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About
About
The Fund for Delaware Collaboration (the “Fund”) encourages and supports formal sustained collaborations between and among nonprofit organizations in the State of Delaware. These collaborations can range from voluntary back-office consolidations to programmatic joint ventures, to mergers and acquisitions. The Fund seeks to have a catalytic impact on the capacity, effectiveness, and financial health of the Delaware nonprofit sector.
The Fund makes grants to nonprofits to identify and engage experienced technical assistance (TA) providers who can support the exploration or implementation of a sustained collaboration. The Fund will support repositioning projects involving nonprofits serving Delaware and Delawareans.
The Fund makes three types of awards:
Seed
Seed
(Up to $5,000)
To assess readiness or begin the process of alignment
Exploratory
Exploratory
(Up to $30,000)
To conduct due diligence and assess feasibility of
a potential collaboration
Implementation
Implementation
(Up to $30,000)
To support one-time costs for the implementation of a collaboration
FAQ
FAQ
What kinds of projects are eligible for a grant?
What kinds of projects are eligible for a grant?
Grant support can only be used to cover the necessary one-time, out-of-pocket costs incurred in exploring or implementing a sustained collaboration. Although these costs may be modest compared with the potential benefits of the collaboration, they often become stumbling blocks, in part because most funding is tied to programs and is therefore unavailable for process/organizational costs. The Fund will provide grants to support nonprofits to identify and engage experienced outside technical assistance (TA) providers. While the Fund will not select a given TA provider, it does retain the right to turn down a proposal if the consultant is not deemed to be appropriate for the given request.
Will organizations be expected to move through both stages of funding support?
Will organizations be expected to move through both stages of funding support?
No. While each type of funding request will be considered independently (as opposed to being part of a formal continuum from Exploratory to Implementation), it is anticipated that some organizations may receive an Implementation grant following an Exploratory grant. It is also anticipated that after conducting thorough exploratory work, some collaborative projects will not proceed to implementation based upon the due diligence findings of the exploration.
Will applying for a grant raise a red flag to participating funders?
Will applying for a grant raise a red flag to participating funders?
No. The participating funders believe that nonprofit boards, leaders and funders should routinize sustained collaboration as an important strategic option for nonprofit leaders, boards, and funders. Organizations that make the decision to undertake the hard work of exploring such repositioning activities should be acknowledged, encouraged and supported by funders.
Leadership
Leadership
The Fund for Delaware Collaboration is a program led by SeaChange Capital Partners with support from the Longwood Foundation.
SeaChange Capital Partners ("SeaChange") is a national nonprofit that helps other nonprofits navigate complex financial and organizational inflection points and challenges. SeaChange believes that nonprofits are critical to a thriving economy and society; yet the deck is stacked against them: they are often under-resourced and receive inadequate supports to complete their vital work. SeaChange uses its experience, resources, and connections to help nonprofits navigate challenging circumstances while creating new ways for funders to support them.
Since 2008, SeaChange has been engaged in collaboration grantmaking, managing funds serving New York City, Philadelphia, and Massachusetts, as well as funds focused nationally and on institutions of higher education (IHEs). SeaChange is also the manager and fiscal sponsor of the Sustained Collaboration Network, a membership association of nonprofit funders and intermediaries dedicated to growing community impact through sustained partnerships.
Contact Us
Contact Us
For more information, please reach out to the Fund's primary contact at SeaChange:
Lindsay Kijewski - Partner, Collaboration Grantmaking
(844) 869-7842 ext. 5
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