The Center for Disabilities Studies had an operating budget of $6,550,599 from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. The vast majority of CDS funding is realized through grants and contracts from federal and state agencies, non-profit organizations, foundations, businesses and individuals..
Included in the federal portion is $606,330 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living for our core funding as a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities.
This U.S. government organization is responsible for implementation of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000. CDS also benefits from gifts made by individuals and organizations.
CDS Funding Sources
CDS Project-Specific Sources
CDS Funders
Federal government agencies
- Federal Communications Commission
- U.S. Department of Education
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
Office of Special Education Programs
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Community Living
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Health Resources and Services Administration
State government agencies
- Delaware Department of Education
- Delaware Department of Health and Social Services
Division of Developmental Disabilities Services
Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance
Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health
- Delaware Department of Labor
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Statewide Independent Living Council
- Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland Security
- Delaware Developmental Disabilities Council
- Delaware Emergency Management Agency
Nonprofit organizations, schools, foundations and businesses
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Association of University Centers on Disabilities
- Education Health & Research International, Inc.
- Freedom Center for Independent Living
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- TransCen, Inc.
- University of Delaware
- Wayne State University
CDS Donors
CDS General Fund
- Heidi L. Beck ‘99M
- Rodney Comegys and Meghan Martin Comegys ‘92
- Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
- Marjorie E. Gereb ‘88
- Beth A. Mineo and Gary H. Heckert ‘72 ‘76
- Patricia Heineman
- Richard E. Lytton
- Therese Meaney
- Carlos Charriez and Megan M. Pell ‘16PhD
- Michele F. Sands
- E. F. Joseph and Elaine M. Siebold ‘03
- Vanguard Charitable Gift Fund
CLSC Scholarship Fund
- Elizabeth B. Bayley
- Tracy L. Beird
- Allison Obsatz Berdoulay ‘89
- Nora G. Bonsall
- Michael W. Partie and Deborah E. Boyer
- Thea A. Calder ‘07 ‘09M
- Adrienne S. Cornish Lucas ‘20M
- Teresita Mejia Cuevas ‘02M
- Laura T. Eisenman
- Timothy R. English ‘11 and Kristen Wilczynski English ‘10
- Lisa Ferraro
- Erin Connolly and Brian H. Freedman
- Heather Dixon Frye ‘06 and David B. Frye ‘02
- Theresa L. Fuller ‘88 ‘95M
- Jeff Greenberg and Rachel Spack Greenberg ‘91
- Tabitha Groh ‘14M
- Jordyn Gum
- Matthew D. Hearn ‘01 and Sarah Kettner Hearn ‘00 ‘08M
- Beth A. Mineo and Gary H. Heckert ‘72 ‘76
- Patricia Heineman
- Todd and Amy Hudson
- David Kitts and Bonnie Beers Kitts ‘91
- Anthony F. Kokoszka II ‘14
- Leah R. Krauskopf ‘22
- Amy D. Lane
- Madeline Laquer
- Sarah B. Mallory
- Andrea Mazzocchi
- Hannah M. Mennella ‘21 ‘23M
- Linda M. Smith and Eric S. Murray ‘87
- Cory Wellman Nourie ‘02
- Carlos Charriez and Megan M. Pell ‘16PhD
- Laura M. Peterson ‘99
- Abigail C. Pyeritz Hopkins ‘09
- Sonja L. Rathel
- James C. Sellers III
- Ronald I. Sibert ‘96M ‘05PhD
- Rachel Simon
- David and Melanie L. Sipko
- Ashley M. Steinbrecher ‘19 ‘22M
- Sandra L. Walls
- David R. Wright and Diane Lambert Wright ‘81 ‘94M
Spectrum Scholars
- Beth A. Mineo and Gary H. Heckert ‘72 ‘76
- Michael and Martha B. Sturtevant
- Mie-Hawa M. Sumner ‘18M ‘20
- Betsy K. and Robert E. Wahlquist ‘76
The W.E. Tobin Fund for Visual Assistive Technology
- Beth A. Mineo and Gary H. Heckert ‘72 ‘76
- Sandra L. Walls
Undergraduate Program Enrichment
- Tracy L. Beird