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Woonsocket Community Foundation

Learn about the CSA in Woonsocket, SD.

Yankton Area Foundation

Keep the Legacy Alive

Cheyenne River Youth Project

Since 1988, CRYP has empowered Cheyenne River Reservation families with unique opportunities. Founder Julie Garreau aims to tackle community issues through youth programs.

Jack and Ruth Cannon

In Rapid City, the late Jack and Ruth Cannon are celebrated for their enduring community involvement spanning over 50 years in South Dakota

Build Dakota Scholarship Fund

Looking Ahead

The South Dakota Community Foundation has seen remarkable growth in donor investments and impactful grants benefiting organizations and individuals statewide.

Mary and Michael Fuchs

What better way to honor his wife, thought Michael Fuchs, than setting up a fund at the South Dakota Community Foundation to help some of the young women she cares most deeply about? “I wanted to recognize her and her passion for the Abbott House,” says Michael, who set up the Mary E. Fuchs Scholarship Fund a year ago.

Bernie Christenson

When Governor George S. Mickelson asked Bernie Christenson to start a Community Foundation for the state of South Dakota in 1987, Christenson quipped that he wasn’t even quite sure how to spell ‘philanthropy.’ But he still said “yes,” because Christenson knew it would be a legacy that would make the Governor proud, and transform the state for good.

Sanford Underground Research Facility

SDCF invested $2 million to explore darkness one mile underground in an old gold mine. This could revolutionize our understanding of the universe.

Special Olympics SD

Special Olympics South Dakota gave Watertown’s Justin Elliott the adventure of a lifetime.