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Black Hills Corporation Foundation at a glance

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Black Hills Corporation Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
94
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$170k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$812kPhilanthropy$651kEnvironment$339kEducation$287kHousing & Shelter$285kCommunity Improvement$267kArts & Culture$141kHealth$101kOther$0
02FY2024 · 94 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 94 grants below total $911,663, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,025,928 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $114,265 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k65 grants · $191k
  • $10k–50k28 grants · $551k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $170k
$4,668
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
National Arbor Day Foundation,$170,000
United Way Of The Black Hills,$43,517
Warm Hearts of Douglas County, PO Box 1$30,326
Tri Lakes Cares, Po Box$27,000
Lincoln Parks & Recreation Fndn,$25,000
Lift-Up (Life Inter Faith Team On Unemployment And Poverty), 800 Railroad Ave, PO Box 1928, Rifle, CO 81650$25,000
Dwayne Peaslee Technical Training Center Inc,$25,000
Community Options Inc$25,000
Meeteetse Recreation Foundation,$25,000
Lavista Community Foundation Corp$25,000
Young Mens Christian Association Of Boulder Valley,$25,000
Guttenberg Economic And Industrial Development Committe$25,000
Way Out West Community Theatre Inc$22,500
Energy Outreach Colorado, 3$21,969
Northwest Arkansas Childrens Shelter Inc,$20,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

42%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 53 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +3% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

53 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 51 since wound down; 72 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

53
96

Total granted

$1.4M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+2%

Still filing today

42%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $785k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
PhilanthropyHuman ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementHealthArts & CultureOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • ES
    Energy Share of Wyoming
    2× · 2022–2023 · $68k · revenue +13% · 33% of their budget
  • CR
    CHURCH RESPONSE
    3× · 2021–2023 · $22k · revenue +56%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF NATRONA COUNTY
    3× · 2021–2023 · $16k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • CB
    Council Bluffs Schools
    one grant, 2022 · $40k
  • O
    ONEHEART
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue -20%
  • ES
    Energy Share of Wyoming c/o Align
    one grant, 2021 · $28k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
United Way of Nebraska City Inc

United way distributes collections to civil and charitable organizations in the geographical area.

Philanthropy
2
United Way of Dickinson Inc

To fund various community nonprofit organizations in southwest north dakota.

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3
United Way of North Central Iowa

Seeking to build a stronger, more caring community by forming partnerships with businesses, community experts, education & health & human service agencies to achieve targeted outcomes & sustained changes in community conditions which will…

Philanthropy
4
United Way of the Midlands

United way connects people and resources to improve the quality of life in the midlands. united way invests in a broad range of community programs that increase access to health care, improve student success, assist people in crisis to…

Philanthropy
5
United Way of Langlade County Inc

United Way uses its global reach and local presence to build stronger, more resilient communities where everyone can thrive. We work to improve the health, education, and economic mobility of every person in every community we serve.

Philanthropy
6
United Way of Walworth County

Collect and disburse funds for the united way

Philanthropy
7
United Way of Green County Inc

Building a stronger community by uniting people and resources to solve problems and improve lives.

Human Services
8
United Way of Umatilla & Morrow Counties

United way of umatilla and morrow counties empowers individual givers to support their communities in caring for those in need.

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9
United Way of Mcminn and Meigs Counties

To build a stronger, caring community by uniting our resources and enhance the human services available in mcminn and meigs counties.

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10
United Way of Wythe County Inc

Provides funding to affiliated non-profit agencies in wythe county and the surrounding area.

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11
United Way of Jefferson & N Walworth Counties Inc

Our mission is to improve peoples lives by mobilizing the caring power of the communities. we will achieve this by identifying critical human needs, supporting programs that lead to measurable community results and by providing finnacial…

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12
United Way of North Central Ohio Inc

At united way of north central ohio, we bring people, organizations, and resources together to create solutions that improve the lives of every person in every community in our region.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Weld County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Gothenburg Early Childhood Learning Coalition. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

