Scholarship Caesar Rodney Rotary Scholarship Cape Henlopen Taxpayers for Fair Elections Scholarship V. George & Jeannette M. Carey Scholarship Fund Carson Scholars Fund Chrysler Technical Scholarship Citibank (Delaware) National Academy of Finance Scholarship Jean L. Collat Opera Singers Scholarship The Committee of 100 Scholarships Chris Cordrey Student Athletic Scholarship Richard S. Cordrey Scholarship Corporation Service Company Student Opportunity Grant James L. Davis Scholarship Delaware College of Art and Design Scholarship Delaware Governors' Biotech Scholarship Delaware Library Association Scholarship Fund Delaware Youth Leadership Scholarship Delmarva Christian High School Scholarship The First Tee of Delaware's Barbara H. Dengler Scholarship Donald W. & Nancy S. Edwards Scholarship Helen L. & Douglas C. Eliason Scholarship Helen Kirk Deputy Ellis Scholarship Endo Pharmaceuticals Scholarship Fred Fifer III Memorial Scholarship William P. Frank Scholarship Friends of the Hockessin Library Scholarship Generation III Scholarship Greater Lewes Foundation/Cape Thespian Scholarship Evelyn Harkins Nursing Scholarship Fund Hastings Memorial Scholarship George H. Henry Award Harold Holland Memorial Scholarship James Jamieson Memorial Scholarship Delaware Community Foundation | 2012 Annual Report

Janosik Scholarship Sandra Gruwell Keller Memorial Scholarship Roy Klein Educational Foundation Bob LaPrad Scholarship Laurel Alumni Scholarship Laurel Alumni Association George Schollenberger Fund Richard Albert Legatski and Mary James Legatski Scholarship Fund Patrick H. Lynn Scholarship John A. Maslin Scholarship Fund Robert B. McCurry Award W.T. & M.A. McLaughlin Educational Fund Keisha M. Michael Memorial Scholarship Milford High School Alumni Association Scholarship William J. & H. Virginia Miller Jr. Scholarship Geneva Pepper Morris Memorial Scholarship J.D. O'Connor Scholarship Barbara Kimmey Pierce Memorial Fund James H. Postles Scholarship PUMH Health & Aging Scholarship Fund John M. Roca Memorial Scholarship Albert & Shirley Rose Scholarship Fund Hayward D. Roy Jr. Fund John J. Ryan Scholarship The Sally Fund Seaford Kiwanis Club Scholarship Tony Silicato Memorial Scholarship John B. & Marion A. Smitheman Fund Margaret A. Stafford Nursing Scholarship Henry H. Stroud, MD Memorial Scholarship Frank D. Vari Memorial & Scholarship Fund Don & Anne Ward Scholarship Fund Woodbridge School District/American Legion Post #26 Scholarship Woodbridge School District/Fillmore & Mabel Clifton Scholarship Woodbridge School District/Margaret Lynch Davis Memorial Scholarship Woodbridge School District/Ralph E. Davis Memorial Scholarship Woodbridge School District/Dr. Foster J. Flint, Sr. Memorial Scholarship Woodbridge School District/Merritt M. Littrell Future Teachers Fund Woodbridge School District/Woodbridge H.S. Endowed Scholarship Youth Opportunity Scholarship Funds established from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012 are listed in italics.

A passion for preserving history:

AAEFD Plays Pivotal Role in Saving Historic

Hockessin Colored School #107C The historic Hockessin Colored School #107C is just a tiny brick building, but the one-room schoolhouse played an enormous role in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision that ended segregation of schools.

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Above: Architect Leonard Sophrin, a member of Friends of HCS#107C, and AAEFD Chairman Dr. Tony Allen

he historic building was almost lost to sheriff's sale in January 2012 because the Hockessin Community Center (HCC), which owns the property, could not pay off a $213,000 debt. But a multicultural group of prominent community leaders, later to become known as the Friends of Hockessin Colored School #107C, jumped into action to save the building.

To do that, the Friends needed to raise money fast to buy the $213,000 debt. The Delaware Community Foundation's African American Empowerment Fund agreed to lend the Friends $100,000, provided that they could raise the remainder necessary to buy the lien.

AAEFD Chairman Dr. Tony Allen and several other AAEFD board members, including past Chairwoman Sylvia Banks and Treasurer Bill Allen, also joined

Inset: Jean Fleming, a former student of HCS#107C, and her husband Robert are part of a group working to preserve the school.

the Friends group and helped raise the additional $113,000 through a fund at the DCF. “After learning about the situation and hearing from Judge Leonard Williams, Louis Redding's former law partner and friend, and Judge Joshua Martin, a member of the AAEFD and longtime business and community leader,” Dr. Allen said, “the board recognized this as an opportunity to save an important piece of American history, and we weren't going to miss that moment.”

Thanks to the AAEFD's loan, as well as contributions from nearly 80 other generous supporters, the Friends of HCS #107C was able to purchase the debt and is now working with members of the HCC board to determine next steps. The groups' shared goal is to raise money to restore the building and allow the HCC to return its focus to community services.

Judge Williams, chairman of the Friends of HCS #107C, said the AAEFD and the DCF have been key players in the battle to save the historic school.

“The DCF gave us a vehicle to raise the money, and the AAEFD gave us the confidence and the initial leadership gift we needed to raise the rest of the money,” Judge Williams said.

“Without them, we would not have been able to accomplish all that we have.”

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The Spirit of Philanthropy:

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Jane P. Wilkie left her classroom at Delaware Technical & Community College five years ago, but she's still educating those around her about ways to serve the community.

s. Wilkie, this year's recipient of the Fund for Women's Spirit of Philanthropy award, recruited more than a dozen friends and former colleagues to the Delaware Community Foundation's Fund for Women (FFW). She helps fill the tables at the annual YWCA fundraising breakfast, and she advocates for local organizations, including Survivors of Abuse in Recovery and Friendship House.

“People see me coming and know I'm asking them for something,” Ms. Wilkie said with a laugh. “I'm good at getting people involved.”

Ms. Wilkie spent 29 years teaching English as a Second Language, and she wasn't one to confine learning to the classroom. She organized bus trips to the Statue of Liberty and helped students with immigration problems, in addition to teaching them the fundamentals of a new language.

“These were not just people she would see in her classroom,” said Maria Taylor, a friend and FFW Founder who nominated Ms. Wilkie for the award. “She would drive people to their chemo appointments and help with family issues. She would always have at least one time in the summer where she would invite a lot of her students to come to her house for an afternoon of swimming at the pool.”

After retiring from Del Tech, Ms. Wilkie established the Jane P. Wilkie Endowment for International Student Scholarships in 2007, donating a little each year until the fund could support a scholarship. The first $500 scholarship was awarded in March 2010 to Ojong Bate, a biotechnology major and native of Cameroon.

Above: Jane Wilkie with former student Boris Ozerski, who still has a copy of an English dictionary Ms. Wilkie gave him in 2002.

Right: Jane Wilkie with former student Ojong Bate.

Ms. Bate, a native of Cameroon, was awarded the first $500 scholarship from Ms. Wilkie's fund in March 2010.

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Through the Spirit of Philanthropy award, the FFW seeks to honor women who give of themselves for the benefit of other people and their communities, Mrs. Taylor said.

“Part of our mission is to promote the fact that everyone in their own way can be a philanthropist,” she said. “It's the philanthropy of giving time, the philanthropy of just caring about other people. That's what Jane does.”

Striving for

The Next Million The Fund for Women at the Delaware Community Foundation started 19 years ago, when 16 women—now known as the “First Founders”—decided to pool their charitable dollars and harness the power of collective giving.

They set an ambitious goal: To raise $1 million for an endowment to benefit women and girls in the First State.

Today, more than 1,200 women and men have become Founders, contributing $1,000 each, many over a period of several years.

As a result, the Fund for Women has built a $2.8 million fund and donated more than $1 million to programs that help women and girls, particularly in underserved populations, said Fund for Women Chair Laura Day. Much of the Fund for Women's success comes from the Swingin' With A Star Golf Tournament, which has donated more than $1 million to the Fund since 1993 in honor of Delaware golf legend Betsy Rawls.

Having far exceeded their goal, what's next for the Founders?

“We have behind us close to two decades of fundraising and supporting women and children in Delaware, and hundreds of women have contributed to that end,” said Founder Ginger Ward, who is leading the Next Million campaign. “The idea is to have new Founders, existing Founders—and particularly some of our original Founders—help us continue the legacy by contributing to the Next Million.”

Money raised in the Next Million campaign will help meet the increasingly urgent needs of women and families that have arisen in recent years because of the economy, Founder Susan Sherk said.

“We've really done some great work in Delaware, and I'm awfully proud of that,” Mrs. Sherk said. “Sometimes people think only millionaires can be philanthropists. The Fund for Women is an example of how people from all walks of life can make an enormous impact by pooling their resources to support the causes they care about.”

The Next Million, of course.

This year, the Fund for Women launched its “Next Million” campaign, with the goal of growing the fund by another million dollars.

To support the Next Million campaign by becoming a Founder or simply making a gift, visit www.delcf.org/GiveFFW.

2012 Grant Recipients This year, the Fund for Women gave a total of $125,000 in grants to 11 nonprofit organizations statewide.

Organization

Award

Funded Service

CHEER Inc. Circle of Light Delaware Adolescent Program, Inc. Delaware Financial Empowerment Partnership: $tand by Me® program Friendship House Girls Inc. of Delaware Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County Jewish Family Services of Delaware La Esperanza Counseling People's Place II, Inc. SOAR

$10,500 $5,000 $15,000 $15,000

In-home care for female senior citizens Needed items for homeless children Parenting classes, pregnancy prevention and counseling at schools for pregnant teens Financial strategies empowerment for girls aging out of foster care

$5,000 $12,500 $10,000

Empowerment programs for homeless women Friendly PEERsuasion (Persuasion Positiva) for Latina girls Home maintenance training for female homeowners

$7,500 $15,000 $15,000 $14,500

Support for women recovering from domestic violence Counseling for Spanish-speaking immigrant victims of domestic abuse Food for women and children at a shelter for Latina abuse victims Help for victims of sexual assault Connecting people who care

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The Rodel Foundation

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elaware is in the midst of an historic, oncein-a-lifetime opportunity to turn its public education system into one that transcends expectations and can be considered world-class. Educators and lawmakers, as well as community and business leaders statewide, have done much to put Delaware on a different playing field.

2. Creating a Culture of Excellence

The Rodel Foundation contributes by lending support, investment, staff and national expertise to these efforts. Rodel's goal is to help Delaware focus on the right priorities, create a culture of excellence, and commit to innovation. In 2012, Rodel lent support to:

Supporting Struggling Schools: The “Partnership Zone” transforms the state's neediest schools. Early results from the program's 10 schools are promising. Rodel supports this effort by bringing national best practices to inform the work at the state and classroom levels.

