Laffey-McHugh Foundation
Accepts applications
Laffey-McHugh Foundation is a private foundation in Wilmington, Delaware. In tax year 2024 it gave $3.7 million in 153 grants; the typical grant was $20,000 and the largest $150,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.
From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.
- Grants paid, 2024$3.7 million
- Number of grants153
- Typical grant$20,000
- Largest grant$150,000
- Assets$66.1 million
- New grantees53%
Giving in 2024 was up from $3.6 million the year before.
53% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Number of grants | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $3.6 million | 130 | $76.0 million |
| 2024 | $3.7 million | 153 | $66.1 million |
How to apply
| Contact | Laffey-McHugh Foundation 100 West 10th Street Suite 815, Wilmington, DE 19801 |
|---|---|
| Phone or email | (302) 654-1680, kyle@laffeymchugh.org |
| What to submit | Grant applications are accepted for two funding cycles. Requests for the spring funding cycle must be submitted by april 1. Requests for the fall cycle must be submitted by october 1. Organizations can request an application via the foundation's website: laffeymchugh.org. If the applicant is eligible to apply, an email is sent to the documented contact with a link to the electronic application. The foundation does not accept paper-based applications or applications that are not submitted through its application portal. All applicants must be a 501(c)(3) public charity in good standing with the IRS. |
| Deadlines | Part 1: by 12PM est on april 1st or october 1st part 2: by 11:59PM est on april 1st or october 1st |
What Laffey-McHugh Foundation funds
Where it gives
Its grants went to recipients in 9 states, the most to Delaware.
| State | Grants | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Delaware | 129 | $3.2 million |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | $195,000 |
| Colorado | 7 | $77,500 |
| California | 5 | $65,300 |
| New York | 2 | $65,000 |
| Arizona | 1 | $15,000 |
| Connecticut | 1 | $15,000 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | $15,000 |
| Maryland | 1 | $10,000 |
Grants paid in 2024
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Ministry of Caring Inc | To support the renovation and relocation of the emmanuel dining room east to a new permanent location to serve nutritious meals to families in need. | $150,000 |
| Food Bank of Delaware | To support the food bank of delaware's expanded head start backpack program. | $100,000 |
| Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | To prospectively investigate advanced ultrasound imaging markers of acute kidney injury (aki) in 24 pilot subjects (0-19 years old) with severe aki to enable early detection and prognosis. | $75,000 |
| Kind to Kids Foundation | To improve academic outcomes for delaware students in foster care who are victims of abuse, neglect and trauma through kind to kids foundation's signature education program, ugrad academy. | $75,000 |
| Ministry of Caring Inc | To support renovations to samaritan housing, a short term emergency shelter for single women and women with children. | $75,000 |
| Teensharp | To support enhancements to the technology infrastructure supporting the delaware goes to college academy offered to high school students from low-income families. | $75,000 |
| YMCA of Delaware | For its new thrive out-of-school program providing tutoring, sel, and life skills activities for teens, and extending social-emotional support and STEM for teen summer activities in zip code 19801. | $75,000 |
| Friendship House | In general operating funds to respond to client needs through its transitional housing program, empowerment centers and the clothing bank. | $65,000 |
| Delaware College Scholars | To support the launch of programming for 9th and 10th grade students for its residential college-preparation program that helps overcome economic or social barriers to educational success. | $60,000 |
| Combined Campaign for Justice | In general operating support for delawares three legal aid agencies. | $50,000 |
| Leading Youth Through Empowerment Inc | For academic support for underserved middle school and high school students to prepare them for the next steps in high school, college, and career exploration. | $50,000 |
| Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League | In general operational funds to support its programming in the community. | $50,000 |
| Partners for Justice | To support its client advocate program, an innovative public defense program in partnership with the office of defense services providing interdisciplinary services and restorative support to 400 people entangled in the criminal legal system in delaware. | $50,000 |
| Reading Assist | To provide a tutor/teacher training and certification program currently being piloted at la academia antonio alonso charter school in newark. | $50,000 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | To support a research project investigating how genetic mutations, particularly brca1/2, influence lymphoma patients responses to conventional treatments and novel immunotherapies. | $50,000 |
| Urbanpromise Wilmington | For its promise of yes capital campaign to repair properties embedded in under-resourced areas of wilmington in which urbanpromise staff and interns live, build relationships, and foster trust in the neighborhoods. | $50,000 |
| Four Youth | To enable underserved high school students to explore delaware's natural and historical sites, documenting their experience via videography and photojournalism with a livestream to k-8 classrooms. | $45,000 |
| St Patrick's Center | For its emergency food distribution program. | $40,000 |
