PUBLIC SECTOR – UNITED STATES
Federal Register
The Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents. Grant opportunities are published in the Federal Register, and the GPO offers free subscription to a listserv that electronically provides users with the weekly, if not daily, updates to the Register.
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/
http://listserv.access.gpo.gov/ (to subscribe to the listserv)
Grants.gov
Grants.gov offers an extensive list of all Federal grants.
www.grants.gov
US Department of Agriculture
Forest Service Grants Available for Utilizing Woody Biomass from National Forest Lands. This grant program is intended to help improve forest restoration activities by using and creating markets for small-diameter material and low-value trees removed from forest restoration activities.
http://www.state.sd.us/doa/Ag%20Policy/grants/pdf/Woody%20Biomass%20Utilization%20FY09.pdf
US Department of Health and Human Services
Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. A list of funding opportunities and resources for faith-based and community organizations looking to partner with the Federal government.
http://www.hhs.gov/fbci/funding/index.html#CurrentFundingOpportunities
US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Youthbuild. The HUD Youthbuild program provides grants on a competitive basis to non-profit organizations to assist high-risk youth ages 16 to 24 learn housing construction job skills and complete their high school education. Program participants enhance their skills as they construct and/ or rehabilitate affordable housing for low- and moderate-income persons.
(605) 330-4223
http://www.hud.gov
US National Park Service
Save America’s Treasures. The Federal Save America’s Treasures program is one of the largest and most successful grant programs for the protection of our nation’s endangered and irreplaceable cultural heritage. Grants are available for preservation and/ or conservation work on nationally significant intellectual and cultural artifacts and historic structures and sites. Intellectual and cultural artifacts include artifacts, collections, documents, sculpture, and works of art. Historic structures and sites include historic districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects.
http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/hpg/index.htm
PUBLIC SECTOR – SOUTH DAKOTA
South Dakota Arts Council (A sample of opportunities is provided below.)
http://www.artscouncil.sd.gov/grants/grantsorgan.aspx
Arts Challenge Grant (nonprofit arts organizations only). Provides assistance to South Dakota nonprofits, producing arts institutions and community arts councils.
http://www.artscouncil.sd.gov/grants/challenge.aspx
Arts Opportunity Grant. Assists nonprofit organizations throughout the year for a variety of activities. Up to $500 in matching funds may be awarded.
http://www.artscouncil.sd.gov/grants/artopport.aspx
Excursion Grant. Excursion grants of up to $500 assist organizations in the transportation of K-12 students and persons with disabilities to arts events. To be eligible, trips must be at least 40 miles from the organization’s home.
http://www.artscouncil.sd.gov/grants/excur.aspx
Importation of Musicians Grant. Assists South Dakota orchestras with the hiring of musicians from outside their own communities.
http://www.artscouncil.sd.gov/grants/impmusic.aspx
Performing Arts Bank Grant. This is a partnership program of the South Dakotans for the Arts and the South Dakota Arts Council. As an underwriting service for South Dakota communities with populations under 15,000, the Performing Arts Bank insures against financial loss from producing and sponsoring performances, workshops, and other performing arts events. Funds are only used if a presenter suffers a deficit at the box office.
http://www.artscouncil.sd.gov/grants/perfbank.asp
Professional Development Grants. Professional Development Grants may be awarded to an organization to fund its representative's attendance at a professional development activity that benefits both the organization and the individual attending.
http://www.artscouncil.sd.gov/grants/professdev.aspx
Project Grant. Assists nonprofit organizations present an arts activity for the general public which meets specific needs of the organization.
http://www.artscouncil.sd.gov/grants/project.aspx
Small Organization Season Support Grant. Assists small nonprofit arts organizations present a season of activities that meet the needs of the organization.
http://www.artscouncil.sd.gov/grants/ssos.aspx
Statewide Services Grant. Funds statewide cultural service organizations through a partnership agreement with the South Dakota Arts Council. Grants are made to help meet the mission, goals, and strategies of the Council’s long range plan.
