Fundraising Goal: $5,000
Verified 501(c)(3) Nonprofit
Delaware Historical Society 2026
Organization Mission:
The Delaware Historical Society is a nonprofit organization that preserves, promotes, and shares Delaware’s history to educate, inspire, and empower people and communities.
This year, we're dedicating our fundraising efforts to the major projects underway to restore and revitalize our historic spaces, like urgent repairs needed on the roof of our Research Library & Archives building, which protects most of our 3 million artifacts and documents, and the final phase of the garden restoration at the Read House & Gardens, where each gift is matched by a generous grant from the Longwood Foundation.
Your support helps us care for these historic properties through crucial preservation and maintenance efforts including:
- - Widening and re-grading pathways in the Read House Gardens to make them safe and accessible for guests with strollers and mobility aids;
- - Improving the irrigation and drainage systems to sustainably manage the gardens and mitigate urban runoff;
- - Replacing the leaking Research Library & Archives building roof to protect the priceless artifacts in our collections; and
- - Restoring the damaged ceiling plaster and paint in the Research Library Reading Room caused by the leaks.
These historic spaces are vital and important parts of Delaware's story, but they require ongoing, historically appropriate, and often expensive maintenance to preserve them for future generations. Funds raised during Do More 24 2026 will go directly toward work on these restoring and maintaining DHS' historic properties.
About Delaware Historical Society
We are the only private nonprofit organization with the mission to serve as the statewide organization exploring, preserving, promoting, and sharing Delaware history, heritage, and culture to educate, inspire, and empower people and communities.
Organization Details
Name:
Delaware Historical Society
EIN: 51-0066731
Street Address:
505 Market Street
City: Wilmington
State: DE Zip: 19801
Counties Served: New Castle, Kent, Sussex
Office Locations: Wilmington, New Castle
Sectors: Arts & Culture, Education, Museums & Historical, Social Justice, BIPOC-Led (CEO/ED)
Fundraisers for this Organization
Goal: $5,000, Raised: $435
Goal: $5,000, Raised: $215
Recent Donations
- Michelle Jones ---
- Mariah Ghant $10
- Yair Robinson $25
- Crystal Simms $25
- Lynne Howard $50
- Doris Stockly $100
- Charles Vincent $25
- Tera Hayward-Olivas $100
- Tiffany Lydon $25
- Erik Rau $25
