Celebrating 25 Years of Impactful Philanthropy for a Greater Good!

Funding Sectors

Arts & Culture

Arts & Culture

The arts enrich the quality of life for everyone and elevate the quality of life in the communities where they exist. Delaplaine Foundation supports cultural organizations that bring performances and exhibits to the public, and provide arts education experiences to those who may not otherwise have such access.
EDUCATION

Education

Delaplaine Foundation is committed to the support of students, educators, academic programs, and institutions through the funding of educational initiatives, tuition assistance programs and operational support.
HEALTH

Health

Delaplaine Foundation is committed to helping meet the physical, mental and behavioral health needs of individuals, families and communities, ensuring that quality health care is accessible to all.
Historic Preservation

Historical Preservation

Delaplaine Foundation believes strongly in the importance of history and preservation for present and future generations. Learning from the past helps us to best respond to the present and prepare for the future. For this reason, we support historical programming, as well as archival and structural preservation.
Human Services

Human Services

Delaplaine Foundation supports nonprofit organizations whose programs and services provide critical support and enhance the quality of the life for children, youth and adults.
Spiritual Enlightenment

Spiritual Enlightenment

Delaplaine Foundation values spiritual enlightenment, which we believe positively impacts and deeply enriches the quality of life for everyone and the community-at-large.

Impact By The Numbers

2025

Grant Funding Totaled:

3,226,600

Arts & Culture
20%
Education
11%
Health
12%
Historic Preservation
12%
Human Services
39%
Spiritual Enlightenment
6%
Arts & Culture
$ 0
Education
$ 0
Health
$ 0
Historic Preservation
$ 0
Human Services
$ 0
Spiritual Enlightenment
$ 0

2024

Grant Funding Totaled:

$2,950,400​

Arts & Culture
20%
Education
12%
Health
8%
Historic Preservation
13%
Human Services
41%
Spiritual Enlightenment
6%
Arts & Culture
$ 0
Education
$ 0
Health
$ 0
Historic Preservation
$ 0
Human Services
$ 0
Spiritual Enlightenment
$ 0

2023

Grant Funding Totaled:

$2,712,700

Arts & Culture
17%
Education
15%
Health
15%
Historic Preservation
15%
Human Services
36%
Spiritual Enlightenment
2%
Arts & Culture
$ 0
Education
$ 0
Health
$ 0
Historic Preservation
$ 0
Human Services
$ 0
Spiritual Enlightenment
$ 0

Types of Grants

Programming Grants
Delaplaine Foundation awards the majority of grant funding to specific programs and projects operated by our nonprofit partners. This is especially true for first-time grant applicants. By focusing on programmatic funding, Delaplaine Foundation is able to more quickly evaluate impact to the local community, while providing funding to a large, diverse pool of applicants.
General Operating Grants
In certain limited cases, Delaplaine Foundation will award general operating funds. This happens most often with long-term grantees who have a proven track record of stewardship with grant funds. If you have received funding for programs in the past and would like to receive a general operating grant, please contact Blair Wilson, Director of Grantmaking, prior to submitting a grant application.
Capacity Building/Installment Grants
Our Board of Trustees may consider a limited number of capital requests annually. Most often this funding is provided in installments over a 2 or 3 year period. If your nonprofit is seeking capital funding, please contact Blair Wilson, Director of Grantmaking, during June or July of the grant funding cycle. Our Board will solicit presentations from a limited number of nonprofits during the month of September. Based on those presentations and a submitted grant application, Board members may choose to award a larger, installment grant to a select number of capital requests.
Discretionary Grants
Prior to each grant cycle the Delaplaine Foundation Executive Committee determines how much grant funding is available to award. Part of this amount can include a set amount of grant funds that Board members can award to the nonprofit of their choice. Board members can choose to award grant funding to nonprofits of their choosing, even if the nonprofit has not submitted a grant application. Grantees cannot apply for discretionary funding but may receive a discretionary grant award.