1. Focusing on the Right Priorities Excellent Standards: The Common Core State Standards Initiative defines the knowledge and skills students need to acquire in grades K-12 to enable them to graduate from high school, ready and able to succeed. Common Core standards are rolling out in Delaware schools. These higher standards were envisioned in Vision 2015, and the Rodel Foundation supports them today.

Strong Early Learning (EL): A $22 million investment approved by the Delaware General Assembly in June 2011 supports EL programs and educators. Delaware was awarded nearly $50 million through the Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge in December 2011, which will help place 80 percent of high-need students in quality EL centers, compared to 20 percent today. Rodel also helped implement support for providers, a new Early Learner Survey (kindergarten readiness), and K-12 alignment initiatives.

Solid Data: The new Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System measures student growth more effectively, giving schools and parents the information they need to target individualized learning needs and ensure that all adults in the system are held accountable for students' progress. Rodel and its corporate partners helped pilot the predecessor of this system.

Great Teachers & Leaders: The Rodel Foundation supports the state's efforts to improve teacher recruitment, training and evaluation by investing in Teach For America (TFA) and the Delaware Leadership Project (DLP), which place top talent as teachers and principals, respectively, in high-need schools.

Delaware TFA corps members currently teach more than 3,000 students statewide, and DLP fellows reach nearly 6,000 students.

3. Committing to Innovation The Rodel Foundation helped create the Vision Network, a coalition of 28 charter and district schools serving more than 23,000 students statewide. The Vision Network works to improve student achievement by strengthening leadership and encouraging students to take ownership of their learning.

Several Vision Network schools are top performers statewide.

Rodel also invested in like-minded organizations, such as Innovative Schools, to support new school models, including Delaware New Tech Academy and Early College High School at Delaware State University.

“We still have a long way to go—only one in five Delaware high school seniors are 'college and career ready'—so we must continue to act with urgency. However, if we keep expanding the circle of amazing schools, embrace innovation, and do the hard policy work needed to elevate and inspire our teachers, we will set a flywheel in motion that will be hard to stop.”

– Paul Herdman, President & CEO, Rodel Foundation of Delaware

Making schools work for all children. Right here.

Right now. It's possible. www.rodelfoundationde.org | www.vision2015delaware.org

iEducate Delaware In 2012 Rodel launched the iEducate Delaware initiative to celebrate the unsung heroes of education. Nominees included teachers, principals, administrators, and community leaders working with students of all backgrounds and abilities. Public voters and an external advisory committee selected five winning honorees out of 15 finalists.

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Paul Herdman (left) and Gov. Jack Markell (right) congratulate iEducate Delaware honorees (from left) Tracey Roberts, Audrey Carey, Margaret O'Dwyer, Lori Roe and Sarah Preston (also pictured at the top of the page). Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson Delaware Community Foundation | 2012 Annual Report

Youth Philanthropy Boards:

Instilling a Passion For Giving

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“Tell me and I will forget.

Show me and I will remember.

Involve me and I will understand.

Step back and I will act.”

– Chinese Proverb

art of the mission of the Delaware Community Foundation is “to provide a lasting source of charitable funding to benefit Delawareans today and for generations to come.”

The Youth Philanthropy Board is a core activity in our work to ensure a strong future of charitable funding in the First State.

Each year, we engage students from every high school in Delaware in an eight-month program to experience the power and responsibility of charitable giving.

The late Phyllis Wynn created the YPB in 1999, to encourage New Castle County youth to engage in philanthropy. The DCF has since created chapters in Kent and Sussex Counties.

Each YPB chapter is given a pool of money to be distributed among local charitable organizations. The students function as if they were the board of directors of a foundation. They choose a focus area, solicit and review applications, make site visits, and ultimately award grants to the organizations they deem most worthy.

“In many families, philanthropy isn't discussed, so the upcoming generation may not understand the level of need that exists in the community and how much good they can do,” DCF President and CEO Fred Sears said.

“Through the YPB, the students don't just discuss the importance of giving; they actually do the giving,” he said. “We find that once they have that experience as young people, philanthropy becomes part of their lives, even into adulthood.

We simply plant the seed and stand back.”

2011-2012 Youth Philanthropy Board Grants Kent County Focus: Programs that provide long-term and/or immediate help, counseling or training for the homeless of Kent County.

Shepherd Place People's Place Dover Interfaith Mission for Housing Aid in Dover

$3,500 $3,500 $2,000 $1,000

New Castle County Focus: Programs offering educational enrichment and life skills training to children who have been abused, neglected, or incarcerated, and middle school programs promoting healthy lifestyles and wellness, including substance abuse prevention.

All the Difference Delaware Adolescent Program, Inc. Food Bank of Delaware Jewish Family Services SOAR

$2,500 $2,500 $2,500 $2,500 $2,500

Sussex County Focus: Programs that promote strong family life and improve personal health.

Autism Delaware Abbott's Mill Nature Center/Delaware Nature Society Coverdale Crossroads Delaware Adolescent Program, Inc. First State Community Action Agency, Inc. Food Bank of Delaware La Esperanza Nanticoke River Arts Council

$1,000 $1,000 $2,000 $2,000 $1,000 $1,500 $1,000 $500

Above Left: Diane Cahall, executive director of the Shepherd House in Dover, gives a tour of the shelter to Kent County YPB member Madison Swenson, a Lake Forest High School student.

Above Right: Christopher Gunter, a student at Howard High School and member of the New Castle County YPB, asks questions during a site visit to the Latin American Community Center in Wilmington.

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The Next Generation of People Who Care

2012 TNG Grant Awardees Delaware Nature Society – $10,000: Enabling children from the UrbanPromise school in Wilmington to participate in the Nature Society's “Healthy Eating, Healthy Living” program, which teaches children about the relationship between eating food and exercising to burn calories.

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hen people volunteer for an organization, studies show that they're more likely to give charitable dollars, too.

The leadership of The Next Generation of the Delaware Community Foundation is putting that knowledge to work as they cultivate today's civic-minded young adults in an effort to grow tomorrow's philanthropists.

In addition to contributing financially to support grants and the TNG endowment, members volunteer to staff popsicle stations at Girls on the Run 5Ks, wrap gifts for Toys for Tots, and run every aspect of the organization's two annual fundraisers.

“Our primary mission is raising money to make grants and build our endowment, but it's not very inspiring to just write a check,” TNG President Don W. Nicholson Jr. said. “We create opportunities for our members to volunteer together and see that they're making an immediate difference to the community. That sense of gratification and connection to the rest of the team motivates them to participate financially.”

In addition to its volunteer work, TNG awarded $35,000 in grants to five nonprofits around the state this year. This is the second year that TNG has focused its giving on programs fighting childhood obesity. For 2013 and 2014, TNG will award grants to nonprofits with programs supporting Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education.

Photo: The Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay Council “Choosey Girls!” program teaches girls to lead healthy lifestyles. The program received a grant this year from The Next Generation.

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Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay Council – $5,500: Supporting the Girl Scouts' “Stand Up! Choosey Girls!” initiative, which teaches girls about the implications and health issues specifically related to obesity.

Girls on the Run of New Castle County – $10,000: Providing full scholarships for 75 girls in schools with high percentages of low-income families to participate in this afterschool fitness and lifestyle program for girls in grades 3-5.

Siegel Jewish Community Center – $4,000: Funding transportation for children from 20 nonprofit groups to participate in the Jewish Community Center's Jcade, a fitness arcade that combines video games and exercise.

Sussex Child Health Promotion – $5,500: Enabling campers from low-income families to participate in SCHP's SHORE Fun Camp, which targets overweight children, ages 9-12.

Campers learn about healthy food, physical fitness, and managing emotions associated with eating and body image.

Building The Next Phase of

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The success of The Next Generation has inspired a group of civic-minded young people in Kent and Sussex Counties to create a chapter of their own, The Next Generation-Southern Delaware.

ne of the Delaware Community Foundation's three Giving Circles, The Next Generation includes 20- and 30-somethings who raise money to award grants to nonprofits and to contribute to its growing endowment fund. TNG members also learn about how nonprofit boards work and the responsibilities of serving as board members.

By expanding into Kent and Sussex Counties, TNG will be able to involve more young Delawareans and raise more money to provide grants for charitable programs in Southern Delaware. So far, approximately 30 people in Kent and Sussex have joined TNGSouthern Delaware and elected an outstanding leadership team:

Kim Willson – President Kim Willson is a Magnolia resident and lobbyist with Rhett Ruggerio Government Relations and Public Affairs. Ms. Willson has a diverse background, including positions with political campaigns, community organizations, and Fortune 500 companies.

Ms. Willson has been a mentor with Big Brothers/Big Sisters for six years and is a member of the Blood Bank of Delmarva Regional Board.

Jason Adkins – Vice President Jason Adkins is a fourth-generation Milford resident. At age 24, Mr. Adkins was elected the youngest ever Milford city

councilman. Previously a commercial insurance agent with L&W Insurance Agency in Dover, Mr. Adkins is now a law student in the top 10 percent of his class at Widener Law School.

Christy V. Wright – Secretary Christy V. Wright is a Harrington resident and policy analyst for Nemours, where she is involved in mobilizing a children's health coalition in Kent County. Mrs. Wright also is an adjunct professor with the new government and public policy program at Wilmington University. She serves on the Delaware 4-H Foundation board, the State of Delaware Board of Dietetics/Nutrition, and the Delaware Farm-to-School Advisory Board. She is also a national volunteer for CommonGround, a program that strives to educate and link consumers to the women and families who grow our food.

Brian Ellis – Treasurer Brian Ellis is a partner in the law firm of Ellis & Szabo, LLP, providing legal guidance and advice in the areas of business, transactional and real estate law. Following law school, he spent seven years practicing corporate and securities law in New York City. Mr. Ellis returned to Sussex County in 2005, practicing with Sergovic & Ellis, P.A., prior to the formation of Ellis & Szabo, LLP in 2007. Raised in Lewes, Mr. Ellis currently resides in Rehoboth Beach with his wife and two daughters.

“Young Kent and Sussex Countians have a great deal to offer in philanthropic work and giving,” Ms. Willson said. “As we get this new chapter off the ground, we're looking forward to enjoying some hands-on work, some fundraising, and gaining important experience and mentoring about what it means to serve on the board of a nonprofit organization.”

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Funds that Support Grants Recommended by Donors Donor Advised Funds

These funds support specific charitable interests as directed by the donor.

