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Black Hills Area Community Foundation

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$6.3M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
120
Itemized grants FY2025
99
Organizations funded FY2024
29%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$5.7M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,182,199
Organizations funded a year
46 to 99
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
14
Total assets, FY2025
$95M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Black Hills Area Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $843k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving114$4.4M36%
FY202499$3.7M29%
FY202374$7.0M23%
FY202266$3.7M27%
FY202159$2.3M19%
FY202067$2.7M25%
FY201963$1.6M33%
FY201846$1.5M22%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$8.6MHuman Services$5.8MEducation$2.7MYouth Development$1.6MArts & Culture$1.2MAnimals$813kHealth$661kRecreation & Sports$628kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Oneheart$7,202,926632%
Commonbond Communities$1,855,70127%
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Black Hills$1,254,713936%
Rural America Initiatives$1,051,838312%
Children's Home Foundation$785,65781%
Western Dakota Technical Institute$670,6496n/a
South Dakota Parks and Wildlife Foundation$606,450830%
Feeding South Dakota$586,60671%
Big Brothers and Big Sisters O$537,161918%
Youth & Family Services Inc$530,13891%
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All grantees of Black Hills Area Community Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Oneheart$7,202,926632%
Commonbond Communities$1,855,70127%
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Black Hills$1,254,713936%
Rural America Initiatives$1,051,838312%
Children's Home Foundation$785,65781%
Western Dakota Technical Institute$670,6496n/a
South Dakota Parks and Wildlife Foundation$606,450830%
Feeding South Dakota$586,60671%
Big Brothers and Big Sisters O$537,161918%
Youth & Family Services Inc$530,13891%
Rapid City Library Foundation Inc$414,477880%
National American University Foundation$405,422482%
Mammoth Site of Hot Springs$402,750714%
Storybook Island$385,421735%
SDSM&T Center for Alumni Relations & Advancement$312,52770%
Sequel Inc$305,0002n/a
Humane Society of the Black Hills$299,57193%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$297,35090%
Working Against Violence Inc$285,25694%
The Hope Center$270,275779%
Black Hills State University Foundation$257,38431%
Friends of South Dakota Public Broadcasting$251,06682%
Black Hills Works Foundation Inc$236,85992%
St Olaf College$233,83730%
Operation Smile Inc$210,00090%
Calvary Christian School$200,0001n/a
Izaak Walton League of America Inc$192,2836n/a
Salvation Army National Corp$186,3507n/a
Wellspring Inc$182,65072%
Psi Iota XI Sorority$180,2968n/a
Alliance Park Foundation$170,0002n/a
Black Hills Raptor Center$167,941819%
Emmanuel Episcopal Church$166,9924n/a
Re-Member$159,86028%
Rapid City Club for Boys Inc$159,62081%
South Dakota Association for the Education of Young Children$154,608335%
Western South Dakota Senior Services Inc$153,02562%
United Way of the Black Hills$152,75063%
Sturgis United Methodist Church$151,0006n/a
Calvary Lutheran Church$145,7257n/a
City of Belle Fourche$145,5891n/a
Rapid City y M C A$132,91881%
Young Life$129,6475n/a
Rapid City Catholic School System$126,3001n/a
Sturgis Public Library$120,2003n/a
Black Hills Works Inc$110,01350%
Remembering the Children Memorial Inc$109,3541n/a
Central Nebraska Cowboy Church$108,0001n/a
Philip Health Services Inc$103,70090%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of South Dakota & Montana$102,82991%
Behavior Management Systems Inc Dba West River Mental Health$100,50040%
Pathways Spiritual Sanctuary$100,2756n/a
Cornerstone Rescue Mission$98,16271%
Wambli Ska Society$97,70637%
Haakon School District No 27-1$97,2009n/a
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$94,00090%
Special Olympics South Dakota Inc$91,00091%
Volunteers of America Northern Rockies$90,34940%
Black Hills Soccer Federation Inc$90,00022%
Elevate Rapid City$89,66330%
Westhills Village Foundation$85,00039%
Meade County School District$80,2416n/a
Ronald McDonald House Charities of South Dakota Inc$80,00051%
