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 July 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

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

$25,000

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

Other

Honorariums

    • $5,897 – Black Hills Area Community Foundation
    • $1,000 – OneHeart
    • $500 – Youth and Family Services
    • $500 – Feeding South Dakota

$7,897

2024 Total Grants Awarded

$1,779,397

Grants by Year

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