http://www.artscouncil.sd.gov/grants/statewide.aspx
Technical Assistance Grant. Technical Assistance to South Dakota nonprofit arts organizations provides matching funds for specialists to advise groups on technical matters, specific programs, projects, and/ or administrative functions, provided that this expertise is not available within the organization. Assistance specifically related to technology issues such as use of the internet, web design, and other computer expertise may be funded in this category.
http://www.artscouncil.sd.gov/grants/techassist.aspx
Touring Arts Grant. Helps make the arts available in all regions of the state by providing matching funds to nonprofit organizations for contracted programs listed in the Touring Arts brochure.
http://www.artscouncil.sd.gov/grants/tasponsor.aspx
South Dakota Department of Agriculture
Building Our South Dakota Rural Communities Grants (BOSDRC). BOSDRC provides funds for 4-H clubs and FFA/ FCCLA chapters to conduct community development projects. Maximum grants awarded on a competitive basis are $750 for the “basic grant” and $200 for the “safety grant.” To be eligible, applicants must be a 4-H Club, a 4-H county organization, an FFA chapter, or a FCCLA chapter.
(800) 228-5254
www.state.sd.us/doa
The Community Forestry Challenge grant program. This program provides financial assistance to city governments, non-profit groups, state agencies, and tribal groups to establish or maintain a community forestry program and restoration projects. Funding for this program is provided by the U.S. Forest Service.
http://www.state.sd.us/news/showDoc.aspx?i=10292
Department of Agriculture Cooperative Forestry Programs. The Department of Agriculture, Resource Conservation and Forestry Division is the delivery mechanism for USDA Forest Service Cooperative Forestry Programs. These programs include the Forest Stewardship Program through which technical assistance is provided to private landowners to encourage and enable long-term management of their forest and agroforest (windbreak) resources. The Economic Action Program helps to create and expand natural resource-based businesses, focusing on those which contribute to forest health and resource stewardship. It also works toward stronger tourism and amenity-based opportunities, overcoming the lack of resources to diversify local economies and implementing forest products technologies to increase commercial use of small diameter and woody biomass. The 9 Forest Health Program offers technical assistance to diagnose and treat insect, disease, and abiotic problems affecting trees. Periodically, funds are available in the form of cost-share programs and grants to implement project specific activities that accomplish program goals.
(800) 228-5254
www.state.sd.us/doa
(800) 228-5254
www.state.sd.us/doa
Rural Development Agriculture Loan Participation Program. This program works with local lenders to provide low-interest loans for projects which engage in or enhance value-added production, processing, marketing, or exporting of agricultural products. Projects eligible for this loan participation include those that demonstrate the potential of adding value to, or creating innovative uses for, South Dakota agricultural products. The program may also be used in developing viable new agricultural products and subsequent markets or enhancing the economic viability of the applicant or the rural community.
(800) 228-5254
www.state.sd.us/doa
Urban and Community Forestry Program. The Urban and Community Forestry Program provides financial assistance to communities and to volunteer service organizations in the form of cost share enhancement grants. The grants are used to fund tree planting projects which provide benefits to the general public, solve a specific urban and community forestry problem, demonstrate the importance of trees in our communities, and challenge other organizations to plan and implement similar projects. The community or service organization must match the grant funds on a 50-50 basis. Since the program began, grants have averaged between $1,500 and $2,000 per project. The required match is traditionally met through the volunteer labor and donated supplies that are needed to properly plant, mulch, and otherwise maintain the trees until they are established.
(800) 228-5254
www.state.sd.us/doa
South Dakota Department of Education
Office of Educational Services and Support
21st Century Learning Centers Grant Application. This program establishes 21st century Community Learning Centers. A Community Learning Center is an entity within a public elementary, middle, or secondary school building, or equally accessible and available building, that (1) provides educational, recreational, health, and social service programs for students from high poverty schools and the families of those students within a local community, and (2) is operated by the grantee in conjunction with local governmental agencies, businesses, vocational education programs, institutions of higher education, community colleges, local educational agencies (LEA), and cultural, recreational, and other community and human service entities.
