For Immediate Release Nonprofits to Celebrate Impact at Nonprofit Advocacy Day DANA, the Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement, will host nonprofit advocates and policymakers at Nonprofit Advocacy Day on March 29, 2018. This event will serve as the kickoff for celebrating April as Nonprofit Impact Month. Participants will honor the impact of their work with […]

WILMINGTON, Del. – After 18 years as Executive Director of the Laffey-McHugh Foundation, David L. Sysko has announced he will retire later this year. Since stepping into the role as Executive Director in 2000, Sysko has guided the Laffey-McHugh Foundation in awarding $58 million in grants to hundreds of nonprofit organizations throughout Delaware. Arthur G. […]

DANA Members: We need to hear your voice!  During Nonprofit Impact Month, April 2018, DANA will tell nonprofit stories through a series we call “#SupportDENonprofits.” We will share the social impact of nonprofits in the state and how investment in equitable nonprofit partnerships will result in a practical state budget. We will emphasize the important partnership […]

DANA Members: We need to hear your voice!  During Nonprofit Impact Month, April 2018, DANA will tell nonprofit stories through a series we call “#SupportDENonprofits.” We will share the social impact of nonprofits in the state and how investment in equitable nonprofit partnerships will result in a practical state budget. We will emphasize the important partnership […]

For Immediate Release New Fellowship helps nonprofit leaders gain insights to improve grant application skills Dover, DE – With demand for services increasing, nonprofit leaders find that traditional sources of funding from foundations are not growing at the same pace.  Application requirements for grants are changing, with a greater scrutiny on program effectiveness, financial sustainability, […]

Sheila Bravo – President and Chief Executive Director of Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement Sheila Bravo called strengthening Delaware’s nonprofit capacity to deliver quality services the biggest issue this year for the alliance, which has 400 members. To that end, she organized nonprofits to fight for grant-in-aid money in Dover last June. She said this […]

A recent survey conducted by the Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement indicates that when state funding is reduced nonprofits have no alternative but to reduce service hours to clients, eliminate employee benefits and lay off workers. The fiscal 2018 state budget reduced grant funding by more than $25 million, including $8.6 million of grant-in-aid dollars, […]

A survey conducted by the Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement (DANA) found that state funding cuts have forced nonprofits to reduce services. The fiscal year 2018 budget reduced grant funding to nonprofits by more than $25 million, including over $8 million in grant-in-aid dollars. Last fall, DANA reached out to nonprofit executives to better understand […]