21st Century Children's Administrative Fund The 1626 Fund A.A. Fund Frank E. Acierno Foundation Fund Thurman & Hilda Adams Charitable Fund AFP Brandywine Chapter Professional Development Loan Fund African AHE Fund for Children & Youth Charles C. Allen Jr. Family Fund Charles C. Allen III Charitable Fund Kim & William Allen Family Fund Warren L. Allen Family Fund Amyloidosis Fund William E. Anderson Memorial Fund The Andrisani Family Charitable Fund John G. Anthony Memorial Fund The Arsht-Cannon Fund Atlantis Fund Stephanie V.S. Auen - Ross Foundation Fund Aunt Jane Fund Virginia Bayless - Ross Foundation Fund Baynum Family Charitable Foundation Fund Edward & Mary Ann Bassett Fund Paul L. & Elizabeth W. Bechly Charitable Giving Fund Paul L. & Elizabeth W. Bechly Charitable Trust Fund The Beckler Charitable Fund Beekhuis Wilmington Community Fund Edward J. & Judy Bennett Foundation Fund BHA Foundation Fund Polly R. Bill Fund Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware Foundation Robert H. Bolling III - Ross Foundation Fund Borel Family Fund Borkee-Hagley Foundation Fund Bouton Fund Robert & Katherine Boyd Fund Brady Family Fund BTL Endowment Fund Robin R. Burge - Ross Foundation Fund Burton Family Fund Glenn P. & Dorothy M. Brown Family Fund Sarah E. Brown Fund Carter Family Fund I.G. & M.G. Burton Charitable Fund Herbert & Myrtha Calhoun Family Charitable Fund The Cardinal Charitable Fund

Robert C. & Mae R. Carter Fund Molly Christopher Memorial Fund Janet I. Churchill Memorial Fund Clarence Fraim Boys & Girls Club Parent Service Scholarship Fund Cohick-Dwyer Fund The Concerned Physicians Fund of Delaware Council of Faith Based Partnerships Joan & Art Connolly Family Fund Cordrey Center Charities Fund Richard S. Cordrey Charitable Fund Crit27 Fund Cross & Simon, LLC Fund Crumplar Family Fund Deirdre A. D'Aulerio Memorial Inflammatory Breast Cancer Fund Sue Davis Educational Fund Delaware Aging Network Operating Fund Delaware Blueprint Communities Fund Delaware Divison of Libraries E-Book Fund Delaware Futures CIBA Fund Delaware Grantmakers Association Group Fund Delaware Mentoring Council Fund Delaware Ovarian Cancer Foundation Delaware Youth Leadership Fund Edward D. Devine Fund Marcia & Henry DeWitt Family Fund DiGiacomo Family Charitable Fund Norman Dill Scientific Fund Dover Interfaith Mission for Housing Fund Edgell Family Charitable Fund Embleton Charitable Foundation Fund Constance Ferguson Charitable Fund Paul & Gloria Fine Family Fund Foulke Meadow River Lands Scholarship Fund Free Enterprise Education Fund Sally M. Gakenheimer Fund Polly R. Gardiner - Ross Foundation Fund Jane and Bob Gibson Annual Giving Fund Gilliam Charitable Fund Gilliam Foundation Fund James H. Gilliam Jr. Giving Society Fund Linda Johnson Gilliam Fund Gilman Family Fund The Giving Fund: In Memory of Judith A. Van Dyke David Goddess Fund Grant Avenue Fund Grayson Family Fund for Older Adults Donald L. & Abigail D. Greene Fund Harrington Tournament Foundation John & Niki Hawkins Fund Hawkins Family Fund

Passion for Helping Children: Global Delaware Fund Matt Haley, Sussex County restaurateur and founder of the Global Delaware Fund at the DCF, works with children in the La Casita afterschool program, which provides Hispanic children in central Sussex County with homework help and 4-H programs. Mr. Haley is turning his passion for helping children into action by raising money through the GDF to help children locally and around the world. Learn more at www.TheGlobalDelawareFund.com.

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Kelly Heinz-Grundner Foundation Fund Holden Family Fund Robert R. & Judith H. Hoopes Fund Mary Ellen Hope Foundation Fund Horsey Family Youth Foundation Fund Peter & Caryl Horty Foundation Fund Hotspur Soccer Fund Howard/Brown Family Fund Bradley Alan Hublein Fund Anne Jaffe Tolerance & Holocaust Education Fund Janosik Family Charitable Foundation Fund Janosik Dinner & Golf Tournament Fund Jastak-Burgess Fund Johnson Family Philanthropic Fund The Barbara W. Johnson Memorial Scholarship Fund Richard Johnson Memorial Fund Larry & Lynda Kaufman Charitable Fund Kids with Confidence Fund Kilburn Family Fund Kind to Kids Fund Catherine D. King & E. Reese King Foundation Fund Paul & Mary Ellen King Charitable Fund Roy Klein Education Foundation Fund Klima Family Charitable Fund Edward & Winifred Koffenberger Fund Joseph and Jean Kowinsky Fund Lafferty Family Fund Lake Forest Community Education Fund Jack Langseder Forever STRONG Foundation Last Resort Fund Learning Link of Delaware Fund Lincoln Tricentennial Commission Fund Living With Cancer Fund William F. Lynch II Charitable Fund Caroline M. Lunger Fund Jonathan R. Krewatch Memorial Fund The Magnolia Fund Marsh Family Fund The Emma Kim McCoy-Johnson Memorial Fund The Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation William T. & Mary A. McLaughlin Educational Fund Virgelia T. & Tyson Mapp Educational Enrichment Fund Matthew Six Charitable Foundation Fund Rex L. Mears Family Charitable Fund Minner Center for the Milford Library Fund Littleton & Jane Mitchell Fellows Program for Civil Rights & Social Justice Fund Moore Family Foundation Fund Mt. Cuba Center Fund Mt. Olive Cemetery Preservation Fund Mount Pleasant Fathers Fund Wilhelmina B. Moyer – Ross Foundation Fund Murphy Family Fund Elizabeth A. Myers Charitable Fund New Castle Century Club Fund The Next Generation Fund Nibloc Fund – Ross Foundation Fund Nixon Uniform Service & Medical Wear Foundation John L. Norris Jr. & Barbara Norris Allen Fund Obrzut Ling Foundation Fund Our Wish Foundation Fund Oglesby Family Fund Jordyn K. Owens Memorial Foundation Fund Nicholas & Dorothy Pappas Fund Patterson Woods Commercial Real Estate Educational Fund The Pebbles Fund Pettinaro Family Charitable Fund

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Phaenna Fund Pins for Kids Fund Louise & William Poole Family Fund Louise Poole Family Fund The Stuart W. Pratt Jr. Family Fund Maurice Pritchett Education Fund Protecting Delaware's Children Galardi-Quinn Family Fund Frances P. Quirk Charitable Fund Tubby Raymond Foundation Fund Red Clay Cab Calloway Fund Rainy Day Fund Alice D. Reilly Charitable Fund Charles & Patricia Robertson Charitable Fund Rodel Charitable Foundation of Delaware Beverly Van Brunt Rogers Fund SBSN Charitable Fund Carl & Doris Schnee Foundation Fund Dr. Jan Seitz Charitable Fund The Sezna Foundation “In the Spirit of Teddy & Deeg” Fund Shopa Family Foundation Fund Lillian & Montford Smith Family Fund Phillip & Carolyn Smith Foundation Fund SMS Fund - Ross Foundation Fund Speaker Pro Tempore Golf Tournament Fund Judy Beth Spiegel Library Memorial Fund Stayton Fund Stoddard Family Foundation Fund Gary L. Stover Jr. Family Fund Sussex Child Health Promotion Coalition Operating Fund Father James Trainor Scholarship Fund Terrell Family Fund The Thank You Fund Mildred H. & Ray A. Thompson Fund Timon Family Fund S.L. Townsend Family Fund Ullrich Family Fund John F. Van Sant Jr. – Ross Foundation Fund Frank D. Vari Memorial & Scholarship Fund Verplanck Family Fund Bunny Vosters Foundation Fund William J. Wade Family Fund Don & Anne Ward Charitable Foundation Fund We Walk for Cindy & Ovarian Cancer Fund Weber Family Fund Women's Imaging Center of Delaware, L.P. Fund Women's Wellness Fund Wrixhaven Fund Young@Art

Designated Funds These funds benefit one or more named charities for a designated period or in perpetuity.

Art for Vets Fund Auburn Heights Preserve Endowment Fund Philip L. Bartlett Designated Fund JB Barthmaier Memorial Fund Benedictine Sisters of Ridgely, Maryland Fund Susan J. Betts Fund John A. Botto Memorial Fund Charlie E. Brinton Fund Florence Hammett Brown Fund Cathedral Choir School of the Church of St. John Endowment Fund Christina Cultural Arts Center Fund for Music & Arts Education Ross H. Claiborne Charitable Fund Clarence Fraim Boys & Girls Club Scholarship Fund

Clarence Fraim Senior Center Aquatic Fund Fund for Clarence Fraim Center Cooch's Bridge Historic District Fund Donald T. DeCoursey Fund Delaware Futures Endowment Fund Evelyn H. Doncaster Fund Eden Hill Farm Preservation Fund Margarette Hughes Eley Fund Embleton Family Church & School Fund Friends of Historic Christ Church, Dover Endowment Fund Friends of Hockessin Colored School #107, Inc. Charitable Fund Frugal Investors NSC Fund Frugal Investors SA Fund Jean & Andrew Gandek Fund Jane and Bob Gibson Charitable Giving Fund Benjamin F. & Sarah C. Ginn Fund Grant Avenue Designated Fund Hartnagel United Way of Delaware Leadership Fund Hickman Family Charitable Fund Daniel Hirsch Endowment Fund Daniel Hirsch Free Public Library Fund Lee Hirsch Carlisle Fire Company Fund Lee Hirsch Milford Memorial Hospital Fund Frank M. Hoopes Memorial Lecture Fund Ida E. Horsey Fund Howard Pyle Studio Fund in honor of Tua Hayes Mary E. Justis Fund Jusst Sooup Ranch Property Fund Charles W. King Capital Fund Eric W. Kjellmark Jr. Charitable Fund Johannes R. & Betty P. Krahmer 4% Solution Funds A & B Arie E. Lattomus Fund Leahy Family Charitable Fund Eleanora Lofland Fund Masonic Home of Delaware Endowment Fund MERIT Program Operating Fund Milford Workforce Development Commission Scholarship Fund Stephen A. Morente Memorial Fund Gary C. Myers Jr. Charitable Fund The Next Generation Endowment Fund Mary Nowinski & Distinguished Professor George L. Nowinski Fund Dr. Alexandra T. Peters Memorial Fund June J. & Russell W. Peterson Fund for Environmental Education Barbara Kimmey Pierce Memorial Fund James Quinn Tuition Aid Fund Remo P. Romagnoli Fund Sara Elizabeth Rowland Memorial Fund St. Thomas More Academy Scholarship Fund Carol K. Searles Memorial Rehoboth Beach Library Fund Margaret H. Sharpley Endowment Fund William J. & Reverend Shirley M. Smith, Sr. Scholarship Fund Specialisterne Fund J. Gerard Wayne Stegner Fund Mark Steiner Memorial Endowment Fund Roberta C. Stewart Memorial Fund Sussex County Land Trust Bayside Easement Fund Sussex County Land Trust Peninsula Easement Fund Sussex Outdoors Operating Fund The Swajeski Family Fund Frank Tait Environmental Scholarship Fund Nina Wildman Fund Wilmington/New Castle Pediatrics Association

Funds established from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012 are listed in italics.