Fisher House Foundation Inc$80,00060%
Family Connections Center Inc$78,4501n/a
South Dakota Hall of Fame$78,00072%
The Salvation Army$70,5002n/a
Pennington County Treasurer$70,0001n/a
Fork Real Community Cafe Inc$69,20468%
Pennington County Sheriffs Office Chaplains$65,0394n/a
Northern Hills Area Casa Program$64,00054%
Friends of the Children - He Sapa$64,00019%
Thunder Valley Community Development Cor$62,50011%
Rapid City Christian Education Assoc$60,00032%
Black Hills Cave and Natural Conservancy$59,91649%
Abbott House Inc$59,02450%
Black Hills War Monument$58,882185%
Helpline Center Inc$58,20020%
Sturgis Area Arts Council$54,6883n/a
Battle Mountain Humane Society$54,33956%
Love Inc of the Black Hills$54,10052%
Black Hills Area Habitat for Humanity$53,40660%
The Black Hills Playhouse Inc$50,89452%
Black Hills Parks & Forests Association$50,86616%
Old Ft Meade Museum and Historic Reserach Association$50,0001n/a
Voice of the Martyrs Inc$50,0002n/a
Divine Shepherd Lutheran$49,5007n/a
Western Hills Humane Society$42,24936%
7th Circuit Court Appointed Special Advocate Program$41,20023%
Skyline Drive Preservation Inc$40,6441n/a
Alpha Center$40,00013%
Elevate Foundation Inc$40,00025%
Western Dakota Vocational Technical Foundation Inc$38,50861%
Field of Hope$37,93546%
Canyon Lake United Methodist Church$37,5004n/a
Samaritan's Purse$37,00020%
Journey On Inc$35,97623%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$35,0002n/a
Black Hills Trails$35,000131%
First Congregational Church$34,6001n/a
John Witherspoon College Dba Black Hills Biblical Institute$32,50023%
The Evangelical Free Church of America$32,0004n/a
University of South Dakota Foundation$31,75030%
Minnilusa Historical Association$30,526115%
Pennington County Search & Rescue$30,237244%
Whiteclay Makerspace$30,000174%
Black Hills Community Theatre Inc$29,74342%
City of Rapid City$29,5012n/a
One Spirit$29,40032%
Humane Society of Custer Area Inc$28,1304n/a
Midtown Church Inc$26,0003n/a
Western South Dakota Community Action Agency$25,50010%
South Dakota Education Equity Coalition$25,000111%
Oyate Teca Project Inc$25,00012%
Main Street Square$24,00031%
Lord of Life Lutheran Church$23,0001n/a
Conservation Science Global$23,0001n/a
Black Hills Symphony Orchestra Society$22,50425%
South Dakota Service Dogs$22,50027%
Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness Foundation$21,00034%
Teen Court$21,00018%
Rapid City Public School Foundation$20,800118%
Chamber Music Festival$20,72839%
Children's Home Society of South Dakota$20,45010%
Supporters for the Hill City Ambulance$20,179111%
University of Nebraska Foundation$20,00010%
Deadwood History Inc$20,00011%
Parkway Baptist Church$20,0002n/a
Montana Conservation Corps Inc$20,00010%
Museum Alliance of Rapid City Inc$20,00010%
The Shriners' Hospital for Children$20,00020%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$20,00020%
Partnership With Native Americans$20,00010%
Absarokee Community Foundation$19,5003n/a
Victims of Violence Intervention$19,25013%
Spearfish Community Pantry Inc$18,8141n/a
Historic Homestake Opera House Society$18,48014%
Hanson-Larsen Memorial Park Foundation Inc$18,344120%
Black Hills Badges for Hope$18,106216%
Peace Lutheran Church$17,9403n/a
Bethany Christian Services$17,50010%
Rushmore Music Festival$17,058210%
Whispering Pines Vol Fire Dept$17,00022%
Community Health Center of the Black Hills$16,69020%
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help$16,1742n/a
Suncatcher Therapeutic Riding Academy Inc$16,00027%
Native Pop People of the Plains$15,8501n/a
Red Cloud Indian School$15,4932n/a
Meade School District 46-1 Charitable Trust$15,4901n/a
Oglala Lakota College$15,00010%
Monument Health Inc$15,00011%
Campus Crusade for Christ Inc$15,0001n/a
American Heart Association Inc$15,00020%
Bethel Assembly of God$15,0001n/a
The Lost and Found Association$15,00011%
Lni$15,00022%
Campus Crusade for Christ$15,0001n/a
Pine Ridge Girls School Inc$15,00012%
Junior Achievement of South Dakota$15,00011%
Hot Springs Ministerial Association$14,76518%
Front Porch Coalition$14,6392n/a
Black Hills Tennis Association Inc$13,9661n/a
Rapid City Fine Arts Council Inc$13,3751n/a
Custer County Senior Citizens Club$12,9502n/a
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints$12,5151n/a
