BHACF Capacity Building Grant
Funding Amount
$5,000
Deadline
Expected ~March
Based on past cycles
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Current deadline
- March 15, 2027
- Tracked since
- September 2026
Deadlines typically fall in: March
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
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Eligible organizations
- Organizations
- Open to 501(c)(3) charities, schools, religious organizations, and government entities across the Black Hills region of South Dakota.
Geography
- South Dakota
Required status
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
Overview
The Black Hills Area Community Foundation awards Capacity Building Grants of $10,000 in one annual spring round (opens February 1, closes March 15) to Black Hills-region nonprofits; funds support strategic planning, marketing, staff/board development, measurement/evaluation, technology support, supplies and other mission-sustaining infrastructure. Eligibility: a variety of annual grants are available for 501(c)(3) charities, schools, religious organizations and government entities across the Black Hills region.
Full eligibility text
501(c)(3) public charities, schools, government entities and religious organizations serving Oglala Lakota, Fall River, Custer, Pennington, Meade, Lawrence or Butte counties (SD).
How to Apply
Apply through BHACF's Grant Opportunities page. Two rounds of Capacity Building Grants are awarded each year (a spring round has historically opened around Feb 1). Open to 501(c)(3) charities, schools, religious organizations, and government entities across the Black Hills region of South Dakota.
What Black Hills Area Community Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 120
- Total given
- $5.73M
- Median grant
- $15K
- Range
- $5,200–$1.18M
- 90% of its 2025 grant dollars went to recipients in South Dakota, where this grant's project is located.
- By dollars: South Dakota 90%, Minnesota 4%, Nebraska 2%. Top recipient cities: Rapid City, SD; Sioux Falls, SD; Spearfish, SD.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 62% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Bhacf Match to Agency · Rapid City, SD
Matching grant funds
$1.18M
Oneheart · Rapid City, SD
Social services
$597K
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Black Hills · Hill City, SD
Youth
$325K
Feeding South Dakota · Sioux Falls, SD
Basic needs
$303K
LPL Financialbhsu-Center for American Indian Studies Departmental Needs Fu · Rapid City, SD
Education
$220K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Capacity building
- Small grants
Project Locations
- SD
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