OVERVIEW: The Black Hills Area Community Foundation supports arts and culture, disaster recovery, women and children, environment, education, affordable housing, human services, homelessness, and other community needs in the Black Hills region of South Dakota.
FUNDING AREAS: Community benefit, arts and culture, disaster recovery, women and children, environment, education, affordable housing, human services, homelessness
IP TAKE: BHACF is an accessible local community funder with several opportunities to get involved and apply for grants.
PROFILE: Established in 1987, the Black Hills Area Community Foundation (BHACF) is a community foundation based in Rapid City, South Dakota. It works with nonprofits, assists donors, raises funds, and distributes grants in the local community. The foundation aims to "provide philanthropic leadership to build community endowments to invest in people and solutions that positively impact the Black Hills area.” It funds local efforts for arts and culture, disaster recovery, women and children, environment, education, affordable housing, human services, homelessness, and other community needs.
The Black Hills Area Community Foundation awards quality of life grants to respond to changing needs in the community. It awards community action grants of $50,000 to organizations that are sustainable, partnering with other community resources, and implementing new ideas. BHACF’s food security grants support collaborative efforts in Pennington County. The funder’s Liv to Give Fund gives preference to organizations and projects that benefit children. Its Community Service Center Trust Fund assists low-income local people, especially Native American Indian groups. Black Hills by Choice Southern Hills is a giving society administered by BHACF, which the foundation also has a youth philanthropy program that has a different focus each year and awards grants up to $5,000.
Grants range between about $5,000 and $50,000. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. Grantmaking focuses on the Black Hills area of South Dakota. Past local grantees include the Black Hills Raptor Center, Casa 7th Circuit, Front Porch Coalition, and Haakon School District.
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits for some of its grantmaking programs. Each program has its own set of guidelines and deadlines. Direct general questions to the staff at info@bhacf.org or 605-718-0112.
PEOPLE:
Search for staff contact info and bios in PeopleFinder (paid subscribers only).
LINKS: