Delacy Family Foundation
The DeLacy Family Foundation is a private, grantmaking family foundation based in La Crescent, Minnesota that focuses primarily on the human–animal bond, supporting animal organizations and scholarships for students pursuing science degrees. The foundation's site includes information about its mission, board, past recipients, and an application/login portal. The Apply page states the foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Regional animal-welfare or service-animal organizations, youth mentoring programs, veterans’ support groups, or STEM scholarship programs that align with the human–animal bond focus and are positioned for invitation-based funding.
Good Fit
- • Work centered on the human–animal bond or service-animal training and placement.
- • Programs serving youth, veterans, or people with disabilities tied to animal-assisted services.
- • Organizational scale aligned with one-time grants in the $5K–$45K range.
- • Located in or active around Minnesota/Wisconsin or already known to the foundation’s network.
- • Clear program outcomes and capacity to accept restricted, single-year grants.
- • Existing relationship or referral from a current or past grantee or board contact.
Geography
Observed grants in the latest year went to organizations in six states; the foundation is based in Minnesota but a single neighboring state (Wisconsin) accounted for about 40% of dollars, so giving is multi-state but regionally concentrated.
Recipient Variety
Fourteen distinct recipients were funded in the latest year across animal welfare, service-animal training, youth, veterans, and disability-related programs, showing a moderate breadth of independent grantees despite some dollar concentration in the top five.
New Applicants
The foundation explicitly states it does not accept unsolicited proposals and operates on a preselected basis; although the latest year shows many new grantees, those awards appear to be invitation-driven rather than evidence of open intake.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