American Cancer Society Inc$12,00020%
Sturgis Economic Development Corp$11,8751n/a
Casting Vets$11,0001n/a
The Matthews Opera House and Arts Center$11,00022%
Literacy Council of Garland County Inc$10,90026%
South Dakota State University$10,8501n/a
Ndn Collective Inc$10,75010%
Cheyenne River Youth Project Inc$10,53910%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$10,5001n/a
Senior Citizens Inc$10,45612%
The Seeing Eye Inc$10,11410%
Avivara$10,0001n/a
Adult Day Center of the Black Hills$10,0001n/a
Passages Women's Transitional Living Inc$10,00015%
Catholic Social Services$10,0001n/a
McCoy Ministries$10,000110%
Lawrence County Coalition$10,0001n/a
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$10,00010%
Lifescape Foundation$10,00010%
Sanford Underground Research Facility Foundation$10,00010%
Ally Dakota Development Inc$10,00012%
Bear Butte Creek Historical Preservation Council$10,0001n/a
Spearfish Trails Coalition$10,0001n/a
Custer Volunteer Fire Department$10,00013%
Fairburn Fire Protection District$10,0001n/a
Shriners Hospitals for Children$10,0001n/a
Booth Society Inc$10,00013%
Rutherford County Christian Reliefassociation$10,0001n/a
Challenge Dakota$9,9871n/a
Woyatan Ministry$9,2501n/a
Badlands National Park Conservancy$9,2501n/a
Oaye Luta Okolakiciye$9,00011%
Fall River County Historical Society$8,362114%
Northern Hills Alliance for Children$8,00011%
Shift Garage$8,00015%
Black Hills Powwow Association$8,00013%
Wings as Eagles Ministries$7,97511%
Keep Hot Springs Beautiful$7,7451n/a
Lifeways Inc$7,50011%
Northern Hills Family Recreation$7,50013%
Ecotone Foundation$7,3451n/a
Sacred Purposes Inc$7,30013%
United Church of Christ$7,1001n/a
Youth & Family Services Foundation$6,80310%
West River Transit Authority Inc Dba Prairie Hills Transit$6,80010%
Black Hills Community Loan Fund Inc$6,500117%
Young Life$6,50010%
Lamphere Studio for the Arts$6,4801n/a
Kids Deserve Dads$6,2501n/a
Women Escaping a Violent Enviroment$6,22613%
Meade County Senior Citizens Center Association$6,00014%
Building Schools in Africa$6,000118%
Rushmore Hockey and Skating Association$6,00012%
Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation$6,00010%
Canyon Lake Little League Baseball$6,00015%
Ridge Riders Trail Foundation$6,0001n/a
Operation Black Hills Cabin$5,78612%
Cante Waunsilpi Wi Ta Ominiciye$5,7501n/a
First Wesleyan Church$5,6001n/a
Girl Scouts - Dakota Horizons$5,57010%
Childrens Museum of the Black Hills$5,5001n/a
Dress for Success Bh Sd$5,3001n/a
Monument Health Rapid City Hospital Inc$5,20010%
The Cave Collection Foundation$5,2001n/a

Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($65k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Black Hills Area Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 12 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 149 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOneheart: $7,202,926 over 6y, 32% of budgetCommonbond Communities: $1,855,701 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of the Black Hills: $1,254,713 over 9y, 36% of budgetRural America Initiatives: $1,051,838 over 3y, 12% of budgetChildren's Home Foundation: $785,657 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetSouth Dakota Parks and Wildlife Foundation: $606,450 over 8y, 30% of budgetFeeding South Dakota: $586,606 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetBig Brothers and Big Sisters O: $537,161 over 9y, 18% of budgetYouth & Family Services Inc: $530,138 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetRapid City Library Foundation Inc: $414,477 over 8y, 80% of budgetNational American University Foundation: $405,422 over 4y, 82% of budgetMammoth Site of Hot Springs: $402,750 over 7y, 14% of budgetStorybook Island: $385,421 over 7y, 35% of budgetSDSM&T Center for Alumni Relations & Advancement: $312,527 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetHumane Society of the Black Hills: $299,571 over 9y, 3.