Delaware Division of the Arts Stretch Pool & Grant Incentives 2024
Thanks to the Delaware Division of the Arts (DDOA), arts nonprofits that currently receive general operating support funding through DDOA in FY24 will be eligible for the DDOA stretch pool and donation-based bonus grants as described below. DDOA grantees eligible for these awards will receive these funds directly from the Division after the event results are finalized.
To incentivize innovative ways to engage new donor engagement, the formula for the DDOA stretch pool will change for the 2024 giving day event to focus equally on the number of unique donations received and the amount of money raised– rather than only the total dollar amount raised or number of donations received during the 24-hour fundraising period. The Division has also adjusted the stretch pool tiers^ to provide a more equitable and financially incentivizing opportunity for all organizations that choose to participate.
Tier 1 (Large orgs): Operating budgets of $1.6 million and above – Stretch Pool of $25,000
Tier 2 (Medium orgs): Operating budgets of $125,000 to $1,599,999 – Stretch Pool of $125,000
Tier 3 (Small orgs): Operating budgets of $1-$124,999 – Stretch Pool of $50,000
The formula for this year’s stretch pool will be the following:
((Stretch Pool Amount* 0.5) * (Number of total unique donations to your organization / Number of total unique donations in your specific tier above)) + ((Stretch Pool Amount *0.5) * (Total amount raised by your organization / Total amount raised by your tier group)) = Your organization's stretch pool share
Please note that all stretch pool grants will be capped at the total dollar amount the organization raises.
^The Individual DDOA eligible organizations (64) have been divided into the following three groups based on their FY24 budget submissions from organizations’ general operating application.
Small (<$125K) (27):
Art Therapy Express Program Inc Art Works for All (VSA Delaware) Bootless Stageworks Capital Ringers City Theater Company Coro Allegro Inc Delaware Choral Society Delaware ChoralArts Delaware Photographic Society Dover Art League Jester Artspace Kent County Theatre Guild Foundation Market Street Music Milford Community Band Milford Second Street Players Milton Arts Guild Mispillion Art League New Light Theatre Newark Arts Alliance Newark Symphony Orchestra Rehoboth Concert Band Rehoboth Summer Children's Theatre Seaford Community Concert Association Southern Delaware Chorale The Children's Theatre Inc. The Rainbow Chorale of Delaware Wilmington Concert Opera
Medium ($125K - $1.6M) (28 orgs):
Brandywine Baroque Inc. Center for the Creative Arts Chapel Street Players Choir School of Delaware Christina Cultural Arts Center Clear Space Theatre Company Coastal Concerts, Inc. Culture Restoration Project Delaware Arts Alliance Delaware Celebration of Jazz Inc. Delaware Children's Theatre Delaware Dance Company Delaware Institute for the Arts in Education (DiAE) Delaware Shakespeare Developing Artist Collaboration First State Ballet Theatre Inner City Cultural League, Inc. Pieces of a Dream, Inc. Possum Point Players, Inc. Reed's Refuge Center Rehoboth Art League Rehoboth Beach Film Society Smyrna Opera House The Candlelight Theatre The Delaware Contemporary The Everett Theater Wilmington Ballet Academy of the Dance Wilmington Children's Chorus Wilmington Drama League
Large (>$1.6M) (9 orgs):
Biggs Museum of American Art Delaware Art Museum Delaware Symphony Orchestra Delaware Theatre Company Joshua M. Freeman Foundation OperaDelaware The Grand Opera House The Music School of Delaware Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
The Do More 24 Delaware giving day event and the DDOA Arts Stretch Pool & Grants Incentives are supported, in part, by funding from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware arts events on DelawareScene.com.