*Multiple funds at the DCF.

Passion for Fighting Childhood Cancer: The Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation Joe McDonough, shown here with daughter Ali and “B+ Hero” Evan, started The Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation at the DCF when his son Andrew, 14, died in 2007 after a battle with leukemia. Mr. McDonough quit his job to devote himself to his passion for fighting childhood cancer.

Now a national movement, the B+ Foundation has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to support cancer research and provide financial aid to families with children battling cancer.

Learn more at www.BePositive.org.

Field-of-Interest Funds These funds support broadly defined areas of charitable interest.

African American Empowerment Fund of Delaware Larry & Linda Barnett Charitable Fund Mike Clark Legacy Foundation Fund Delaware Garden Preservation Fund Discover Southern Delaware Fund for Women & Children Fund for Children's Literacy Fund for Future Generations Fund for Women Global Delaware Fund Greater Dover Fund Helping Hand Foundation Fund Leslie M. (Skippy) Heisler Educational Resource Funds* Carl Hill Memorial Fund Daniel Hirsch Poor Fund Lee Hirsch Poor Fund Kent County Fund for the Arts in Memory of Joshua Marion Twilley Kent County Fund for the Arts Community Match Fund Lee & Florence Kvalnes Charitable Fund Bob Martz Charitable Fund William T. & Mary A. McLaughlin Long-Term Endowment Fund Eugene O'Raughley Memorial Fund Patient 9 Foundation June J. & Russell W. Peterson Fund for Social Justice Elisabeth & Richard Poole Capital Fund for Delaware History and the Fine Arts Benjamin Potter Trust Grants Fund Dave Ryerson Fund Joni Silverstein Charitable Fund Southern Health Partners, Inc. Fund The Starrlight Fund Youth Philanthropy Fund Wings Foundation Funds* Connecting people who care

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Nonprofit Endowment Funds F u n d s

More than 400 funds benefiting more than 200 nonprofit organizations and public entities have been created at the Delaware Community Foundation.

Many nonprofits started funds to help them develop greater financial stability or to provide their donors with a way to support them with planned gifts.

AIDS Delaware* Operating Reserve Fund Dr. George Benes & Michael Mallee Fund America's State Parks Foundation Fund* American Civil Liberties Foundation The Arc of Delaware Bethel AME Church Music Endowment Fund Big Brothers Big Sisters of Delaware Biggs Museum of American Art Endowment Fund Blood Bank of Delmarva Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware Brandywine Creek State Park Brandywine Valley Association Robert D. Burris Scholarship Fund for the Delmarva Christian High School Cab Calloway School of the Performing Arts Cancer Support Community Delaware* Delaware Fund Matthew E. Pangburn Endowment Canine Partners for Life CareLink Community Support Services Catholic Charities Center for Therapeutic & Educational Riding, Inc. Centerville School's Partnership for Success Charter School of Wilmington CHEER, Inc. Child HELP Foundation Funds* Randy Anderson Bautista Fund Colonial Rotary Club Fund Agnes Fund Fannin Family Greg Kramedas Memorial Fund STMP Fund USTMD60-USA Fund Walther Family Fund Melville Warren Sr. Fund Children & Families First Children's Advocacy Center of Delaware Children's Beach House Christiana Care Health Services Inc. Christopher Sturmfels and Michael Kriner Memorial Fund Claymont Community Center Clifford Brown 11 Street Project Fund Colonial Education Foundation Colonial Rotary Club of Dover Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. ContactLifeline, Inc. Connecting Generations DCRAC Del-Mar-Va BSA Scholarship Delaware Academy of Science Delaware AeroSpace Education Foundation Delaware Agricultural Museum and Village Endowment Fund Delaware Arts Stabilization Fund Christina Cultural Arts Center Delaware Art Museum Delaware Symphony Association

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Delaware Theatre Company The Grand Opera House Music School of Delaware OperaDelaware Rehoboth Art League Delaware Association for the Blind Delaware Bar Foundation Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts/ Gretchen Hupfel Endowment Fund Delaware Center for Horticulture* Nancy Corroon Travel Scholarship Greening Fund Delaware Center for Justice Delaware Center for the Inland Bays Delaware Chapter of NAHRO Delaware Coalition for Literacy Delaware Curative Workshop Delaware Financial Literacy Institute Delaware Foundation for the Visual Arts Delaware Futures Delaware Greenways Delaware Guidance Services for Children & Youth Delaware Hospice Delaware Humane Association Delaware Humanities Forum* Delaware Libraries Endowment Fund* Bridgeville Public Library Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library Delaware Academy of Medicine Public Library Delaware City Public Library Delaware Library Association Scholarship Fund Delmar Public Library Frankford Public Library Friends of the Dover Public Library Friends of the Kent County Public Library Georgetown Public Library Harrington Public Library Laurel Public Library Lewes Public Library Milford Public Library Millsboro Public Library New Castle Public Library Rehoboth Beach Public Library Seaford District Library Selbyville Public Library Smyrna Public Library Sussex County Council Greenwood Public Library Sussex County Council Milton Public Library Sussex County Council South Coastal Library Delaware Medical Education Foundation Fund Delaware Military Academy Delaware Military Heritage & Education Foundation, Inc. Delaware Museum of Natural History Delaware Music School Delaware Nature Society Delaware Performing Arts Center Inc. to benefit the Delaware Opera House Delaware Preservation Fund* Delaware Recreation & Parks Society

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Delaware Seashore Preservation Foundation Delaware SPCA Delaware State Parks Trust Fund* Auburn Heights Preserve Endowment Fund Bellevue State Park Fund Brandywine Zoo Fund Cape Henlopen State Park Fund Conservation Easement Fund Delaware Seashore State Park Fund Flint Woods Nature Preserve Fund Fort Delaware State Park Fund Fox Point State Park Fund O'Neill Environmental Education Fund Thompson Island Preserve Fund Trap Pond State Park Fund White Clay Creek State Park Fund Wilmington State Park Fund Delaware State University Foundation Delaware Theatre Company Delaware Volunteer Legal Services Delaware Wild Lands DFRC Diamond State Community Land Trust Easter Seals of Delaware & Maryland's Eastern Shore Eastern Apicultural Society* Edgemoor Community Center Elizabeth W. Murphey School/Woodall Endowment Faithful Friends, Inc. FIL Lacrosse Fund – Developing the Olympic Dream First State Community Action Agency First State Preservation Grant Fund First State Robotics Food Bank of Delaware Fresh Start Scholarship* Friends of Bear Library Friends of John Dickinson Mansion Endowment Fund Friends of Goodstay Gardens Friends of Historic Christ Church, Dover Friends of Historic Riverview Cemetery Fund Friends of the Little School Fund Friends of the Newark Free Library / Charlesa Lowell Memorial Fund Friends of Rockwood* Friends of Woodlawn Library Georgetown Public Library* Gibraltar Gardens Gilliam Family Fund for Equal Access to the Arts Gilpin Hall Girls, Inc. of Delaware* Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay Council Goodwill Industries of Delaware & Delaware Co. Grand Opera House Historic Preservation Fund Greater Dover Foundation* CenDel Capital Reserve Fund CenDel Foundation Community Alliance Fund CenDel Foundation Fund Greater Dover Fund Kent County Fund for the Arts Community

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Greater Lewes Foundation* Cape Henlopen Education Fund (CHEF) Cresson Foundation Greater Lewes Foundation Fund Learning Link of Delaware Fund Lewes Canalfront Park Maintenance Fund Lewes Canalfront Park Named Items Fund Lewes Public Library Fund Lewes-Rehoboth Rotary Club Fund Sue Watts Marshall Fund Rawl-Webster Fund Rehoboth Beach Sunrise Rotary Club Fund Maureen Schab Fund for Education Hon. George HP Smith Scholarship Fund Greenwatch Institute Fund Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County Historical Society of Delaware Homeward Bound Immanuel United Methodist Church The Independence School Ingleside Homes Inc. Inner City Cultural League Jewish Community Center Jewish Family Services of Delaware* Jewish Community Center Fund Grayson Family Fund for Older Adults Evelyn and Jacob Zatuchni Endowment Fund The Tanny Fund Jewish Family Services of Delaware Fund Junior Achievement of Delaware* Howard N. McIntosh Scholarship Jim Montebell Memorial Fund Junior Board of Christiana Care Junior League of Wilmington* Kalmar Nyckel Foundation Kent-Sussex Industries* Clifford T. Crouch Fund Endowment Fund Velma E. Steward Fund The Swierczewski Fund Lake Forest Athletic Booster Club/Community Educational Fund Latin American Community Center Laurel Alumni Association Laurel Community Foundation Layton Preparatory School Founders' Fund Katherine Le Blond Endowment Fund benefiting Fort Delaware Society Lewes Historical Society Lewes Presbyterian Church Limen House Literacy Volunteers of America Lolita Lopez-Jesse Fund for Westside Family Healthcare Lower Delaware Autism Foundation Fund Lutheran Community Services Main Street Delaware City Ecological Restoration Fund Mary Campbell Center The Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation Meals on Wheels Delaware Meeting Ground Mental Health Association in Delaware MHDC Milford Community Band Milford Senior Center Milton Cemetery Improvement Company, Inc.* Milton Historical Society Milton & Hattie Kutz Home Modern Maturity Center Mom's House Wilmington Music School of Delaware* Nanticoke Health Services* NCALL Research, Inc. Needy Family Fund

Neighborhood House Newark Senior Center* Newark Symphony Orchestra New Castle County Medical Society Fund Old Swedes Foundation of Delaware Opportunity Center, Inc. Charles Parks Foundation Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Kathy E. Klein Endowment Fund PAWS for People Endowment Fund People's Place II, Inc. Planned Parenthood of Delaware Port Penn Area Historical Society Possum Point Players Preservation Delaware, Inc. Prevent Child Abuse Delaware Public Allies Fund Quintin E. Primo Jr. Fund for Racial Justice READ-ALOUD Delaware Reading ASSIST Institute Red Clay Cab Calloway Fund Rehoboth Art League* Elizabeth Bingham Bydam Endowment Fund Chiswell-Megee, Cannon, McClellan, Corkran Fund Faucett-Okie Endowment Fund Homestead & Garden Endowment Fund Mary Hall Leach Endowment Fund Mary Trimble Lynch Craft Award Fund Marcia Marvel Endowment Fund Mary Derrickson McCurdy Memorial Fund Midge Milford Pottery Education Fund Vera Mudge Endowment Fund Howard Schroeder Sketch Group Endowment Fund Thomas McFarland Skelly Endowment Fund Townsend Tubs Endowment Fund Tunnell Endowment Fund Tom Wilson Endowment Fund Rehoboth Beach Film Society/ Glenn C. Bowman Endowment Fund Rodney Street Tennis and Tutoring Fund Ronald McDonald House of Delaware* Safe Haven Animal Sanctuary David Samson Fund for People with Down Syndrome St. Andrew's Lutheran Church* Saint Edmond's Academy Opportunity Fund St. Francis Foundation St. John's United Methodist Church St. Mark's High School St. Michael's Day School & Nursery St. Paul Church & School Salisbury University Foundation Schwartz Center for the Arts Seaford Historical Society Seaford Kiwanis Club Seamen's Center of Wilmington* Christopher J. Smail Memorial Scholarship Fund

Funds established from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012 are listed in italics.

