This year in keeping with the Foundation’s focus on Economic Empowerment for 2026-2027, the Delta Research and Educational Foundation will award grants to chapters for programs that empower African American women and their families through economic uplift.

A program can be conducted by a Delta chapter or sponsored in partnership with a community-based organization that has a similar mission and goals as those of DREF or the Sorority; the community-based organization must have a 501(c)(3) non-profit status. The grant award amount is $1,000.

RULES & INSTRUCTIONS

• Program grant awards are subject to availability and will be based on the rating score received.
• Chapters are permitted to submit one grant application per year. Applications may not be submitted in consecutive years.
• Proposals must address issues affecting African American women and their families with a focus on economics, financial literacy, wealth-building, investing and venture capital.
• The program must clearly delineate how the target population will be empowered to move beyond their current situation.
• Submit application by the deadline date: March 31, 2026
• Grant awards will be made to chapters in the fall of 2026.

Please have all documents and answers to the questions ready to upload before entering the information. This application may not automatically save, so please be sure to have all answers and documents ready before beginning to avoid potentially needing to start over.

• Any incomplete submissions will be disqualified.
• You will not be able to submit your application until all requested application items have been uploaded.
• Before beginning, please review all questions on the application.