Grantees 2024

The following are grants awarded in 2024. This does not reflect all open grants. For more on open grants, explore our grants page.

Last updated November 2024.

Affordable Housing

Black Hills Area Community Foundation

  • $250,000 – One-year matching funds to establish a Housing Trust Fund for the Box Elder Area
  • $30,000 – One-time funding for the Memorial Park Apartments Fund to address needs of low-income seniors affected by the Memorial Park Accident

$280,000

Early Learning

SDPB EArly Learning Initiative

Two-year support for the SDPB Early Learning Initiative

$90,000

United Way of the Black Hills – Black Hills Reads

Two-year continued Early Learning support for the Black Hills Reads program.

$362,000

Economic Mobility

Black Hills Special Services Cooperative

Two-year general operations grant for mentoring and crisis funding support for adult education leaners in the Workforce Connections Program

$504,000

Native American Nursing Education Center

Two-year operating support of the Native American Nursing Education Center (NANEC) for mentoring, cultural programming, and student support to increase the number of Native American nurses in the region.

$352,000

Basic Needs

YFS Girls Inc. of Rapid City

Two-year operating support for out-of-school time programming for Rapid City girls

$200,000

Seventh Circuit CASA Program

Two-year operating support for child advocate services in the Black Hills

$150,000

Feeding South Dakota

Two-year operating support for hunger relief efforts in the Black Hills.

$100,000

Volunteers of America Mommy’s Closet

Two-year operating support to meet needs of low income families with young children.

$120,000

National Alliance on Mental Illness South Dakota

One-year general operations for mental health education and programming in the Black Hills area

$55,000

SHIFT Garage

One-year general operations for the UPSHIFT car purchase program.

$50,000

Chamber Music Festival of the Black Hills

One-year general operating support for educational music programming for underserved and low-income youth

$22,000

Fourth Circuit DUI Court

One-year incentive funding for problem-solving court participants

$10,000

Pennington County Drug Court

One-year discretionary funds to help participants meet their basic needs.

$25,000

Pennington County Mental Health Court

One-year of discretionary funding to help participants meet their basic needs.

$10,000

Northern Hills Drug Court

One-year of discretionary funds to help participants meet their basic needs.

$10,000

Lawrence County Teen Court

One-year  operating support to address increased case load for the Northern Hills

$15,000

Rapid City Club for Boys

Two-year general operating support for afterschool and summer programming for at-risk boys ages 6-18.

$300,000

Pennington County Human Services

Two-year discretionary flex funds to assist Pennington County residents with emergent economic support including: rental deposits, rental assistance, utility assistance, and transportation support

$240,000

Literacy Council of the Black Hills

One-year general operations to support English language learning in the region

$12,500

Wellfully Adolescent Crisis Care Center

One-year opperating funding for the Adolecent Crisis Care Center a free-will, walk-in resource for middle and high school age youth who are in crisis or may be considering suicide

$305,000

Black Hills Area Community Foundation

Two-year matching funding forregional nonprofits beginning or expanding an endowment at the Black Hills Area Community Foundation.

$300,000

Rapid City Arts Council

Two-year support for equitable arts education for Rapid City youth for the next two years, supporting their educational journey and social well-being

$150,000

Western South Dakota Community Action

One-year operating funds to support low-income families

$100,000

Passages Women’s Transitional Living

One-year support for reentry services to women making the transition from incarceration, homelessness, and treatment centers

$35,000

United Way of the Black Hills- Leadership Development

Two-year funding for Nonprofit 360: professional development programming for local nonprofits.

$150,000

Victims of Violence Intervention Program/Artemis House

One-year funding for security upgrades to their shelter building

$65,000

Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation

One-year support for the  7th GEN College and Post Secondary Resource Fair through the Indian University of North America

$10,000

Working Against Violence, Inc.

Two-year Basic Needs support for general operations of the emergency shelter, crisis hotline, case management services, and outreach to support survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault

$200,000

Boys and Girls Club of Rosebud

Two-year Basic Needs support for general operations of their three club sites providing out of school programming

$75,000

Oaye Luta Okolakiciye

One-year support for cultural programming and tutoring at Central High School for the 2024-2025 school year.

$75,000

Other

Honorariums

    • $40,000 – Rapid City Club for Boys
    • $40,000 – Lifescape
    • $25,000 – Black Hills Area Community Foundation
    • $20,000 – Emily’s Hope
    • $15,000 – Black Hills Area Community Foundation
    • $5,897 – Black Hills Area Community Foundation
    • $3,750 – OneHeart
    • $3,750 – Black Hills Area Community Foundation
    • $2,500 – Family Connections Center
    • $2,400 – Black Hills Special Services Coop – Workforce Connections
    • $1,000 – OneHeart
    • $573 – OneHeart
    • $500 – Youth and Family Services
    • $500 – Feeding South Dakota

$135,870

2024 Total Grants Awarded

$4,521,870

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