Eligibility Requirements

In order to be eligible for funding, applicants must be a nonprofit organization that is operated for charitable purposes and recognized by the IRS as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3)of the Internal Revenue Code.​​

Additionally, 509(a) tax-exempt public institutions such as schools, churches, hospitals, etc. can be considered as well.​

Organizations that do not have tax-exempt status can apply ONLY if they utilize a fiscal sponsor with tax-exempt status.​

Delaplaine Foundation provides limited funding to school booster organizations and local fire departments, generally less than $2000.​

Delaplaine Foundation does NOT fund the following:​

Individual Scholarships / Government Agencies / For-profit Businesses / Golf Tournaments

Geographic Limitations

Beginning with the 2024 grant cycle, per unanimous consent of its Board of Trustees, Delaplaine Foundation made the decision to narrow the geographical reach of four of the six funding sectors.

Specifically, grant funding for the following four sectors will be limited to programs or projects that directly impact Frederick County residents: Cultural Arts, Education, Health and Human Services. We’ve taken this action to increase local impact and to ensure sustainability.

Direct impact is defined as program or project located in Frederick County, or specifically targeting Frederick County residents. It does not include programs in adjacent counties that are open to Frederick County residents.

Grant applications for Historical Preservation and Spiritual Enlightenment programs or projects in Frederick County AND surrounding regions will continue to be considered. 

Sponsorships

Delaplaine Foundation receives a large volume of sponsorship requests throughout the year. We purposely keep our annual sponsorship budget low in order to reserve our major resources for grant making to nonprofit organizations during our annual grant cycle. We are, however, pleased to support our nonprofit partners and will accept one request per nonprofit organization per calendar year for consideration. Please note that requests generally fall within a range of $250 - $3000. Delaplaine Foundation does not sponsor golf tournaments.

All sponsorship opportunities/requests should be routed directly to Executive Assistant Jessica Wareham at jwareham@delaplainefoundation.org

List of Grantees

-A-

A Message of Hope Cancer Fund, Inc.

Abilities Network, Inc.

Adams County Historical Society

Advocates for Homeless Families, Inc.

Advocates for Survivors of Torture and Trauma

Advocates for the Aging of Frederick County, MD Inc

African Americans of Excellence

African-American Resources Cultural Heritage Society Inc.

American Battlefield Trust

American Diabetes Association

American Friends of Lafayette

American Red Cross

American Red Cross serving Montgomery, Howard and Frederick Counties

American Visionary Art Museum, Inc.

American Youth Soccer League

Amplified Change

Andrea’s House, Inc.

Apples United Church of Christ

Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance

Artspiration Frederick

Asbury Foundation

Asbury United Methodist Church

Asian American Center of Frederick

Associated Catholic Charities, Inc.

-B-

B&O Railroad Museum, Inc.

B.W.M.C. Youth Wrestling

Babe Ruth Birthplace Foundation, Inc.

Baltimore Child Abuse Center

Baltimore Museum of Industry

Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Inc.

Baltimore Yearly Meeting

Barbara Ingram School for the Arts Foundation

Beth Sholom Congregation

Bethany Christian Services of Maryland

Betterton United Methodist Church

Beyond Shelter Frederick

Big Blue Foundation, Inc.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Frederick Co.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the National Capital Area

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Washington County, MD, Inc.

Blessings in a Backpack, Frederick Chapter

Blue-Collar Project Foundation

Boss Mares, Inc.

Bovine Intervention Booster Organization

Boys & Girls Club of Frederick County

Boys & Girls Club of the Eastern Panhandle, Inc.

Bread of Life Apostolic Faith Fellowship, Inc.

Brook Lane Inc.

Brooke’s House

Brunswick Heritage Museum

Brunswick High School Safe and Sane Graduation Committee

Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue, Inc.

Bryanna’s Love

Buddy Project Inc

Burkittsville Preservation Assoc., Inc

-C-

C&O Canal Trust

C. Burr Artz Trust

Cakes for Cause, Inc.

Calvary United Methodist Church

Camp Possibilities Foundation

Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc.

Candid

Care Net Pregnancy Center of Frederick

Carson Scholars Fund, Inc.

Casey Cares Foundation

Catoctin Furnace Historical Society, Inc

Cedar Ridge Ministries

Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, American University

Center Stage Associates, Inc.

