Grantees 2025

The following grants were awarded in 2025. This list does not include all current grants. To view our current grants, please visit the Funding Priorities page.  For more information about our grants process, click here.

Last updated February 2025

Affordable Housing

coming soon 

 

$0

Early Learning

early childhood connections

Support to Starting Strong provider to help with staffing and preschool expenses

$20,000

south dakota humanities council

Purchase books for the Young Reader One Program, serving 3rd grade students across the Black Hills. 

$10,000

Economic Mobility

coming soon 

 

$0

Basic Needs

Bethany christian services of western south dakota

One-year support for Recovering Mother’s of Newborns (ReNew) Program in Rapid City

$35,000

chamber music festival of the black hills

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

$15,000

crisis intervention shelter service, inc.

One-year support for Domestic Violence Shelter and Programs in Sturgis 

$20,000

fork real cafe

One-year support for pay-what-you-can cafe providing healthy and affordable meals to those in need 

$60,000

one spirit

One-year operational support for food distribution program

$25,000

rapid city area schools 

Support to bring the Delta Dental Mobile Program to Rapid City Area Schools providing oral health services to children who don’t have access to dental care.  

$18,000

west river mental health 

One-year support for a partial day treatment program for clients with serious mental illness

$25,000

Other

honorarium

Black Hills Area Community Foundation

    • Rapid City Strategic Housing Trust Fund – $5,000
    • Remembering the Children Fund – $1,200

OneHeart – $1,250
Rapid City YMCA – $25,000

$32,500

2025 Total Grants Awarded

$260,500 

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