Smyrna Opera House Southbridge Tree Maintenance Fund Southern Delaware Choral Society Fund Special Olympics Delaware* Marian C. Stark Fund for the Benefit of New Castle County Libraries The Starrlight Fund STEHM/Josephine R. Eichenberger Memorial Fund STEHM/Karla B. Jensen Fund Sussex County Habitat for Humanity Sussex County Land Trust* Bayside Easement Fund Peninsula Easement Fund Sussex Prep Fund Tatnall School Therapeutic Riding at Carousel Tri-State Bird Rescue* Trinity Foundation United Cerebral Palsy of Delaware United Way of Delaware West Center City Early Learning Center West End Neighborhood House* West Presbyterian Church Whatcoat Social Services Agency Wilmington Country Club Centennial Fund Wilmington Drama League Endowment Fund Wilmington Friends School Wilmington Montessori School Wilmington Senior Center Woodbridge School District* YMCA of Delaware* 100th Society Fund Aquatics Master Fund John Cassey Aquatics Fund Joseph W. Carmac Jr. Trust Fund Central Branch Master Fund Alex Ennis Youth Scholarship Fund Paul A. Fallon Trust Fund Charles J. Foster Jr. Fund YIG-James C. Hardcastle Fund Leigh Family Fund Don McClain Camp Improvement Fund Sally Monigle Fund Julie Nagle Fund Mildred & Arthur Nierenberg Camper Scholarship Fund Laura Ohline Scholarship Fund Eugene Perry Fund Willis & Emma Pickrum Memorial Fund James I. Reilly Fund Sharp Foundation Fund Lee Sparks Family Fund James & Susan Stewart Fund Tockwogh Master Fund Western Master Fund YWCA Delaware* Leslie Stanford Fund

Passion for the Great Outdoors: Delaware State Parks Trust Fund Delaware has 17 beautiful state parks, from White Clay Creek to Fenwick Island. Because the Delaware State Parks Trust Fund at the DCF provides the parks with financial stability, generations of Delawareans are sure to enjoy everything the parks have to offer, including fishing at Indian River Marina, strolling around the Brandywine Zoo, and – like this family – camping at Killens Pond.

*Multiple funds at the DCF.

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T

horkil Sonne envisions a day when 1 million individuals with autism and similar challenges have access to the dignity and independence that comes with meaningful employment.

Now, with his vision striding toward reality in several other countries, Mr. Sonne has established his U.S. headquarters at the Community Service Building in Delaware with the Specialisterne Fund at the Delaware Community Foundation.

Mr. Sonne, whose son Lars is autistic, founded Specialisterne in 2004. Specialisterne (“The Specialists” in Danish) is an innovative nonprofit company that provides IT consultancy services and employs primarily individuals with autism spectrum disorder.

The organization is working to bring the Specialisterne concept into numerous other countries, including England, Ireland, Poland, Germany, Austria, Spain, Turkey and Canada.

Interest in Specialisterne has grown in the United States, too. At the encouragement of Gov. Jack Markell, Mr. Sonne and his family decided this year to make Delaware their home and establish the Specialisterne Fund at the Delaware Community Foundation.

“The strong dedication from stakeholders has made it a natural choice for us to focus on Delaware as the first state for Specialisterne,” Mr. Sonne said. “I think what we can do here in Delaware is set the example for the U.S., North America and the world on how stakeholders work together.”

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The Specialisterne Foundation will provide sustainable employment and career opportunities for individuals who typically are kept out of the job market primarily because of their disability, despite a high functionality level.

People with autism often have unusual skills, such as an outstanding memory, a remarkable eye for detail, and the ability to persevere with repetitive tasks. These skills can be extremely valuable through special understanding and accommodation.

Mr. Sonne, who hopes to raise $1.3 million in Delaware, launched the new fund at the DCF with grants from the Longwood Foundation and Welfare Foundation.

“Businesses need the skill set of some of the higher-functioning autistic individuals that are all over the world, and specifically here in Delaware,” said Thère du Pont, president of the Longwood Foundation.

In addition to Delaware, the Specialisterne Foundation is currently working with stakeholders in Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Minnesota, New York and North Dakota.

For more information, visit www.specialisterne.com or contact Thorkil Sonne at thso@specialistpeople.com.

Legacy Society F u n d s

The Legacy Society is a special group

of individuals who have made plans to leave a future gift to a fund at the Delaware Community Foundation.

Legacy gifts can be made through bequests, charitable trusts, charitable gift annuities, retirement assets, life insurance and other planned gifts.

The Legacy Society provides a way for us to recognize and thank our society members during their lifetimes.

A number of deferred gift donors have indicated they prefer to remain anonymous. Either way, we celebrate these charitable legacies, which will carry on our donors' generous spirit.

Legacy Society members Addie Cole (left) and Betty Bourse (right) tour the Delaware Center for Horticulture at this year's Legacy Luncheon.

2012 Legacy Society Charles C. Allen III

Ann Hilaman

Elizabeth G. Poole

Barbara Frank Andrisani

G. Stewart Hoagland

Robert T. & Rita E. Quade

Feffie Barnhill

D. Wayne & Betsy A. Holden

Brian & Joy Read

Mona B. Bayard

Paula Hust Allen

Donald & Lois Richards

Paul & Beth Bechly

Marilyn K. Hyte

Margaret L. Richey

James W. & Rosalyn S. Bishop

Lucille D. Jones & Julie Cripps

Charles W. Robertson Jr. &

Bobby B. Brown

Jan M. King

Robert C. Burkheimer

Eric W. Kjellmark Jr.

Emilie W. Robinson

James Carlo

Joseph & Jean Kowinsky

Mitchell H. Russell

Janet L. Clark

Brian D. & Janet P. Kramer

Theresa M. Silver

Francis & Addie Cole

William T. Lafferty

Joni Silverstein

Jean L. & Robert Collat

Andrew Langsam & Cabella

Carolyn J. Smith

Donna Tait Coulson

Calloway Langsam

Patricia K. Robertson

Raymond F. & Rita O. Smith

Steven R. Director

Hugh & Kathleen Leahy

Robert P. & Tina M. Sonzogni

C. Glen & Joan Dugdale

Richard A. & Mary James Legatski

Sandra Spence

Lanny & Micki Edelsohn

William D. Luke Jr.

Margaret A. Stafford

Helen L. Eliason

Robert C. & Mildred O. McConnell

Philip C. Timon

Robert E. Ewers Jr. &

Stephen & Maria Mockbee

Reade Y. & Sarah B. Tompson

Dee & Bob Moore

Robert D. Ullrich

Jean D. Gandek

Brian R. & Linda H. O'Connor

Jane & Andrew Vincent

Ajit George

Joan D. O'Connor

Matthew G. Waschull

Donald L. & Abigail D. Greene

Austin "Pete" Okie

J. Vincent Watchorn III

Susan & Stephen Herrmann

James F. Orth Jr. & Kateryna M. Orth

John D. & Beverly J. Wik

Robert Hickman

Alan B. Palmer

Penny Pleasance

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G i f t s

Annual Gifts

Gifts to the Delaware Community Foundation from individuals, businesses and organizations support our efforts to make Delaware a better place to live and work. In 2012, our Friends donated $195,544, and our Corporate Partners contributed a total of $48,350 to help support the DCF's operations and efforts in carrying out our mission. Sponsors provided an additional $11,050 to help defray the cost of our events and publications.

Friends Community Builder ($10,000 & above) Constance S. Wahlig Katherine K. Wilkinson* Thomas R. Pulsifer* Ronald & Janet M. Yabroff Mildred H. Thompson*+ Vivian B. Young Community Partner ($5,000 - $9,999) Anonymous Ms. Adrienne Arsht John R. & Patricia A. Cochran* Mr. & Mrs. William F. D'Alonzo* Joe & Debbie Schell Ambassador ($2,500 - $4,999) James C. Borel Evelyn Hassinger Brantley* Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Sager Valerie Sill & Dennis O'Brien* Benefactor ($1,000 - $2,499) William & Kim Allen* Bob & Joan Appleby* Gregg & Stacey Bacchieri Mr. & Mrs. O. Francis Biondi Bob & Jennifer Brady Mr. & Mrs. David G. Burton* Edward T. Christian & Gertrude Findley-Christian Phoebe Craven Doneene Keemer Damon Neil & Jeannie Fleming Mr. Alexander F. Giacco Sr. Tim Gibbs & Troy Havens Dr. Linda Johnson Gilliam Ms. Cynthia A. Hewitt Wayne & Betsy Holden* Richard & Catherine Julian* Bryan & Kay Keenan John & Terri Kelly William & Melissa Lafferty Stephen & Joyce Lamb Hugh & Kathleen Leahy Robert & Marcy MacGovern David & Sally McBride Kathleen McDonough* Omar Y. McNeill Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Nenno* Gary & Lear Pfeiffer Vernon R. & Margaret S. Proctor Grafton & Deenie Reeves* Mr. & Mrs. Salvatore J. Rossi Jr. Harlan Scott Mr. & Mrs. Fred C. Sears II* C. J. & Gail Seitz Thomas J. Shopa* Christopher & Laura Simon Marjorie & Edward Steiner* Jim & Jocelyn Stewart* Richard & Sharon Struthers Sherman & Elaine Townsend* Mr. Robert D. Ullrich Mr. & Mrs. William J. Wade*