Central Cemetery of Frederick County Inc

Centro Hispano de Frederick

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

Children Of Incarcerated Parents Partnership

Childrens Institute of Cultural Appreciation and Understanding Inc

Children’s Village of Washington County, Inc.

Choral Arts Society of Frederick

Chords of Courage

CinemArts, Inc.

City Youth Matrix

ClancyWorks

Clustered Spires Cemetery, Inc.

Clustered Spires Chorus

Coalition for a Healthier Frederick County

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts, Inc.

Common Ground Inc

Communication Service for the Deaf

Community Arts Inc

Community Foundation of Carroll County

Community Foundation of Frederick County

Community Foundation of Washington County MD, Inc.

Community Free Clinic, Inc.

Community Living, Inc.

Contemporary American Theater Festival, Inc.

Crossed Bridges Inc.

Cultural Academy for Excellence, Inc.

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

-D-

Dalit Solidarity

Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center, Inc.

Distinguished Young Women of Maryland

Doctors Without Borders

Donations From The Heart, Inc.

Downtown Frederick Partnership

DVA and More, LLC

-E-

Each 1 Teach 1, Inc

East Coast Livestock Association Inc

East Frederick Rising, Inc.

Empowered To Live Inc

Empowering Community Leaders Network, Inc.

Endangered Species Theatre Project

Enhance Arts Project, Inc.

Enoch Pratt Free Library

Equinox Dance Company

Eternal Word Television Network Inc

Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center

Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ

Exponent Philanthropy

-F-

Fahrney Keedy Memorial Home Inc.

Faith Point United Methodist Church

Families Plus

Family Law Community Organization

Farm to School Frederick

February Star Sanctuary

Federated Charities Corporation of Frederick

Folger Shakespeare Library

Food & Friends

Foxie G Foundation, Inc.

Franciscan Friars – Our Lady of the Angels Province, Inc

Frederick Alliance for Youth

Frederick Area Ostomy Support Group

Frederick Arts Council

Frederick Book Arts Center

Frederick Catoctones

Frederick Children’s Chorus

Frederick Chorale

Frederick Community Action Agency

Frederick Community College Foundation, Inc.

Frederick County 4H Therapeutic Riding Program

Frederick County Fire and Rescue Museum and Preservation Society, Inc.

Frederick County Humane Society

Frederick County Landmarks Foundation, Inc.

Frederick County Public Libraries

Frederick County Youth Livestock Fund

Frederick Experimental Music Association

Frederick Friends of Our County Animal Shelter

Frederick Health

Frederick Health Hospice

Frederick High School Music Boosters

Frederick Housing and Development Commission

Frederick Police Activities League

Frederick Presbyterian Church

Frederick Rescue Mission, Inc.

Frederick Symphony Orchestra, Inc.

Fredericktowne Players

Free Range Humans Inc

Friends Meeting School

Friends of Baker Park

Friends of Cunningham Falls and Gambrill State Parks, Inc.

Friends of Fort McHenry

Friends of Frederick County – Land & Cultural Preservation Fund

Friends of Frederick County Public Libraries, Inc.

Friends of Lefty Kreh

Fulton County Medical Center Foundation

-G-

Gallaudet University

Get Kids Outside

Gettysburg Foundation

Girls on the Run of Mid & Western Maryland

Global Wildlife Trust, Inc. – Catoctin Wildlife

Global Z Recording Project

Goodwill Industries of Monocacy Valley

Governor Thomas Johnson High Band Boosters

Grace Episcopal Church

Guadalupe Radio Network

-H-

Habitat for Humanity of Frederick

Hagerstown Aviation Museum, Inc.

Harbor of Hope Community Services

Harriet Chapel, Catoctin Episcopal Parish

HealthCare Access Maryland

Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area

Heartly House, Inc.

Hearts of the Herd

Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, Inc.

Helen Smith Studio Project Group

Helping Hands and Caring Hearts

Heritage Frederick

Heritage Tourism Alliance of Montgomery County

Historic Rocky Springs Chapel, Inc.

Historic Ships in Baltimore

Historic Sotterley, Inc.

