Preserving Allegan County’s History by Investing in its Future

Mignon Sherwood
DeLano Foundation

Learn the history of the Mignon Sherwood DeLano Foundation and what we do for the Allegan Community. Contact us with any questions you might have.

Announcements

The Mignon Sherwood Delano Foundation Board of Directors are pleased to announce that the 2024 Grant Cycle has been completed.  The Board expresses their pleasure that they have the honor of supporting these worthy and important organizations.  The Delano Foundation was able to distribute $187,548.88 to 31 organizations this year.  The Board encourages all Allegan area nonprofit organizations to apply for the 2025 grant cycle.  The deadline for applications for 2025 is September 9th.

2025 Application Deadline is September 9, 2025

Apply for 2025 Grant Cycle

Organizations with demonstrated unmet financial requirements working toward the furtherance of humanitarian, educational, cultural, and environmental enrichment in the City of Allegan and Allegan County are encouraged to apply.

APPLICATION FORM

Grant applicants are expected to use the grant application which has been designed for the year in which the application is being made.  Except in the case of hardship as determined by the Board, applications made on outdated application forms shall be returned to the applicant with the instruction to resubmit it using the currently applicable form.

  1. Get Started
    View Our Application Page to download the current form.
  2. Complete the Application
    Save the PDF to your computer to fill out the form and save your responses.
  3. Review Requirements and Documentation Needed
    Follow all application instructions, provide required documentation & acknowledge audit requirements. Please DO NOT use staples or print your grant application two-sided.
  4. Return Application for Consideration
    Mail application, along with your 501(c)(3) status letter and two (2) copies of the application and all attachments to our mailing address (located on application).

Complete Your 2025 Grant Application