Grants Awarded - 2023

Abbot House, Inc.
Support for a foster home in Rapid City
$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
Behavior Management Systems
New Start Housing Collaborative, providing housing vouchers for individuals and families unable to accesspublic housing; clients receive extensive case management and support services
$575,000
Chamber Music Festival of the Black Hills
Free educational music programming for youth in the Black Hills
$25,000
Chanku Waste Ranch
A mentoring program engaging local laborers to build skills and complete home repairs on the Pine Ridge Reservation
$25,000
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
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
Lawrence County Teen Court
Juvenile diversion programming 
$10,000
Literacy Council of the Black Hills
Tutoring program for adults on basic reading and writing
$25,000
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Programming for mental health education and supports in the Black Hills
$110,000
One Spirit
Support for their food distribution program 
$50,000
Pennington County Drug Treatment Court Association
Assist participants and their families with miscellaneous expenses while in the program 
$20,000
Rapid City Arts Council
Arts education and outreach programming to continue to provide youth and young adults equitable access to the arts
$65,000
Sanford Underground Research Facility Foundation
Education and outreach program, providing STEM professional development for K-12 educators in South Dakota
$25,000
SHIFT Garage
Support to provide those in poverty access to reliable transportation and vehicle maintenance
$25,000
South Dakota Education 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
2023 Grand Total $1,828,825

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