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $297,350 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWorking Against Violence Inc: $285,256 over 9y, 4.4% of budgetThe Hope Center: $270,275 over 7y, 79% of budgetBlack Hills State University Foundation: $257,384 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFriends of South Dakota Public Broadcasting: $251,066 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetBlack Hills Works Foundation Inc: $236,859 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetSt Olaf College: $233,837 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Smile Inc: $210,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWellspring Inc: $182,650 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetBlack Hills Raptor Center: $167,941 over 8y, 19% of budgetRe-Member: $159,860 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetRapid City Club for Boys Inc: $159,620 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetSouth Dakota Association for the Education of Young Children: $154,608 over 3y, 35% of budgetWestern South Dakota Senior Services Inc: $153,025 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetUnited Way of the Black Hills: $152,750 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetRapid City y M C A: $132,918 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetBlack Hills Works Inc: $110,013 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPhilip Health Services Inc: $103,700 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of South Dakota & Montana: $102,829 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetBehavior Management Systems Inc Dba West River Mental Health: $100,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCornerstone Rescue Mission: $98,162 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetWambli Ska Society: $97,706 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $94,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics South Dakota Inc: $91,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetVolunteers of America Northern Rockies: $90,349 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBlack Hills Soccer Federation Inc: $90,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetElevate Rapid City: $89,663 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWesthills Village Foundation: $85,000 over 3y, 9.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of South Dakota Inc: $80,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetFisher House Foundation Inc: $80,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Dakota Hall of Fame: $78,000 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetFork Real Community Cafe Inc: $69,204 over 6y, 7.6% of budgetNorthern Hills Area Casa Program: $64,000 over 5y, 3.9% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 149.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

South Dakota Community FoundationSD114.1× affinity67 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: South Dakota Community Foundation · United Way of the Black Hills · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Midcontinent Foundation · Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc · Gwendolyn L Stearns Foundation Inc · Larson Foundation · Clarkson Family Foundation Pioneer Bank & Trust Trustee · Synchrony Foundation · John T Vucurevich Foundation · Sanford Group Return · Dakota Charitable Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Black Hills Area Community Foundation

How much does Black Hills Area Community Foundation give?
Black Hills Area Community Foundation reported 120 itemized grants totaling $5,729,537, out of $6,294,740 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 46 and 99 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Black Hills Area Community Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (35%), Human Services (24%), Education (11%).
Who are Black Hills Area Community Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Oneheart ($7.2M), Commonbond Communities ($1.9M), Boys and Girls Clubs of the Black Hills ($1.3M).
Does Black Hills Area Community Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Black Hills Area Community Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include South Dakota Community Foundation, United Way of the Black Hills, First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc.
Where is Black Hills Area Community Foundation based?
Black Hills Area Community Foundation is based in SD.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 236 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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