South Dakota Community Foundation - Organizational Capacity Building Grants

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Organizational Capacity Building Grants.

NEWS RELEASE - Oct. 14, 2009

South Dakota Community Foundation Awards
Capacity Building Grants

October 2009 – The South Dakota Community Foundation is very excited to announce that fifty-six nonprofit organizations from across the state have been chosen to receive grants from the South Dakota Nonprofit Enhancement Project. The grants awarded will be used for organizational capacity building needs, including but not limited to: developing a strategic plan, program evaluation, communications, board development, grant writing assistance, management transition, financial management review, and fund development.

Grants are being awarded to the following organizations:

Abbott House

Alliance of Tribal Tourism Advocates

Am. Indian Social Research Inst.

Assn. of Fundraising Professionals

Black Hills Area Community Foundation

Black Hills Area Council Boy Scouts

Boys and Girls Club of Pierre

Boys and Girls Club of Three Dist.

Capital Area Counseling Service

Children's Care Hospital and School

Cloud Horse Art Institute

Community Food Banks of SD

Cornerstones Career Learning Center

Four Bands Community Funds

Habitat for Humanity of Sioux Falls

Hetitleh Connect of South Dakota

HELP!Line Center

Homes Are Possible, Inc.

Impact Ministries Youth Center

Inter-Lakes Comm. Action Porgram

Lakota Funds (Pine Ridge Organizing Group for a

Credit Union)

Lifeways Inc.

Lunch is Served

Lutheran Social Services of SD

McCrossan Boys Ranch

Missouri Valley Crises Center

Multi-Cultural Center

NAMI South Dakota

National Music Museum

NE South Dakota Community Action

Northern Fort Playhouse

Northern Hills Alliance for Children through the

Black Hills Area Community Foundation

Oahe, Inc.

Oglala Sioux Tribe Partner. For Housing

Pine Ridge Chamber of Commerce

Rapid City Arts Council at the Dahl

Salvation Army of the Black Hills

SANI-T

SESDAC Foundation

Sisseton Econ. Development Corp.

South Dakota 4-H Foundation

South Dakota Achieve

South Dakota CARES

South Dakota Farmers Union Foundation

South Dakota Humanities Council

South Dakota Indian Business Alliance through

First Nations OWEESTA

South Dakota Nonprofit Association

Southeast Enterprise Facilitation Project

St. Francis House

Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Webster Area Development Corp.

Wellspring, Inc.

Winner Resource Center for Families

Working Against Violence Inc.

Youth and Family Serivces

YWCA Sioux Falls

The South Dakota Community Foundation received 192 applications requesting over $1.8 million in assistance. A total of $350,000 was awarded in grants ranging in size from $2,000 to $12,500 and were part of a competitive application process.

The South Dakota Nonprofit Enhancement Program is a two year initiative launched by the South Dakota Community Foundation in 2009, assisted by a $2 million grant from the Bush Foundation of St. Paul, Minnesota. Through this project, the South Dakota Community Foundation is providing training, education and resources to increase nonprofit capacity, improve nonprofit boards, increase nonprofit revenues and strengthen the nonprofit sector as a whole. The South Dakota Community Foundation estimates more than 1,000 nonprofit executives, board members and staff will be reached through this initiative.

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