South Dakota · Public charity
Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation
The mission of CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION is to protect and preserve the cultures, traditions, and living heritage of the north american indians. Crazy horse memorial remains committed to the promise sculptor korczak ziolkowski made to chief henry standing bear and other native elders in response to their invitation to carve and…
- $162k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $90k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $31,440
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $142M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $90k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $93k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $99k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $100k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $90k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $101k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $101k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $102k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oglala Lakota College | $366,000 | 9 | 0% |
| University of South Dakota Foundation | $167,330 | 9 | 0% |
| Sitting Bull College | $100,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Black Hills State University Foundation | $96,240 | 4 | 0% |
| Western Dakota Vocational Technical Foundation Inc | $80,000 | 8 | 1% |
| South Dakota Parks and Wildlife Foundation | $40,000 | 4 | 1% |
| South Dakota State University Foundation | $30,600 | 4 | 0% |
| SDSM&T Center for Alumni Relations & Advancement | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
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.
Open a dossier: South Dakota Community Foundation · John T Vucurevich Foundation · Black Hills Area Community Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation
- How much does Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation give?
- Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation reported 5 itemized grants totaling $90,440, out of $162,134 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (95%), Recreation & Sports (5%).
- Who are Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Oglala Lakota College ($366k), University of South Dakota Foundation ($167k), Sitting Bull College ($100k).
- Does Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include South Dakota Community Foundation, John T Vucurevich Foundation, Black Hills Area Community Foundation.
- Where is Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation based?
- Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation is based in SD.
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