Grantees 2021

A COVID-19 Response Fund

JTVF has provided COVID-19 Response Funding to various organizations focused on food security, eviction mitigation, supplies, technology, and childcare

$27,525

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Black Hills

Mentoring programs for at-risk youth

$50,000

Black Hills Area Community Foundation

  • $1,000,000 Affordable Housing Fund intended to spur development of supportive and affordable housing in Rapid City
  • $5,000,000 Affordable Housing Fund to be used to match private and public contributions into the Rapid City Strategic Housing Trust Fund
  • $300,000 Matching funds to assist nonprofits to grow their endowments

$6,300,000

Black Hills Community Theatre

Education and outreach efforts provided to area schools to incorporate theatre activities into other areas of learning to enhance comprehension and communication

$15,000

Black Hills Playhouse

A new outdoor stage and performing space at the theatre in Custer State Park

$25,000

Black Hills State University Foundation

  • $250,000 – Scholarships – BH State University Rapid City
  • $5,000 – Scholarships to low income youth to attend Camp Invention Summer Camp

$255,000

Boys & Girls Club of Rosebud

Support for three youth centers and a teen center located in Mission, Rosebud, and Parmelee on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation 

$75,000

CASA Program Seventh Circuit Court

Staffing, training, and volunteer support to advocate for children

$150,000

Chamber Music Festival of the Black Hills

Educational music programming for youth in the Black Hills

$15,000

Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation

Native American College Fair and Summit to provide college access experiences for area students

$8,000

Feeding South Dakota

Hunger relief efforts to include the BackPack Program and mobile food distribution throughout the Black Hills

$100,000

Friends of South Dakota Public Broadcasting

Early Learning Initiative to collaborate with stakeholders and provide educational content, resources and professional development about the importance of early learning

$30,000

Front Porch Coalition

  • Facilitation of a teen suicide prevention group called Defying Defeat – $25,000
  • Capacity building/strategic planning – $19,000

$44,000

Helpline Center

Volunteer Connections Program to link volunteers and nonprofit agencies together in the Black Hills

$120,000

Historic Homestake Opera House Society

Matching funds for the National Endowment for the Humanities Grant Award for renovation and restoration of the theatre

$375,000

Honorariums

  • $20,630 – Black Hills Area Community Foundation
  • $2,250 – Black Hills Special Services/Career Learning Center (Workforce Connections Program)
  • $3,500 – CommonBond
  • $3,250 – Feeding South Dakota
  • $3,000 – One Heart
  • $3,250 – Youth & Family Services
  • $2,500 – Rapid City Arts Council (Dahl Arts Center)
  • $14,600 – University of South Dakota – Barbara Hughes Clement Program Endowment
  • $11,000 – Rapid City YMCA

$63,980

Hope Center

Drop-in Day Center providing support for the homeless and those living in poverty in Rapid City

$95,000

Literacy Council of the Black Hills

Program tutoring adults in basic reading and writing skills, as well as English language learning

$25,000

Lost & Found

Develop, administer, and analyze a comprehensive mental health survey to be completed at Western Dakota Tech

$25,000

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

Programming for mental health education and supports in the Black Hills

$50,000

New Start Housing Collaborative

Provide housing vouchers for individuals and families unable to access public housing; clients receive extensive case management and support services

$550,000

Northern Hills Alliance for Children

Education services to young children and families in the Northern Black Hills

$60,000

Northern Hills Drug & 4th Circuit DUI Courts

Assist participants and their families with ancillary services to encourage and reinforce positive behavior while in the program

$20,000

Oglala Lakota College

Scholarships – Nursing Program 

$120,000

Pennington County Board of Commissioners

Construction of the Adult Crisis Care & Stabilization Unit located at the Pennington County Care Campus to help address behavioral health needs in Western South Dakota

$300,000

Pennington County Drug Court

Assist participants and their families with miscellaneous expenses while in the program

$20,000

Pine Ridge Girls School

School serving 6th-9th grade students in poverty on the Pine Ridge Reservation

$20,000

Rapid City Area School District

Support to bring the Delta Dental Bus to Rapid City Area Schools to provide qualifying students with free dental care

$20,000

Rapid City Public Library Foundation

Purchase of an electric bookmobile for the Rapid City Public Library to provide access to library materials and books to underserved neighborhoods

$50,000

Sanford Underground Research Facility Foundation

Stipends and materials for the education and outreach program, providing STEM professional development for K-12 educators in South Dakota

$25,000

Simply Smiles

Support for building a therapeutic foster home in LaPlant, SD on the Cheyenne River Reservation

$127,000

South Dakota State University Foundation

  • $528,000 – Support of the Native American Nursing Education Center (NANEC) for mentoring, cultural programming, and student support
  • $380,000 – Scholarships – Rapid City Nursing Program

$908,000

United Way of the Black Hills

Black Hills Reads, a Campaign for Grade Level Reading Initiative, building awareness and targeting efforts to ensure children enter school ready to learn and they are proficient readers for 3rd grade

$450,000

University of South Dakota Foundation

Scholarships – Rapid City Nursing Program 

$80,000

Volunteers of America

Mommy’s Closet, providing emergency support services and case management for families of children ages 0-13, and coordination of the Western South Dakota Diaper Bank

$100,000

Wellfully

Pilot a Youth Crisis Care Center located at Wellfully to support youth in crisis in a trauma-informed manner

$630,000

Western Dakota Vocational Technical Foundation

  • $320,000 – Scholarships – LPN/ADN Nursing Programs
  • $320,000 – Scholarships – Other WDT Programs

$640,000

Youth & Family Services

Girls Inc. out-of-school programming

$630,000

2021 Grand Total

$12,168,505

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