Grantees 2023

The following are grants awarded in 2023. This does not reflect all open grants. For more on open grants, explore our grants page.

Affordable Housing

BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

New Start Housing Collaborative, providing housing vouchers for individuals and families unable to access public housing; clients receive extensive case management and support services

$575,000

Early Learning

Early Childhood Connections

Starting Strong Initiative, a scholarship program for preschool education for 3 and 4 year olds from low income families

$733,300

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

YMCA of Rapid City

Two-year support to continue the Jump Start program

$700,000

Early Childhood Connections

One-year funding to stabilize Starting Strong child care providers in Rapid City

$200,000

Northern Hills Alliance for Children

One-year operating support for quality child care in the Northern Black Hills

$50,000

Livable Wage

Chanku Waste Ranch

A mentoring program engaging local laborers to build skills and complete home repairs on the Pine Ridge Reservation

$25,000

Catholic Social Services

One-year support to complete the Uplifting Parents Pilot Program

$174,182

Local Scholarships

Scholarships for local low-income students that face barriers to higher education at Western Dakota Tech, South Dakota State University, Black Hills State University, and Oglala Lakota College for the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years.

$955,000

Basic Needs

Lawrence County Teen Court

Operating support of juvenile diversion programming for Lawrence County Teen Court

$10,000

Chamber Music Festival of the Black HIlls

Free educational music programming for youth in the Black Hills

$25,000

SHIFT Garage

Support to provide those in poverty access to reliable transportation and vehicle maintenance

$25,000

One Spirit

Operation of food distribution program

$50,000

National Alliance on Mental Illness South Dakota

Programming for mental health education and supports in the Black Hills

$55,000

Abbott House Inc.

Support for a foster home in Rapid City

$25,000

Rapid City Arts Council

Arts education and outreach programming to continue to provide youth and young adults equitable access to the arts

$65,000

literacy Council of the Black Hills

Tutoring program for adults on basic reading and writing

$25,000

Sanford Underground Research Facility Foundation

Education and outreach program, providing STEM professional development for K-12 educators in South Dakota

$25,000

American Red Cross

For families affected by disaster, and to increase capacity of volunteers and assist with disaster preparation for at-risk populations

$50,000

Pennington County Drug Treatment Court Association

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

$20,000

South Dakota Equity Coalition

Support for coalition efforts in their work to close the gap in education outcomes between Indigenous students and other students in South Dakota

$25,000

Wellfully

Adolescent Crisis Care Center to support youth in crisis in a trauma-informed manner

$305,000

Journey On

Dedicated medical and recovery transportation team and vehicle to support access to services for those struggling with addiction

$100,000

Bethany Christian Services of Western SD

Support for the Recovering Mothers with Newborns (ReNew) Program in Rapid City

$25,000

Oaye Luta Okolakiciye

One-year support for talking circles in Rapid City middle schools

$75,000

Cheyenne River Youth Project

Two-year support for youth leadership and workforce development programming

$95,000

Fork Real Community Cafe

One-year general operating Support

$50,000

Helpline Center

Two-year support for Volunteer Connections Program

$110,000

Working Against Violence, Inc.

One-year general operations stabilization support after decrease in Victims of Crime Assistance funding

$300,000

Other

honorarium/memoriam

  • $5,000 – Black Hills Area Community Foundation/Rapid City Strategic Housing Trust Fund
  • $2,500 – Rapid City YMCA
  • $1,000 – OneHeart
  • $500 – Youth and Family Services
  • $500 – Feeding South Dakota
  • $342 – Early Childhood Connections/Starting Strong Program
  • $342 – Black Hills Area Community Foundation/Operating Endowment
  • $341 – Rural America Initiatives

$10,525

2023 Grand Total

$4,952,482

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