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Patron ($500 - $999) Jill & Rich Abbott Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Arvedlund Bernard & Helen Balick* Mr. & Mrs. R. Clifford Berg* Mrs. Georgina M. Bissell Ellison M. Carey Senator & Mrs. Tom Carper* Dr. Uma Chowdhry Richard T. Christopher Mary Jane & Richard S. Cordrey* Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Crowe* Barry A. & Joan D. Crozier Vincent J. & Melanie S. Daniels Charlene D. Davis Lanny & Micki Edelsohn* Robert E. Ewers Jr. & Penny Pleasance Bill & Connie Fisher Mark Fitzpatrick Dr. Mark A. Fortunato Jeannie & Steve Fowle Sally Gakenheimer* Jeff & Linn Goddess Mr. & Mrs. William A. Goeller Sally Gore Marilyn & Nathan Hayward Mary & Bob Hickok* Robert R. & Judith H. Hoopes* Peter A. Horty Holly Kershner* Steven & Deborah League Mr. & Mrs. William H.J. Manthorpe Jr.* Mr. & Mrs. A.R. Morris Mark E. & Kathleen Murphy Kenneth & Kathryn Nachbar Drs. Janice Nevin & Charles Pohl Leslie & Jim Newman* Austin "Pete" Okie* Mark D. Olson & Jennifer P. Warren* Francis P. Parker Mr. & Mrs. Ralph E. Pearce Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Verino Pettinaro* Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Pierce Kate & Bob Pincus Mr. & Mrs. Steve Rapposelli Dennis J. Rochford Beth & Dennis Salter John & Marcia Scheflen Schutt Foundation John & Lorraine Seiberlich Pete & Carroll Shannon Susan & Wil Sherk* David & Elaine Singleton Mrs. W. Laird Stabler Jr. Mark & Susan Stalnecker

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Tom & Rene Stevenson Cindy L. Szabo & Brian M. Ellis Judy & Edward Tarlov Maria & John Taylor Jr. Mark A. Turner United Way of the National Capital Area Norm & Suzy Veasey Anne Verplanck* Eva Verplanck* Jane & Andy Vincent Mr. John W. Ward Carolyn & Clint Walker Mel & Peni Warren Mr. Matthew G. Waschull* Mr. & Mrs. John S. Wellons* Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Whetzel Mary Jane & Bill Willis* Valerie Woodruff* Supporter ($250 - $499) Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Ralph J. Adkins* Barbara Frank Andrisani Bill & Patti Andrew Dr. & Mrs. Robert Andrzejewski Mr. & Mrs. Julian H. Baumann Jr.* Bruce & Judy Beardwood* The Honorable Rosemary Betts Beauregard Jason & Caryn Berstein Joan R. Bolling* Ms. Elizabeth M. Bouchelle* Jeff & Ann Bross Don Brown & Lynne Howard Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Buccini Mrs. Susan R. Burris Dr. Janice Tildon-Burton & Mr. Randall G. Burton Doug & Lynda Campbell Lisa & George Cattermole The Honorable & Mrs. Richard C. Cecil* Frank & Linda Chick Joan & Art Connolly* Mr. & Mrs. James C. Conrad* Senator & Mrs. Christopher A. Coons The Honorable+ & Mrs. Philip J. Corrozi Alan & Eleanor Craig Jim & Mary Culley Xavier & Maria DeCaire Ernie & Jennifer Dianastasis Stan & Martha Diver Anne S. & Vincent Dougherty The Honorable & Mrs. Pierre S. du Pont IV Stephen P. Ellis Lennart Fagraeus, MD Nick & Rory Fanandakis Paul & Gloria Fine* David & Kathleen Fleming Thomas & Marie Forrest

Anthony M. Frabizzio* Thomas & Catherine Franceschini Donald T. Fulton Vance A. Funk III Jack & Kathryn Garniewski* Tom & Vicki Gehrt Bob & Jane Gibson Martha S. Gilman & S. Gregory Smith Susan & Peter Gilman* Dr. & Mrs. Edward M. Goldenberg Donald L. Gouge Jr. The Honorable & Mrs. Norman D. Griffiths Diane & Ed Gulyas John & Niki Hawkins John & Diane Himes* Mr. & Mrs. William H. Iredale Marion Klein Faith B. & Eric Kuehn Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Laskowski Douglas W. Lundblad* Mr. & Mrs. David F. Lyons Sr. Ms. Danielle Manley Robert I. Marshall Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. McDowell* Mr. & Mrs. Rex L. Mears Edythe Mendolia* Marcia Halperin & Norman Monhait* Mel & Ann Monzack Peter & Linda Morrow Stephen J. Mottola Mr. & Mrs. Francis J. Murphy Jr. Anne L. Naczi Michael & Janis Nesterak Alan Palmer Dr. & Mrs. Peter Panzer Chris & Mary Patterson* Harold W. T. Purnell II Barbara C. Riegel* Dan & Nancy Rich Sharon & Jordon Rosen* Louis B. Rosenberg* Charles & Susan Salkin* Richard & Patricia Schramm Denise & Charlie Schwartz Steve & Judy Schwartz* Gail Sezna Mrs. Nelson T. Shields* David Solacoff & M. Lynne du Pont Mr. & Mrs. Gilchrist Sparks III Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Stein* Ms. Helen McArdle Stewart Dale Stratton* Peggy & Leo Strine* Chris & Bill Sudell Vernon & Michelle Taylor Philip C. Timon Donald & Janet Vassallo* Mr. & Mrs. David D. Wakefield* Gary G. Washington Amelia & Hirsch Wierzbicki Contributor ($100 - $249) Anonymous (2) Frank Albero William & Jeanne Allan Christopher & Regina Alonzo Sheila & Bill Baldt* Mr. & Mrs. B. Eugene Battaglia Beverley V. Baxter Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Bayard AndrĂŠ & Sally Beaumont Paul & Beth Bechly*

G i f t s

Mr. & Mrs. Murray Berstein Nancy & Jay Blumberg* Susan & Pete Booker Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Brooks David & Gwen Brown Rev. James R. Brown & Mrs. Marlene Elliott Brown Mrs. Susan R. Burris Ms. Elizabeth A. Cahill Christine & Eric Cannon June & Roger Cason Mike & Jane Castle* John & Randi Centrella Joseph & Suzanne Claricurzio Janet L. Clark Mr. Michael Clarke Joanne & Joe Conaway The Honorable & Mrs. Richard R. Cooch Richard J. & Valery Cordrey Pamela & Doug Cornforth Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Cuoco Robert Demajistre Rob & Debbie Director* Steven R. Director* Mario & Carol DiSabatino Richard & Christine DiSabatino Mr. David C. Doane John E. & Sandra V. Dull Raymond & Veronica Eid Mr. Robert E. Faatz Mr. & Mrs. Gary Ferguson Dr. & Mrs. Ernest Fidance Michael & Stephanie Fitzgerald* Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Fleming Israel Floyd* Richard & Kate Forsten Kim F. Fortunato Anne Churchill Foster Mr. & Mrs. Zissimos A. Frangopoulos Edward & Maureen Freel Peter C. Fulweiler Dr. Norma Gaines-Hanks Lois & Brian Galinat Gail Garbutt Carl & Fay Gates Mrs. Mary Jo Gatti Richard A. Gentsch Robert G. Gibbs Mr. Richard A. Givens II Edward O. Gordon Gary & Lisa Grant Rachel Grier-Reynolds Mr. & Mrs. Fernando N. Guajardo Mr. & Mrs. J. Patrick Gugerty Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Hackett Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Geoff Halfpenny Scott Hall & Kathryn Walker Rich & Dottie Harper* Robert & Linda Harra Jennings Hastings William P. Haughey Jr. Martha Hays & Richard Horwitz Mr. & Mrs. Jay Headley Jeffrey & Marcia Hilovsky Mrs. Denise T. Hindes Beth Hochholzer Dr. Ilona E. Holland & Justice Randy Holland Mary & Mark Hopkins* Marilyn K. Hyte* The Honorable Jack B. Jacobs* Dorothy R. Jacobson* Michael B. Johnson Lynn & Leslie Jones *10 or more years as Friends

Dayle & Michael Joseph The Honorable & Mrs. Michael S. Katz MD Debbie & G. Ward Keever IV Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Keller Peter S. Kennedy Mr. & Mrs. James T. Kiernan Verna Elane Knowles* Lynn M.A. Kokjohn Carol G. Kroch Carl & Carol Kunz Bangalore T. Lakshman Mr. Robert B. Lank Jr. Mary & Tom Laskaris Maureen Lauterbach+ The Honorable William Swain Lee Rodger & Julie Levenson Allison & Jason Levine Gary C. Linarducci Jonathan Lokken Robert & Carole Long Lolita A. Lopez & Donald G. Jesse Jr.* Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Lord Matt & Nancy Lynch John & Maraleta Malloy Mr. & Mrs. Louis N. Manerchia Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Martin III* Nancy & David Marvin Mr. & Mrs. Joseph F. Massa Mr. & Mrs. William H. Master Bob & Peg Matarese Mr. & Mrs. Brooks McCall Frank & Carolyn McIntosh Jeanne & Don Mell Ben W. Melvin Jr. Grace & Blair Messner Andrew & Barbara Miller Hugh & Angela Miller* Mr. & Mrs. William J. Miller Jr. Darrell & Evon Minott Charles & Dorothy Moses Ms. Abigail A. Mrozinski Rita L. Mulrooney Edward & Victoria Novak Ms. Joan D. O'Connor David Paul & Kathy Klein Alan & Claudia Peters* Mr. & Mrs. James D. Petruccelli Jr. Richard J. A. Popper Kay Preston Caroline DuPont Prickett Mr. & Mrs. Richard K. Quisenberry* Michael & Linda Ratchford Homer & Nancy Reihm* Betty & J. Kent Riegel Jacqueline & James K. Rifenbergh John & Sharon Riley David B. Ripsom Bob & Margaret Rosenberg Jay & Maxine Rosenthal Carol S. Rothschild Barbara & David Rutt* Michele & Howard Sands* Mr. & Mrs. H. Murray Sawyer Jr. Dawn & Bill Schieffer Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Schutt Jr.* JoAnne T. Scott* Ellen & Jim Semple Mr. & Mrs. L. D. Shank III Michael Sicuranza Joni Silverstein Mr. & Mrs. James T. Skelly III Sonia S. & Gilbert J. Sloan* Carolyn J. Smith

+Deceased

George B. Smith* Jack & Rita Speakman Reverend Richard & Mary Anne Stazesky* Charles & Theresa Sterner Gerald & Diane Street Danielle & Kevin Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. R. Bruce Swayze Betty & Tom Talley John E. T. Taylor Barbara & Len Togman* Reade Y. & Sarah B. Tompson Ron & Sue Truitt Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Uffner Joyce & Bob Voshell Michael & Judith Walls* Judy & Van Warrington Phil Wescott Ms. Lisa C. Wharton Mr. & Mrs. Edward White* John D. & Beverly J. Wik Ms. Jane P. Wilkie Lee Ann Wilkinson Drs. Keith & Joan Wing Bill & Joan Winters Mr. & Mrs. Alex Wise Lisa A. Wolfe & Eric Braunstein S. B. & Katy Woo Mr. & Mrs. William T. Wood Jr.* Cynthia P. Woolley* The Honorable & Mrs. Justen A. Wright Toni & Stuart B. Young* Dr. & Mrs. Vidadi M. Yusibov

Matching Companies ACE INA Charitable Foundation AIG Matching Grants Program Arthur J. Gallagher Foundation Asplundh Foundation AXA Foundation AZPAC-Match Program Bank of America Foundation Barclays Global Investor BNY Mellon Bristol-Meyers Squibb Foundation CA, Inc. Matching Gifts Program Citizens Bank (DE) N.A. Corn Products International Corporation Service Company Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Discover Bank eBay Matching Gifts Program Gannett Foundation, Inc. GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Glenmede Trust Company, N.A. ING Direct Investment Management & Planning, LLC JP Morgan Chase Foundation Matching Gift Program Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation, Inc. Microsoft Giving Campaign Milestone Wealth Advisors Morgan Stanley Nuclear Electric Insurance, Ltd. PepsiCo Foundation Matching Gifts Program Pew Charitable Trust Wachovia Foundation Matching Gifts Program Wilmington Trust Company

Please note this is only a partial list.

