Grants to South Dakota nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and schools in eligible regions to enhance the quality of life for disadvantaged residents. Interested applicants must confirm eligibility prior to applying. Emphasis is given to proposals addressing access to health, social belonging and culture, food, and transportation. The geographical focus is Western South Dakota, in particular, the Black Hills region and the Rapid City area.
Compelling grant applicants outline a program or project that:
Benefits low-income individuals or families
Addresses a demonstrated community need that falls within our basic needs priority area (food, physical/behavioral health, safety, social belonging/culture, or transportation)
Cultivates trusting and collaborative relationships within the community
Have other funding secured beyond John T. Vucurevich Foundation dollars
The Foundation looks for partners that are dedicated to meeting the basic needs of low-income families in our community in the following areas:
Your organization must be classified as tax-exempt under the IRS Code Section 501(c)(3).
Your grant idea should serve the Rapid City Area
The Foundation concentrates the majority of funding in the Rapid City Area but does fund some work in neighboring communities where there is a longstanding history of grantmaking and strong partnerships.
Ineligible
The Foundation does NOT fund individuals, school-affiliated trips, museums, animal-related projects, political campaign activities, direct religious activities, international requests, benefit events, event sponsorships, sports activities, publications, video, and film production, camp development and infrastructure, and requests from form letters.
The Foundation does not normally fund endowments or organizations that are less than 5 years old.
Pre-Application Information
The Foundation accepts grant applications year-round and does not have a defined grant cycle with specific submission deadlines.
The entire process can take several months so consider this when submitting your request.
Following approval of the LOI, you will proceed to the grant application phase.
Organizations are limited to 1 unsolicited grant request per 12 months period.
Before starting your grant application, please review
the funding source's website listed below for updates / changes / addendums /
conferences / LOIs.
