OVERVIEW: The Bob and Ginny Peterson Foundation supports children and youth, education, religion and human services in South Dakota and Iowa.
FUNDING AREAS: Children and youth, education, religion, human services
IP TAKE: Sioux City, Iowa is a major site of grantmaking for this family foundation that remains low-key, off the radar and not open to unsolicited requests from local nonprofits. The foundation lacks a website, which restricts transparency about grantmaking strategies and guidelines.
PROFILE: Established in 1998, the Bob and Ginny Peterson Foundation is a private foundation based in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota. This is a very family-run foundation with G. Virginia Peterson serving as president and Mark R. Peterson as the secretary and treasurer. The foundation does not have a full-time staff. Limited information is known about the founders and their family. It funds local efforts for children and youth, education, religion and human services.
The Bob and Ginny Peterson Foundation does not have a website to guide grantseekers. However, past tax records reveal that this foundation awards grants to various types of local nonprofits close to home. It typically provides grants in the form of unrestricted funds.
Grants range between about $500 and $150,000. The foundation typically awards less than $400,000 in grants per year. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. Grantmaking largely focuses on Iowa and South Dakota, although the funder has awarded other grants in Missouri and an occasional national organization. Past local grantees include Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Dakota Dunes, Goodwill of Great Plains and the Dakota Valley School District.
This foundation does not typically accept unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits, as it prefers to fund only pre-selected organizations. Direct general questions to the staff at 605-217-2157.
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