89 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 89 of the 225 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
87/89
Grantees still filing
46/89
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Salvation Army FBO Heatshare: $364,682 · OtherThe Salvation Army FBO HeatshareNational Arbor Day Foundation,: $170,000 · OtherNational Arbor Day Foundation,Salvation Army Rapid City,: $91,121 · OtherLARAMIE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $84,000 · Other+147 more: $1,572,044 · Other+147 moreUNITED WAY OF THE BLACK HILLS: $155,298 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY…UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS INC: $26,548 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY…United Way of Pueblo County Colorado Inc: $25,467 · PhilanthropyUnited Way…BLACK HILLS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyBLACK HILL…YORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Philanthropy+20 more: $65,696 · Philanthropy+20 moreWARM HEARTS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY INC: $188,741 · Housing & ShelterONEHEART: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterMAGDALENE SERENITY HOUSE INC: $22,500 · Housing & ShelterIOWA COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION: $105,994 · Human ServicesSAVING GRACE: $25,500 · Human ServicesCHURCH RESPONSE: $21,998 · Human ServicesWESTON COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES: $20,000 · Human ServicesGOTHENBURG EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING COALITION: $13,500 · Human ServicesCRISIS INTERVENTION SHELTER SERVICE: $10,000 · Human ServicesBERTHA BARTLETT PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationFriends of the Grimes Public Library: $20,000 · EducationMASLOW ACADEMY OF APPLIED LEARNING INC: $17,270 · EducationOUR SCHOOL: $16,500 · EducationRAPID CITY LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Education+1 more: $2,250 · EducationHILLS AND DALES CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $25,000 · HealthThe Well NE: $22,500 · HealthARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $20,000 · HealthMonument Health Rapid City Hospital Inc: $20,000 · HealthRUBY M SISSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $22,500 · Community ImprovementGARDEN CITY DOWNTOWN VISION INC: $20,000 · Community ImprovementLAKE VIEW FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Community ImprovementLocal Initiative for Transformation - WC Inc: $13,000 · Community ImprovementBIG LITTLE TOWN REVITALIZATION CLUB: $9,000 · Community Improvement
Other$2,281,847Philanthropy$308,009Housing & Shelter$241,241Human Services$196,992Education$96,020Health$87,500Community Improvement$84,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWARM HEARTS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY INC: $188,741 over 3y, 50% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE BLACK HILLS: $155,298 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetIOWA COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION: $105,994 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetLARAMIE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $84,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetEnergy Share of Wyoming: $68,185 over 2y, 33% of budgetONEHEART: $30,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS INC: $26,548 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSAVING GRACE: $25,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetUnited Way of Pueblo County Colorado Inc: $25,467 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetBERTHA BARTLETT PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetHILLS AND DALES CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of the Black Hills: $25,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetRUBY M SISSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $22,500 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetThe Well NE: $22,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMAGDALENE SERENITY HOUSE INC: $22,500 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetSEWARD CHANGING THE GAME INC: $22,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBLACK CANYON BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $22,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCHURCH RESPONSE: $21,998 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetFORT SEDGWICK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $21,800 over 1y, 18% of budgetFriends of the Grimes Public Library: $20,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetGARDEN CITY DOWNTOWN VISION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF KANSAS HEARTLAND INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMonument Health Rapid City Hospital Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE VIEW FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetBLACK HILLS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWESTON COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES: $20,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetCHEYENNE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM FKA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF CHEYENNE: $20,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetNORTHWEST ARKANSAS FOOD BANK: $19,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAINSWORTH CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $18,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMASLOW ACADEMY OF APPLIED LEARNING INC: $17,270 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOUR SCHOOL: $16,500 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $16,378 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NATRONA COUNTY: $16,076 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetYORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE BLACK HILLS PLAYHOUSE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetRAPID CITY LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetANDREW VOLUNTEER FIREMEN INC: $15,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetWORKING AGAINST VIOLENCE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGOTHENBURG EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING COALITION: $13,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLocal Initiative for Transformation - WC Inc: $13,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetHISTORIC HOMESTAKE OPERA HOUSE SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCRISIS INTERVENTION SHELTER SERVICE: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetLEXINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBIG LITTLE TOWN REVITALIZATION CLUB: $9,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetBONE CREEK ART MUSEUM: $9,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BOONE COUNTY INC: $6,714 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetNORFOLK AREA UNITED WAY INC: $6,472 over 3y, 0.5% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds WARM HEARTS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE BLACK HILLS ↗
  • Who funds IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds LARAMIE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Energy Share of Wyoming ↗
  • Who funds ONEHEART ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS INC ↗
  • Who funds SAVING GRACE ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Pueblo County Colorado Inc ↗
  • Who funds BERTHA BARTLETT PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HILLS AND DALES CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Boys and Girls Clubs of the Black Hills ↗
  • Who funds RUBY M SISSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Well NE ↗
  • Who funds MAGDALENE SERENITY HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds SEWARD CHANGING THE GAME INC ↗
  • Who funds BLACK CANYON BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC ↗

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.

First Interstate Banc…Lumen Clarke M Willia…Bnsf Railway Foundati…Union Pacific Foundat…United Way WorldwideNebraska Community Fo…Land O'Lakes Foundati…South Dakota Communit…United Way of Lincoln…Black Hills Area Comm…Nebraska Children & F…Temple Hoyne Buell Fo…
First Interstate BancSystem Foundation IncMT36.7× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Lumen Clarke M Williams Foundation · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Union Pacific Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Nebraska Community Foundation · Land O'Lakes Foundation · South Dakota Community Foundation · United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster County · Black Hills Area Community Foundation · Nebraska Children & Families Foundation · Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation

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.

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 225 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $1.1M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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