basic needs

As one of the only large funders in the region, we help meet other urgent basic needs for our community members. Our grantmaking and collaborative efforts help meet needs in the following areas.

Food

Physical and Behavioral Health

Safety

Social Belonging and Culture

Transportation

Grantmaking Strategy

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Invest in programs that meet the basic needs of low-income families

Fund existing and new programs that support basic needs of low-income families

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Current Grantees

Value of basic need grants as of February 2024

Food

Black Hills Area Community Foundation – $68,000

Support of the Friends of Food Security work to include staff support, convenings and food security grants

Feeding South Dakota – $100,000

General Operations

Fork Real Community Cafe – $50,000

General Operations

One Spirit – $50,000

Support for their food distribution program

Western South Dakota Senior Services Inc (Meals on Wheels) – $300,000

Delivery Truck and Operating Costs

Physical or Behavior Health

Good Sheperd Clinic, Inc – $70,000

Immunization Program

Lost&Found – $25,000

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

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) – $110,000

Programming for mental health education and supports in the Black Hills

Volunteers of America Mommy’s Closet – $120,000

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

Rapid City Area Schools – $20,000

Delta Dental Bus sponsorship to provide students with free dental care

United Way of the Black Hills – $100,000

Support a regional Mental Health Initiative

Safety

American Red Cross – $50,000

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

Bethany Christian Services of Western SD – $25,000

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

Forth Circuit DUI Court – $10,000

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

Lawrence County Teen Court – $10,000

Juvenile diversion programming

Northern Hills Drug Court – $10,000

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

Pennington County Drug Treatment Court Association – $20,000

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

Pennington County DUI Court – $20,000

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

Pennington County Mental Health Court – $10,000

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

Seventh Circuit Court Appointed Special Advocates – $150,000

Support for staffing, training, and volunteer support of the CASA program

Volunteers of America Northern Rockies – $250,000

Coordination of the Black Hills Regional Homeless Coalition

Working Against Violence, Inc. – $300,000

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

Wellfully – $305,000

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

 

Social Belonging and Culture

Boys & Girls Club of Rosebud – $150,000

Funding for three youth center sites and one teen center site

Chamber Music Festival of the Black Hills – $25,000

Free educational music programming for youth in the Black Hills

Cheyenne River Youth Project – $195,000

$100,000 for Building the Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count) Institute
$95,000 for Youth Leadership and Workforce Development

Helpline Center – $110,000

Volunteer Connections Program

Main Street Square – $300,000

$200,000 General operations of Main Street Square
$100,000 Capital improvements

Oaye Luta Okolakiciye (OLO)- $75,000

Rapid City Middle School Talking Circles

Rapid City Club for Boys Inc – $283,000

Afterschool and summer program for at-risk boys

Rapid City Arts Council – $65,000

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

South Dakota Education Equity Coalition – $25,000

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

YFS Girls Inc. of Rapid City – $25,000

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

Transportation

Journey On – $100,000

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

SHIFT Garage – $25,000

Support to provide those in poverty access to reliable transportation and vehicle maintenance
List of All JTVF grantees by Year

Collaborations

Systems of Care Collaborative

JTVF facilitates a coordinated network of community-based services and supports that is organized to meet the behavioral health challenges of children, youth and families to help function better at home, in school, in the community, and throughout life. The SOCC advocates for eliminating gaps in services specific to the needs of children.

Our role: JTVF facilitates this collaborative monthly.

West River Behavioral Health Alliance
A study was conducted in 2019 identifying the greatest need for the area to be a crisis stabilization unit to serve individuals being placed on involuntary mental health holds who are sent to the emergency department and then placed into a short-term inpatient stay at the behavioral health unit. The Alliance worked with legislators to have statues changed to support a crisis stabilization models in SD and then to help fund the construction of regionally based facilities. The Alliance has also worked to secure state funding and other philanthropic funding to launch the service once construction of the Rapid City facility is complete.

Our role: Alan serves on this alliance.

Western South Dakota Funders Group
Initiated and convened by JTVF to bring together local funders to discuss each other’s priorities, processes and grantmaking. Regular participants include Foundation representation from Bush Foundation; Black Hills Area Community Foundation, South Dakota Community Foundation, Stearns Foundation, Black Hills Energy, Monument Health Foundation, Black Hills Energy Foundation, United Way of the Black Hills, and NDN Collective.

Our role: Founding member

Community Services Connections

This coalition of non-profits gather monthly to keep each other informed on what’s happening in their organization. They describe new or changing programing, staff etc.

Our role: Participant

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list of all jtvf collaborations

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