Corporate Partners Community Partner ($5,000 - $9,999) Discover Bank* DuPont Company* JP Morgan Chase Ambassador ($2,500 - $4,999) AIG Federal Savings Bank* PNC Bank* WSFS Bank* Benefactor ($1,000 - $2,499) AAA Mid-Atlantic AB&C Artisans' Bank* Barclays Bank Capital One Services, LLC Citizens Bank (DE) N.A.* County Bank Cover & Rossiter, PA Ellis & Szabo, LLP First Shore Federal Savings & Loan Association Glenmede Trust Company, N.A. Lateef Investment Management Leon N. Weiner & Associates, Inc. Patterson Schwartz Real Estate Platinum Dining Group, LLC Principal Trust Company Wells Fargo Regional Foundation* Westfield Capital Management Co., LLC Patron ($500 - $999) Aquila of Delaware, Inc. BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware Commonweath Trust Company DiSabatino Construction Company Emory Hill Real Estate Services, Inc. Mid-Coast Community Bank Nixon Uniform Service & Medical Wear* Nuclear Electric Insurance, Ltd. Pratt Insurance, Inc. Tiedemann Trust Wohlsen Construction Supporter ($250 - $499) Bayshore Ford - Sterling Community Bank Delaware Delmarva Broadcasting Dukart Management Corp.

(McDonald's) Harvey Hanna & Associates, Inc. Matt Slap Subaru Meetings by Design Michael Vassallo Electrical Contractor* Mitchell Associates, Inc. Saul Ewing, LLP Wheeler, Wolfenden & Dwares, CPA's Contributor ($100 - $249) Bloom Metz Consulting BMI Builders & Managers Laird Stabler III & Associates, LLC Shah & Associates, PA

Program Sponsors Ellis & Szabo, LLP Jefferson, Urian, Doane & Sterner, P.A. Harold W. T. Purnell II Thomas D. Wren Connecting people who care

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Investment Results

Volatility reigned in world markets during the DCF's Fiscal Year 2012 (July 1, 2011-June 30, 2012), driven by civil unrest, the sovereign debt and banking crises in Europe, the persistent economic slowdown in China and globally, depressed consumer confidence, and signs of contracting manufacturing activity in the United States. These factors, in concert with fiscal and monetary intervention, shaped financial market returns.

The European sovereign debt crisis intensified in late 2011, as Europe's leaders proved unable to develop a concrete plan to resolve problems threatening the existence of the European Union. In response to the weakening global economy and forced austerity measures, central banks around the world acted to maintain market liquidity and enact pro-growth policies.

Due to the U.S. sovereign credit rating downgrade in August, investors fled to safe havens, such as longer-dated U.S. Treasury bonds, which began to outperform risky asset classes. Investors remained focused on short-term dislocations, and there was greater demand for yield and a continued aversion to illiquidity.

Following a strong start to Calendar Year 2012, concerns over slowing growth in the developing world resurfaced, which led to declines in emerging markets equities and currencies, as well as natural resources stocks and commodities.

By spring, Europe was making progress, and a Greek default seemed to have been averted. Risk assets outperformed U.S. Treasuries and other large developed country bond markets.

Many emerging markets currencies also rallied sharply relative to the USD. But as summer approached, the uncertainty emanating from Europe once again contributed to a sharp sell-off in risk assets around the globe; the S&P 500 Index posted losses in the second quarter; and non-U.S. equities, emerging markets equities, commodities, and natural resources stocks all posted notable declines, while long Treasuries posted strong gains and continued to serve as the asset of choice during periods of market stress, despite yields at or near historical lows along much of the curve.

Fiscal Year 2012 was difficult overall, and the DCF closed the year with a negative 3 percent return, compared to a negative 3.1 percent for the benchmark by which DCF portfolio performance is measured. However, the last half of FY2012 was very strong, up nearly 8 percent. Since inception, DCF fundholders have enjoyed gains of 7.0 percent. The DCF Investment Committee continues to take steps to balance the risk and return profile of the portfolio and is monitoring manager performance and asset allocation.

Global Equities 41.2%

Flexible Capital 19.4%

Fixed Income 19.5%

Inflation Hedging 19.8%

4. Lateef Management $6,337,528 (4.1%) Domestic Equities. All cap growth manager.

Benchmark: Russell 3000 Index

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Endowment Asset Allocation as of June 30, 2012 $155,459,553*

5. Eaton Vance $7,827,030 (5.0%) International Equities, Emerging Markets manager.

Benchmark: MSCI EM

1. Vanguard (VINIX) $13,275,868 (8.5%) Domestic Equities. Large cap blend manager.

Benchmark: S&P 500 Index

6. Lazard Emerging Markets Portfolio $7,681,414 (4.9%) International emerging markets equities.

Benchmark: MSCI Emerging Markets Net Index

2. Westfield Capital Management $5,911,952 (3.8%) Domestic Equities. Small cap growth manager.

Benchmark: Russell 2000 Growth Index

7. Sanderson International Value $11,903,288 (7.7%) Foreign Developed Blend manager.

Benchmark: MSCI EAFE (Net)

3. Marathon International Equities $11,317,339 (7.3%) International Emerging Blend Equities manager.

Benchmark: MSCI EAFE Index

8. Loomis & Sayles $7,719,822 (5.0%) Fixed Income. Core Plus.

Benchmark: Barclays Capital Aggregate Fit Adjusted. Composite Index.

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Financials

Delaware Community Foundation, Inc., and Supporting Organization Combined Statements of Financial Position June 30, 2012 and 2011 2012

2011

Cash and Cash Equivalents

$24,536,984

$24,895,443

Investments

193,905,852

201,687,636

1,931,077

1,932,786

Unconditional Promises to Give

252,026

296,004

Other Receivables

577,353

13,814

Fixed Assets - Net

248,444

277,697

$221,451,737

$229,103,380

$0

$21,897

291,503

335,135

ASSETS

Notes Receivable

Total Assets LIABILITIES Grants Payable Investment Fees and Other Accrued Expenses Charitable Gift Annuities

181,563

601,199

41,470,460

45,337,695

$41,943,526

$46,295,926

Net Assets

$179,508,211

$182,807,454

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

$221,451,737

$229,103,380

Nonprofit Endowments Total Liabilities

Fiscal Year 2012 numbers are pending audit.

9. Vanguard Total Bond Market Index $9,250,967 (6.0%) Fixed Income.

Benchmark: Barclays Capital Government/Credit Index

14. UBP Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund $1,118,831 (0.7%) Alternative Asset Class. Hedge Funds.

Benchmark: HFRI Fund-of-Fund Index

10. Vanguard Inter-term Treasury $5,489,675 (3.5%) Fixed Income.

Benchmark: Barclays Capital US Treasury: 5-10 Yr.

15. Titan Masters International Fund $9,550,730 (6.1%) Absolute Return Fund.

Benchmark: HFRI Fund-of-Funds Diversified Index

11. Colchester Global Fixed Income $7,778,462 (5.0%) Global Fixed Income.

Benchmark: Citigroup World Government Bond

16. AEW Global Properties Securities $8,952,252 (5.8%) Global Real Assets.

Benchmark: UBS Real Estate Investors

12. Forester Diversified $9,910,785 (6.4%) Hedge Fund.

Benchmark: HFRI Fund-of-Funds Diversified Index

17. PIMCO Commodity Real Return Strategy $7,347,048 (4.7%) Commodity Manager.

Benchmark: Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index

13. Weatherlow Offshore Fund I $9,615,975 (6.2%) Absolute Return Fund.

Benchmark: HFRI Fund-of-Funds Diversified Index

18. Wellington Strategic Real Asset $14,451,680 (9.3%) Strategic Real Assets.

Benchmark: Wellington Strategic Real Asset Index

* Does not include The Rodel Charitable Foundation of Delaware

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Board of Directors Officers & Executive Committee

Thomas J. Shopa, CPA, CFP, Chairman

Omar Y. McNeill, Esq., Assistant Treasurer

Thomas L. Sager, JD, Member at Large

Partner, BDO USA, LLP

Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLP

Senior Vice President and General Counsel, DuPont Legal Department

Marilyn Rushworth Hayward, Vice Chairman

Harold W.T. Purnell II, SCAC Chairman

Principal, Hayward & Associates

Partner, Archer & Greiner, P.C.

Joseph M. Schell, MBA, Member at Large

Steve Fowle, Treasurer

Hon. Vivian Rapposelli, JD, Secretary

Retired, Investment Banker with firms in New York City & San Francisco

Executive Vice President & CFO, WSFS Bank

Cabinet Secretary of the Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families

Thomas D. Wren, Immediate Past Chairman

Jennings P. Hastings, CPA/ABV, KCAC Chairman

Senior Advisor, Promontory Financial Group, LLC

Director of Operations, Faw, Casson & Co., LLP

Directors Martha S. Carper

Janice E. Nevin, MD, MPH

John H. Taylor Jr.

Assistant Professor, University of Delaware

Senior Vice President & Executive Director, Christiana Care

Senior Vice President, Delaware State Chamber of Commerce

Director, Richards, Layton & Finger

Chip Rossi

Michelle A. Taylor President & CEO, United Way of Delaware (ex officio)

Laura Day

Credit & Underwriting Executive & Delaware Market President, Bank of America

Chair, Fund For Women, Owner, Laura Day & Associates

Laurisa S. Schutt

Doneene Keemer Damon

John S. Wellons, CPA Director of Finance, Buccini/Pollin Group

Executive Director, Teach for America – Delaware

Anne S. Dougherty Vice President, J.P. Morgan Trust Company of Delaware

Harry L. Williams, EdD Valerie J. Sill, CFA

President, Delaware State University

President & CEO, DuPont Capital Management

Patrice Gilliam-Johnson, PhD Program Coordinator, Organizational Dynamics Fusion Program, Wilmington University

David Singleton Vice President for Facilities and Auxiliary Services, University of Delaware

Martha S. Gilman Vice President, Gilman Development Company

Gary Stockbridge President, Delmarva Power Region

John C. Hawkins President/CEO, Aloysius, Butler & Clark

Cindy L. Szabo, Esq.

