Grants Awarded - 2016
Abbot House, Inc. Support to purchase a home in Rapid City for Bridges, a foster care program
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$100,000 |
Action for the Betterment of Our Community (ABC) Juvenile diversion and substance abuse services in the Belle Fourche and Lead/Deadwood schools.
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$200,000 |
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Black Hills Expansion of the Adopt A Class Program in conjunction with the Campaign for Grade Level Reading |
$220,000 |
Black Hills Area Community Foundation
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$1,076,900 |
Black Hills Knowledge Network Capacity building to expand evaluation services for the Rapid City region and Rapid City Collective Impact
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$86,000 |
Black Hills State University STEM Summer Camp Scholarships
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$2,500 |
Boys & Girls Club of Rosebud General operations and programming
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$165,000 |
Boys and Girls Club of the Greater Chippewa Valley Renovations to the nutrition program area in the Mary Markquart Center in Eau Claire, WI
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$250,000 |
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Black Hills Security improvements to Hot Springs and Lead/Deadwood facilities, pre-school tuition and programming
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$50,000 |
Cornerstone Rescue Mission General operating
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$50,000 |
Crisis Care Center - Behavior Management Systems 24-hour Crisis Care Center for the Black Hills Human Services Collaborative
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$500,000 |
Dakota State University Center for Theoretical Underground Physics (CETUP), a summer program where theorists and experimentalists work to serve as a collaboration point for scientists from the around the world interested in theoretical and experimental aspects of underground science to address the most exciting questions in particle and nuclear physics, astrophysics, geosciences, and geomicrobiology at the Sanford Underground Lab in Lead
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$15,000 |
Destination Rapid City For graffiti-resistant vinyl printed with local, original artwork to cover utility box wraps in downtown Rapid City
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$8,550 |
Feeding South Dakota Black Hills School Back Pack Program to supply food on the weekend for children in need
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$50,000 |
Fourth Circuit DUI Court Assist participants and their families with miscellaneous expenses and educational services for the team and the participants
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$10,000 |
Friends of South Dakota Public Broadcasting Science outreach events at Neutrino Day, a project of the Sanford Underground Research Facility, in Lead, SD and for educational projects at the Lakota Nation Invitational to be held in Rapid City mid December
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$10,000 |
Helpline Center
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$123,180 |
Hope Center Operating support for the drop-in day center in Rapid City for those living in poverty and the homeless, providing advocacy services and Lifelong learning classes, a telephone/message center, mailing center, and a space for individual storage
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$72,000 |
Literacy Council of the Black Hills To help coordinate efforts and support volunteers due to the increase in community need for tutoring adults in basic reading and writing skills, as well as English language learning
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$30,000 |
Love, Inc. Matching grant to help launch THRIVE - an outdoor adventure resale store and a furniture and home décor resale shop, a social enterprise
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$125,000 |
Mniluzahan Okolakiciyapi Ambassadors (MOA) Operating support for a cohort of leaders in Rapid City addressing relationships between our Native and non-Native American communities and to develop a pilot group for youth MOA
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$56,400 |
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Leadership, development and capacity building in western South Dakota
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$120,000 |
Native Youth Leadership Alliance (NYLA) South Dakota Fellow Leadership Development and Community Initiatives
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$35,000 |
Neighborhood Housing Services of the Black Hills Pathways Home Program, a Native American homebuyer education curriculum
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$30,000 |
New Start Housing Collaborative Housing, case management and supportive services for the chronically homeless
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$550,000 |
Northern Hills Alliance for Children First Start Child Care and Pre-school Center in Deadwood
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$548,000 |
Northern Hills Training Center Physical therapy equipment
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$6,300 |
Passages Women's Transitional Living Residential re-entry support program in Rapid City providing services to women coming out of incarceration
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$65,000 |
Pennington County DUI & Drug Courts Assist participants and their families with ancillary services to encourage and reinforce positive behavior while participating in the program
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$25,000 |
Pennington County Health & Human Services Discretionary funds for individual's miscellaneous expenses where no other resource is available
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$50,000 |
Rapid City Arts Council Collaborate with Native POP: People of the Plains to present a Native Art Market and Cultural Celebration at Main Street Square in Rapid City
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$30,000 |
Rapid City Club for Boys General operations and programming
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$100,000 |
Rapid City Library To host the Foundation Center's online database. The library will provide staff to receive requests from non-profits for reports of funders via the directory and will also assist with grant writing training for the non-profit organizations in the area
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$5,000 |
Rushmore Consumer Credit Resource Center Provide credit, debit and housing counseling for members of the National Guard and US Air Force personnel in Western South Dakota and scholarships for Credit When Credit is Due and Make Your Move books
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$10,000 |
Rushmore Music Camp Scholarships for students attending Rushmore Music Camp
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$2,000 |
South Dakota State University & University of South Dakota International Nursing Research Conference scholarships
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$5,222 |
Steve Flanery Honorarium
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$25,000 |
Stickney Volunteer Fire Department First Responder Program
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$10,000 |
Volunteers of America For Mommy's Closet, providing basic life necessities to families with children up to age five including housing, food, diapers, and clothing
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$35,000 |
Western Dakota Vocational Technical Institute (WDT) Student Success Coach Initiative to increase retention and graduation rates among students living in poverty and provide training for faculty and staff in conjunction with the Prosperity Initiative
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$668,764 |
Western Resources for Independent Living Youth Transitions, a summer program for disabled youth
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$6,900 |
Western South Dakota Senior Services Matching grant for a vehicle to deliver hot, nutritious meals to seniors
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$26,500 |
Working Against Violence, Inc. (WAVI) General operations of Project SAFE, children's programs and community education efforts
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$70,000 |
YMCA of Rapid City Jump Start Child Care Program, providing childcare for mothers and fathers attending school in the Rapid City Public School system or higher education
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$202,991 |
Youth and Family Services General operations and programming
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$100,000 |
2016 Grand Total | $5,927,207 |