HMP Training, Inc.

Hood College

Hope Alive, Inc.

Hope City Church, Inc.

Hopecam Inc

Housing Frederick

-I-

I Am A Child of God Inc.

I Believe In Me

Independent College Fund of Maryland Inc

Independent Hose Company

Interfaith Housing Alliance

Interfaith Service Coalition of Hancock, MD, Inc.

-J-

Jewish Museum of Maryland

John Brown Historical Foundation, Inc.

Johns Hopkins University

Junior Achievement of Central Maryland

Justice and Recovery Advocates, Inc.

-K-

Kennedy Krieger Institute

-L-

Ladew Topiary Gardens

Landless Theatre Company, Inc.

L’Arche Frederick Maryland, Inc.

Lead4Life, Inc.

Leitersburg Ruritan Community Center, Inc.

Libertytown Volunteer Fire Department

Life Horse Inc.

Listen Love Pray Foundation

Literacy Council of Frederick County, Inc.

Lolly’s Locks

Love For Lochlin Foundation

Lucy School Inc

Lutheran Mission Society of Maryland

-M-

Madison House Autism Foundation Inc

Magical Experiences Arts Co.

Main Street Housing, Inc.

Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic

Mar-Lu-Ridge Conference and Educational Center, Inc.

Marriage Resource Center of Frederick County

Maryland 4-H Club Foundation Inc

Maryland Academy of Sciences at the Maryland Science Center

Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation

Maryland Center for History and Culture

Maryland Coalition of Families

Maryland Council on Economic Education

Maryland Deaf Community Center

Maryland eCare, LLC

Maryland Ensemble Theatre

Maryland Food Bank

Maryland Foundation of Dentistry Donated Dental Services

Maryland Institute College of Art

Maryland Leadership Seminar Foundation, Inc. (HOBY)

Maryland Patient Safety Center

Maryland Ravens, Inc.

Maryland School for the Deaf

Maryland State Fair Livestock Fund

Maryland State Society Daughters of the American Revolution

Maryland Symphony Orchestra

Maryland Theatre Association, Inc.

Maryland Wind Music, Inc.

Maryland Women’s Heritage Center

Maryland Zoological Society, Inc.

Maryland’s Four Centuries Project

Maryvale Preparatory School

Mayor Ron Young Tribute Sculpture

McDonogh School

MDDC Press Foundation, Inc.

Mental Health Association of Frederick County

Mentoring to Manhood

Middletown Valley People Helping People

Military Ministry

Mission of Mercy, Inc

Mission Ryan

Mobilize Frederick

Monocacy Foundation

Monocacy Montessori Communities, Inc

Mother Seton School

Mothers Against Drunk Driving

Mount Olivet Cemetery Preservation and Enhancement Fund

Mount St Mary’s University

MPT Foundation, Inc.

-N-

NAMI Maryland

National Anthem Celebration Foundation, Inc

National Aquarium

National Capitol Squadron of the Commemorative Air Force

National Center for Children and Families

National Fire Heritage Center

National Museum of Civil War Medicine

National Road Heritage Foundation

National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton

Neediest Kids

New Hope Community Partnership

New Hope Foundaton for the Underserved, Inc.

New Hope United Methodist Church of Greater Brunswick

New Life Christian School

New Market District Volunteer Fire Department

New Spire Arts

Notre Dame of Maryland University

NRCHA Foundation

-O-

Olney Help, Inc.

Olney Theatre Corporation

One God One Voice

Operation Second Chance Inc

Operation Smile Inc

Other Voices

OxFam America

-P-

Partners In Care Maryland, Inc.

Pathfinders for Autism

Patient AirLift Services

Paul’s Place, Inc.

Peabody Institute at the Johns Hopkins University

Phoenix Foundation of Maryland

Platoon 22, Inc.

Potomac Conservancy

Preservation Maryland

Pride of Baltimore, Inc.

Project Hero

-Q-

Quality Language Foundation, Inc.

Quest Visual Theatre

-R-

Rainbow of Love Recovery Foundation

Recovery Awareness Foundation Incorporated

Refugee Welcoming Coalition

Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture

Religious Effort to Assist and Care for the Homeless, Inc.