Mary B. Hickok, Esq.

Partner, Ellis & Szabo, LLP (Gubernatorial Appointee)

Managing Director & Trust Counsel, Wilmington Trust Company

Lynn M. A. Kokjohn Co-owner, Fauxbulous FX, Inc.

Hon. Stephen P. Lamb Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison

Above: Assistant Treasurer Omar McNeill & Vice Chairman Marilyn Hayward at the DCF's 25th Anniversary Celebration Opposite Page: Grants committee member Chai Gadde

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Committees of the Board of Directors

Several committees, composed of members of the Board of Directors and other volunteers from the community, support the work of the Foundation. Each committee works closely with the DCF staff to achieve its mission.

Audit Committee Jennings P. Hastings, Chairman Peter S. Kennedy

Joseph M. Schell Philip C. Timon Thomas D. Wren

Development Committee John C. Hawkins, Chairman Martha S. Carper Timothy E. Gibbs Patrice Gilliam-Johnson, PhD Martha S. Gilman Anne L. Naczi Peter Parker Deenie Reeves Laura Lubin Rossi Tom Sager Susan D. Sherk Michael J. Sicuranza

Kent County Advisory Committee Jennings P. Hastings, Chairman Kevin M. Baird, Esq. Ellison M. Carey, CFM, CRPC Shelly S. Cecchett Kathryn J. Garrison, Esq. Dean E. Holden Beth B. Miller, Esq. John W. Paradee William G. Ryon III S. Renee Smith Charles Sterner Jr. Brian J. Stetina Peni G. Warren Harry L. Williams

Finance Committee Steve A. Fowle, Chairman Marilyn Rushworth Hayward Robert W. Pierce David Singleton John S. Wellons Katherine K. Wilkinson Grants Committee Stephen P. Lamb, Chairman Carolyn Bray Christine A. Cannon Linda L. Chick Wendy R. Danner Edward H. Deptula Chaitanya R. Gadde Linda J. Gilliam Sally V. Hawkins Mary B. Hickok Rodney A. Lambert Jr. Omar Y. McNeill Vivian Rapposelli Jane Richter Chip Rossi Laurisa S. Schutt Denise Schwartz William M. Shea Gary Stockbridge Matthew H. Terrell William F. Weber Janet M. Yabroff Investment Committee Valerie J. Sill, Chairman Richard L. Arvedlund Frank Carpenter Charles C. Cruice Frederick J. Dawson Paul H. Harrell Jr. Cynthia A. Hewitt Robert N. MacGovern Geoffrey M. Rogers

Marketing and Communications Committee John H. Taylor Jr., Chairman Peter C. Fulweiler Martha S. Gilman John C. Hawkins Dorothy R. Jacobson Kay Keenan Steven H. League Mark R. Mendelson Frank J. "Skip" Pennella Gilbert H. Smith Jr. Nominating Committee Thomas D. Wren, Chairman Donald R. Kirtley Kathleen McDonough Donald W. Nicholson Jr. Thomas R. Pulsifer Thomas J. Shopa Personnel Committee Kathleen McDonough, Chairman Doneene Keemer Damon Professional Advisory Committee Anne S. Dougherty, Chairman Paul L. Bechly R. Clifford Berg Jr. Nancy F. Blumberg Mary M. Culley John A. D'Agostino Christopher F. Daniels Anne Eidschun Todd A. Flubacher Michael A. Friedberg John P. "Jack" Garniewski Jr. Mary B. Hickok Bryan E. Keenan G. Ward Keever IV

Carol G. Kroch William H. Lunger Jeffrey W. Mitchell Jr. Richard J. A. Popper Jordon N. Rosen W. Donald Sparks II Donald P. Truesdell Beverly J. Wik Sussex County Advisory Committee Harold W.T. Purnell II, Esq., Chairman Marlene Elliott Brown Charles L. Burton Valery L. Cordrey David C. Doane, CPA Greg Fuller Sr. Fernando N. Guajardo John Hollis Lynn M.A. Kokjohn C.W. Mitchell Cindy L. Szabo, Esq. Youth Philanthropy Board Advisory Committee Linda L. Chick, Chairman Phyllis M. Wynn, Founder (deceased) New Castle County Madeleine M. Bayard Natasha Carlucci Brittany Mason Leslie Newman Kay Preston David T. Woods Kent County Linda L. Chick Michelle R. Brown Doug Crouse Sussex County Linda L. Chick Lynn M. A. Kokjohn Richard B. Wheeler

Board and committee listings as of December 1, 2012 Connecting people who care

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What $5, a Fund Builder, and a Fighting Spirit Can Do

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University of Delaware student builds $40,000 fund to honor his dad and raise money for cancer research

ole Winarick was an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Delaware when he learned that his dad, Ron, had melanoma, a life-threatening form a skin cancer.

Determined to do something, Cole decided to raise $250,000 for cancer research.

Through golf tournaments, T-shirt sales and other activities, Cole and his family and friends – particularly his Sigma Chi fraternity brothers — have built the principal to $40,000. This year, Cole was able to convert the Patient 9 Foundation from a fund builder to an endowed fund.

Unfortunately, Ron Winarick didn’t get to see the transformation of the Patient 9 Foundation. A health setback disqualified him from the clinical trial, and he died on June 25, 2011.

He started with his own $5.

Cole quickly raised $2,000 from friends and family and opened a fund builder at the Delaware Community Foundation. He called it the Patient 9 Foundation, because his dad was the ninth patient in a clinical trial at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.

Although Cole could begin making small grants from the Patient 9 Foundation, he plans to continue fundraising and let the principal grow.

“The day I signed the papers to open the fund builder, my father was in tears. I’d never seen my dad upset or cry,” Cole said. “It was tough to see, but it let me know how meaningful the foundation was.”

“I’m going to wait until we reach $250,000 and donate it as a lump sum to Dana Farber. Because it’s a larger amount, it’ll go straight to the medicine,” he said. “Next time someone needs to participate in that clinical trial, the medicine will be there.”

Fund Builder Accounts

An individual, family or organization can open a Fund Builder account with only $2,000 and then take up to five years to build the principal to the $10,000 required to create a permanent charitable fund. Once the balance reaches $10,000, fundholders can begin allocating grants to the charitable causes they care about most.

Amina's Hope Scholarship

Health Fund of the Delaware Academy of Medicine

Sean and Shannon Mercer

Donald Banschbach Music Education

Derrick Sean "Rick" Hoey's Survivors

Old Christ Church League

Biden Breast Health Initiative

College Scholarship Fund

John Pingree Environmental Scholarship

Seth & Kathy Bloom

HMH Fund Builder Fund

Sonzogni Family Fund

Coverdale Family

Kay's Kamp

Sussex Child Health Fund

Delaware Housing Coalition Fund Builder

Keever Family Fund

Veteran Foundation

Delaware Oral Health Coalition, Inc.

League of Women Voters Endowment

Way Home, Inc.

Georgetown-Millsboro Rotary Club, Inc.

Furey McDonough Fund

Wright Fund Builder

This list includes Fund Builder accounts established through September 30, 2012. Funds established between July 1, 2011 and September 30, 2012 are listed in italics.

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President and CEO Fred Sears thanks the committed team of employees at the Delaware Community Foundation for their hard work and dedication. Every nonprofit depends on employees who care about the organization, and the DCF staff is truly a group of people who care.

Contact Information

Delaware Community Foundation / Wilmington Office Community Service Building 100 West 10th St., Suite 115 Wilmington, DE 19801

302.571.8004 302.571.1553 fax

Mailing address: P.O. Box 1636 | Wilmington, DE 19899-1636

Delaware Community Foundation / Southern Delaware Office 36 The Circle Georgetown, DE 19947-4393 Website: www.delcf.org

302.856.4393 302.856.4367 fax

Facebook: www.facebook.com/DelawareCommunityFoundation

Staff

Fred C. Sears II, MBA President and CEO 302.504.5228 fsears@delcf.org

Richard A. Gentsch, MA Executive Vice President 302.504.5222 rgentsch@delcf.org

Elizabeth M. Bouchelle Director of Grants 302.504.5239 bbouchelle@delcf.org

David Fleming Senior Vice President for Development 302.504.5224 dfleming@delcf.org

Twitter: @DelCommunity

Acknowledgments We thank the “people who care” who shared their

personal stories with us and the talented photographers who helped us capture their images working with the causes they care about.

Becky Cahill Director of Finance 302.504.5227 bcahill@delcf.org Gail L. Carlucci Director of Gifts 302.504.5229 gcarlucci@delcf.org Cathy Emerson Executive Assistant/Office Manager 302.504.5221 cemerson@delcf.org Ann M. Frazier Development/Administrative Assistant 302.856.4393 afrazier@delcf.org

© 2012 Delaware Community Foundation

Cover photo courtesy of Schell Brothers. Additional photography throughout the report courtesy of Delaware Mentoring Council, Delaware State Parks,

Hugh D. Leahy Jr., MBA Senior Vice President for Southern Delaware 302.856.4393 hleahy@delcf.org

Delaware Technical & Community College, Global

Allison Taylor Levine, APR Director of Marketing and Communications 302.504.5226 alevine@delcf.org

Brothers; Specialisterne Foundation, and The News

Amelia F. Welch-Wierzbicki, MSSW Director of Development 302.504.5230 awierzbicki@delcf.org

Delaware Fund, Girls on the Run, the Independence School, Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County, Little Sisters of the Poor, Rodel Foundation, Schell

Journal; and by Ellis Photography; Jim Graham Photography, LLC; MonsterPhoto; NKO Studios; Panaro & Prettyman, Inc; and Krista Valla Photography.

Design by Cre8tive Impulse, Inc. Production and printing by Pemcor LLC.

If you're interested in opening a fund at the Delaware Community Foundation, please contact David Fleming at 302.504.5224 or dfleming@delcf.org.

Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage Community Service Building

www.delcf.org

100 W. 10th Street, Suite 115 P.O. Box 1636 Wilmington, DE 19899

The Delaware Community Foundation manages charitable funds for individuals, families, businesses and organizations, and distributes income from the funds as grants to humanitarian, educational, health and cultural entities throughout the First State. With more than 1,200 funds, $220 million in assets and annual grants of about $13 million, the Foundation provides a lasting source of charitable funding to benefit Delawareans today and for generations to come.

For 25 years, the Foundation has been connecting people who care with the causes they care about, helping to make Delaware a better place to live and work.

Confirmed in Compliance with National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations

PA I D Permit No. 912 Wilmington, DE