http://doe.sd.gov/oess/21cent/appprocess.asp
South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks
South Dakota Wildlife Action Plan Competitive Grants. South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (SDGFP) has set aside a portion of its State Wildlife Grants funds for fish and wildlife conservation proposals from outside the agency. State Wildlife Grants (SWG) funding is provided annually to states to address the needs of certain animal species and their habitats. The funding ratio for SWG projects is 50% federal and 50% non-federal. The purpose of this competitive grant program is to assist in implementing the South Dakota Wildlife Action Plan.
http://www.sdgfp.info/Wildlife/Diversity/Comp_Plan.htm
http://www.sdgfp.info/Wildlife/Diversity/compgrants.htm
South Dakota Governors Office of Economic Development
Value-Added Tourism Subfund. The Value-Added Tourism Subfund is earmarked to provide loans specifically for feasibility studies, marketing studies, and marketing of value added tourism projects. The purpose of the Value Added Tourism Subfund is to attract more visitors to South Dakota from other states and countries, lengthen visitor stays, expand the shoulder season, create jobs, and expand upon the historical, cultural, scenic, wildlife and other resources in South Dakota. Loans cannot exceed more than 50 percent of the total project costs for marketing, feasibility study expenses, or other eligible project expenses. Applicant must provide an equity contribution of at least 10 percent of the total project cost for marketing, feasibility study expenses, or other project expenses as determined by the board.
(800) 872-6190
www.SDreadytowork.com
PRIVATE SECTOR
The following is a list of companies and organizations who commonly provide grant funding. These organizations may or may not provide funding for projects in South Dakota.
3M Foundation. The 3M Foundation supports organizations involved with arts and culture, education, the environment, health, disaster relief, youth development, human services, and minorities. Special emphasis is directed toward programs designed to help prepare individuals and families for success.
http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/CommunityAffairs/CommunityGiving/US/NonProfit
Allstate Foundation. The Allstate Foundation supports national and local programs that address needs within three focus areas: safe and vital communities (catastrophe response, youth anti-violence, neighborhood revitalization, teen safe driving); tolerance, inclusion, and diversity (teaching tolerance to youth, ending hate crimes, alleviating discrimination); or economic empowerment (financial and economic literacy, insurance education, empowerment for victims of domestic violence).
http://www.allstate.com/foundation/funding-guidelines.aspx
AT&T. No future educational funding is posted, but it might be available in the future.
http://www.att.com/gen/corporate-citizenship?pid=11520
Bush Foundation. The Bush Foundation is an independent foundation that serves community needs in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Since 1953, the Foundation has provided more than $800 million in grants and fellowships to improve the well-being of people in these three states. Specific information about the Foundation’s goals can be found at http://www.bushfoundation.org/Goals/default.asp
http://www.bushfoundation.org/Welcome/default.asp
Charles Lafitte Foundation. The mission of the Charles Lafitte Foundation (CLF) is to provide for and support inventive and effective ways of helping people help themselves and others around them to lead healthy, satisfying, and enriched lives. To fulfill this mission, the Foundation acts as grantmaker, innovator, and volunteer for four main programs: education, children's advocacy, medical research issues, and the arts.
http://www.charleslafitte.org/
Corporation for National and Community Service. Opportunities for SEA’s and non-profits to fund local schools and community organizations to implement service learning programs.
http://www.learnandserve.gov/for_organizations/funding/index.asp
First Nations Development Institute. Awards grants to tribes and Native owned non-profits.
http://www.firstnations.org/default2.asp?active_page_id=277&top=75
Ford Foundation.
http://www.fordfound.org/about/new-generation/core-issues/access-to-education/
HP. Offers ongoing education grants.
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/grants/us/hpiie.html#1
ING Foundation. ING Foundation grants aim to fulfill community needs by targeting children’s education and/or the financial literacy of children (K-12) and/ or their immediate families.
http://www.ingusa.com/us/aboutING/CorporateCitizenship/INGFoundationGrants/index.htm
Irwin Andrew Porter Foundation. The Irwin Andrew Porter Foundation (IAP) funds innovative projects that foster connections between individuals, communities, the environment, and the world at large. While areas of interest for IAP are the arts, education, environment, and social programs, the quality, innovation, thoughtfulness, and effectiveness of a project are more important than any one specific interest area. IAP limits its consideration to projects within Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Illinois, and Michigan.
