Thanks to the Delaware Division of the Arts (DDOA), arts nonprofits that currently receive general operating support funding through DDOA in FY25 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 for the 2025 giving day event will focus equally on the number of unique donations received and the amount of money raised, the same way the calculations were done in the 2024 event. Also similar to last year, the Division has 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 $1.8 million and above – Stretch Pool of $25,000

Tier 2 (Medium orgs): Operating budgets of $150,000 to $1,799,999 – Stretch Pool of $125,000

Tier 3 (Small orgs): Operating budgets of $1-$149,999 – 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 (68) have been divided into the following three groups based on their FY25 budget submissions from organizations’ general operating application.

Small (<$125K) (29):

Art Therapy Express Program Inc
Art Works for All (VSA Delaware)
Bootless Stageworks
Brandywiners Ltd
Capital Ringers
Chapel St Players
City Theater Company
CoroAllegro
Delaware Choral Society
Delaware ChoralArts
Dover Art League
Jester Artspace, Inc
Kent County Theatre Guild Foundation
Market Street Music Corporation
Milford Community Band
Milford Second Street Players
Milton Arts Guild
Mispillion Art League
New Light Theatre
Newark Symphony Orchestra
Rehoboth Concert Band
Rehoboth Summer Children's Theatre
Seaford Community Concert Association
SODELO (Southern Delaware Orchestra)
Southern Delaware Chorale
The Children's Theatre, Inc.
The Rainbow Chorale of Delaware
Theatre N at Nemours
Wilmington Concert Opera

Brandywine Baroque
Center for the Creative Arts
Choir School of Delaware
Christina Cultural Arts Center
Clear Space Theatre Company
Coastal Concerts, Inc.
Culture Restoration Project, Inc.
Delaware Arts Alliance
Delaware Celebration of Jazz
Delaware Children's Theatre
Delaware Dance Company
Delaware Institute for the Arts in Education
Delaware Shakespeare
Developing Artist Collaboration
Elevate Vocal Arts (Delaware Academy of Vocal Arts)
First State Ballet Theatre
Inner City Cultural League, Inc.
Newark Arts Alliance
OperaDelaware
Pieces of a Dream, Inc.
Possum Point Players, Inc.
Reeds Refuge Center Inc
Rehoboth Art League
Rehoboth Beach Film Society and Cinema Art Theater
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

Biggs Museum of American Art
Delaware Art Museum
Delaware Symphony Orchestra
Delaware Theatre Company
Joshua M. Freeman Foundation
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.