| Sunday Breakfast Mission | To support homeless and impoverished individuals and families through nutritious meals, clothing, emergency shelter, food boxes, and residential programs with supportive services. | $40,000 |
| The Harambee Fund at the Delaware Community Foundation | To support the next cohort of harambee delaware emerging leaders of color and support the launch of the delaware dozen accelerator to work closely with 12 alumni over the next two years to grow/launch their ventures | $40,000 |
| Wilmington Hope Commission | In general operations support for its expansion of initiatives in dover that aim to reduce recidivism. | $40,000 |
| Healthy Foods for Healthy Kids Inc | To support hiring a third program coordinator to meet growing demand for hands-on, outdoor, STEM education services related to its school-based gardening programs. | $35,000 |
| Nativity Preparatory School of Wilmington | For general operating expenses supporting its tuition-free, high-quality middle school program for students in wilmington. | $35,000 |
| The Teen Warehouse Inc | To establish new programming in creative arts, education, and health and wellness by supporting staff time devoted to program development and purchasing supplies/equipment for activities. | $35,000 |
| Academia Antonia Alonso Charter School | For educator stipends to develop/support its transition to mastery-based learning, enhancing personalized instruction and improving academic achievement for its underserved, primarily hispanic, k-8 student population. | $30,000 |
| Choir School of Delaware | In general operating support for its vocal music, academic enrichment, health services, and life skills development programming. | $30,000 |
| Christina Cultural Arts Center Inc | To launch chasing away the blues, a collaboration with mental health professionals to offer self-care workshops, family arts classes, and resource referrals for adults with students living with a single head of household. | $30,000 |
| Delaware Adolescent Program Inc | In general operating funds to support curriculum refinement, professional development, instructional materials, and enhance services for pregnant and parenting teens across delaware. | $30,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County | For the direct material costs of its critical repairs program providing aging in place home repairs for low income elderly homeowners in new castle county. | $30,000 |
| Mental Health Association in Delaware | To expand its peer-mentoring program with the mental health court of delaware that offers re-entry programs for non-violent offenders within the prisons prior to release. | $30,000 |
| Neighborgood Partners Inc | To support the pilot of central dover saves, a program for underbanked individuals in central dover to receive financial education, and build savings with a 2:1 match for every dollar saved. | $30,000 |
| Network Connect | To sustain and expand the future culture creator employment program, enabling underserved and at risk youth to develop essential skills and launch meaningful initiatives. | $30,000 |
| Rodney Street Tennis and Tutoring Association | For its summer education/enrichment and outreach programming for the underserved communities of wilmington. | $30,000 |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Delaware | To support the launch of a meal program, called spoonful of hope, for its volunteers to provide nutritious meals to families with children being treated at the nemours childrens hospital. | $30,000 |
| Summer Learning Collaborative Inc | To pilot an expansion of collabclub services to meet the needs of special education students at southern elementary school in new castle county. | $30,000 |
| Tech Impact | To support underrepresented delawareans through its itworks delaware and cxworks baylor workforce programs, and local nonprofits through projects in its data innovation lab. | $30,000 |
| The Grand | For its stages of discovery school matinees providing students in prek to grade 12 an opportunity to experience live theatre with enriching curriculum connections, thereby integrating the arts with a culturally responsive education. | $30,000 |
| True Access Capital Corp | To help close the wealth gap by supporting bipoc businesses in delaware to gain access to capital and business advisory services. | $30,000 |
| Year Up Inc | To support year up united wilmington's student services such as transportation, childcare, mental health, and financial assistance to reduce student attrition and increase program completion rates in its workforce development program. | $30,000 |
| YWCA Delaware | To sustain and expand the role of community health workers to improve the health and well-being of clients being served through its home-life management center. | $30,000 |
Officers and trustees
- Thomas D Veale
- Wilson JC Braun Jr
- Collins J Seitz Jr
- Arthur G Connolly III
- Mary C Braun
- Antoine J Allen
- Michael M Connolly
- Christopher G Connolly
Questions people ask
Does Laffey-McHugh Foundation accept grant applications?
Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Part 1: by 12PM est on april 1st or october 1st part 2: by 11:59PM est on april 1st or october 1st.
How much does Laffey-McHugh Foundation give?
$3.7 million in tax year 2024, across 153 grants, with a typical grant of $20,000.
Who runs Laffey-McHugh Foundation?
Its 2024 filing lists Thomas D Veale (Executive Director), Wilson JC Braun Jr (Vice President), Collins J Seitz Jr (Vice President) and Arthur G Connolly III (Executive Vice President) among 8 officers and trustees.
What does Laffey-McHugh Foundation fund?
Based on its grants, mainly education, youth programs and human services.