http://www.iapfoundation.org/
National Education Association. Offers ‘Closing the Achievement Gaps’ grants to raise the achievement rate for minority and/ or disadvantaged students. Applications, however, are by invitation only.
http://www.neafoundation.org/programs/closingthegap.htm
National Geographic. Offers a Conservation Trust and World Cultures Fund.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/field/grants-programs/conservation-trust-application.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/donate/wcf.html
Northwest Area Foundation. The Northwest Area Foundation provides technical assistance and financial resources through its Ventures, Horizons, and Connections programs to partners in select communities within Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. The foundation identifies, shares, and advocates "what’s working" to reduce long-term poverty.
http://www.nwaf.org/Content/Grants
Northwestern Energy. Northwestern Energy awards grants to those non-profit groups that have the greatest opportunity for positively affecting communities in Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska. The applicant’s project should be focused in one of the following categories: education, health and human services, civic and community, culture and the arts, or resource conservation (habitat preservation, fish and wildlife preservation).
http://www.northwesternenergy.com/display.aspx?Page=Charitable_Giving_Application
Pay It Forward Foundation. The Pay It Forward Foundation administers a mini-grant program for Pay It Forward activities designed by and involving youth in service to their school, neighborhood, or the greater community. Mini-grants of up to $500 are available to schools, churches, and community-based groups of youth for service activities.
http://www.payitforwardfoundation.org/welcome.html
Qwest Foundation. The Qwest Foundation is dedicated to enriching the lives of customers and the communities it serves. The Foundation awards grants that generate high impact and measurable results through community-based programs, including K-12 education and economic development. Qwest’s primary geographic area of interest is within a 14-state region that includes Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
http://www.qwest.com/about/company/community/foundation.html
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. While the Robert Wood Johnson foundation focuses on health issues, they do fund educational programs (e.g., relationship between education and well-being).
http://www.rwjf.org/grants/
South Dakota Community Foundation. This foundation provides funding, primarily for non-profits, in the areas of economic development, human services, health, education, and cultural programs.
http://www.sdcommunityfoundation.org
State Farm – State Farm Youth Advisory Board Service Grants. Applicants must focus on one of the following issues: natural and societal disaster preparedness, driver safety, accessing higher education/ closing the achievement gap, financial education, or environmental responsibility.
http://www.statefarmyab.com/apply.php
Water Environment Research Foundation.
http://www.werf.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Funding
Wellmark Foundation. The Wellmark Foundation is a non-profit foundation that seeks to improve the health of Iowans, South Dakotans, and their communities, and as such funding is limited to Iowa and South Dakota-based projects and organizations. The Foundation provides support to non-profit organizations and public entities to help local communities establish or expand health initiatives. Current funding priorities of the Foundation focus on prevention with these two specific areas: 1) childhood obesity prevention and 2) community-based wellness and prevention.
http://www.wellmark.com/foundation/
OTHER
2007 South Dakota Resources Directory. Provided by the South Dakota State Library, the South Dakota Resources Directory provides summary information on a wide range of technical and financial resources related to business, community, and economic development. Resources are listed by the type of organization (e.g., state agencies, federal agencies, etc) and by agency name (59 pgs.).
http://www.sdreadytowork.com/_documents/2007FinalDirectory.pdf
The South Dakota State Library also provides a directory with an extensive list of funders who award monies in South Dakota.
http://apps.sd.gov/applications/de100sdgrantdir/Default.asp?EID=2&RID=1b&subject=++Children+%2F+Youth
The Foundation Center. The Foundation Center is a national organization that has a State based search engine for funders on its website. Payment is required in order to access the entirety of funding information, however a list of local funders with contact information and financial data (including annual funding amounts) is available.
http://foundationcenter.org/ (use the foundation finder)
Fundsnet Services Online. Fundsnet Services Online offers a free directory of funding opportunities, predominately in the US, organized by category.
http://www.fundsnetservices.com/
The Grantsmanship Center. This organization has posted a basic list of top giving foundations in South Dakota. While contact information is provided, no information is available on the types of projects these foundations fund.
http://www.tgci.com/funding/top.asp?statename=South%20Dakota&statecode=SD