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Washington D.C.

Rotary Club of Carroll Creek

-S-

Sabillasville Environmental School, Incorporated

Safe Ride Foundation Inc.

Safe Shores

Saint John’s Catholic Prep

Salvation Army of Frederick County

San Mar Children’s Home

Schifferstadt Architectural Museum

Scottish Rite Masonic Center

Second Chances Garage, Inc.

Senior Resources Center at Spring Bank

Servants to All

Service Coordination, Inc.

Seton Center Inc.

Severn River Association

Shared Vision: Public Art for Community Transformation

Sharpsburg Historical Society

Sharpsburg Volunteer Fire Company

Shining Stars School of Performing Arts

SHIP of Frederick County

ShoreRivers, Inc.

Sleep in Heavenly Peace, Inc.

SmileTrain

Smith Center for Healing and the Arts

Smithsburg Historical Society

SOAR, Supporting Older Adults through Resources, Inc.

Sophie & Madigan’s Playground

South Central Community Action Programs, Inc

Spanish Speaking Community of Maryland, Inc.

Special Olympics – Maryland

Spinsters Film sponsored by Fractured Atlas

Spires Brass Band

Spirit Club Foundation

Splash Point at Baker Park

Spring Mills High School

St Joseph Medical Center Foundation

St. Francis of Assisi – St. Mary Catholic Church

St. James School

St. John Regional Catholic School

St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Congregation

St. Joseph on Carrollton Manor

St. Katharine Drexel Church

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Lappans

St. Mary’s Catholic Church

St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church

St. Thomas More Academy

Star Community

Steadfast, Standing Firm Against Youth Homelessness, Inc.

Steam Into History, Inc. D/B/A Northern Central Railway of York

Stem Enable, Inc.

Story Tapestries, Inc.

Street Dog Coalition

-T-

TeamoTherapy Inc

The Arc of Frederick County

The Assistance Fund, Inc.

The Banner School, Inc.

The Bishop Claggett Center

The Breast Cancer Research Foundation

The Bridges Program

The Carroll County Agriculture Center, Inc.

The City Choir of Washington

The Frederick Art Club

The Frederick Center

The Hearing and Speech Agency

The Jefferson School

The John Hanson Memorial Association, Inc.

The John Main Center for Meditation and Inter-Religious Dialogue at Georgetown University

The Maryland School for the Blind

The Peale Center for Baltimore History & Architecture

The Ranch

The Red Devils, Inc

The Samaritan Women

The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House

The Thirteen

The Visitation Academy

There Goes My Hero

Thomas Johnson Youth Athletic Association Inc

Thorpewood, Inc

Thread

Three Roads Communications, Inc.

Thurmont Historical Society

Thurmont Lions Club Foundation, Inc.

Thurmont Main Street

Thurmont Senior Center, Inc.

Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International

Transformative Arts Project Inc.

Tree Haus Education

Tree-Land Foundation, Inc.

Trinity Reformed United Church of Christ

Trinity School of Frederick

Tuesday’s Children

Tuscarora High School Instrumental Music Boosters

-U-

Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults

UMMS Foundation

Union Mills Homestead Foundation, Inc.

United Way of Frederick County

Universities at Shady Grove Foundation

University of Maryland, Baltimore

-V-

Volunteer Frederick

-W-

Walkersville Volunteer Fire Company

Walters Art Museum

WANADA Automobile Dealer Education Institute

Washington and Lee University

Washington County Free Library

Washington County Historical Society

Washington County Museum of Fine Arts

Waterboyz for Jesus

Wayman AME-Frederick, Inc.

Weinberg Center for Arts

Wells House, Inc.

West Virginia University Foundation

Western Maryland Scenic Railroad

WETA – Greater Washington Education Telecom Assoc.

Whole Heart Grief & Life Resource Center

William F. Moran Jr. Museum & Foundation, Inc.

Witness Justice

Woman to Woman Mentoring, Inc.

Women of Hope Project

WYPR Your Public Radio

-Y-

YMCA of Frederick

Young Life Frederick County