Black Hills Food Response Fund
Funding Amount
Matching donations up to $50,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- One-time opportunity
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Funder: Black Hills Area Community Foundation, in partnership with the Sustaining Black Hills Nonprofits Fund (John T. Vucurevich Foundation and Bush Foundation)
An emergency fund activated to help local nonprofits respond to rising need for food assistance amid federal SNAP disruptions and government shutdown. This is a community fundraising initiative with matching support.
Geographic Scope: Black Hills region (Butte, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington, Custer, Oglala Lakota, and Fall River counties)
What It Supports:
- Local nonprofit food services
- Feeding South Dakota's Black Hills programs
- Community food pantries and resources
Context:
- 19,976 SNAP recipients in Black Hills area expected to experience disruptions
- Includes more than 8,500 children
- Many food pantries reported serving new families and running out of food more quickly than usual
Matching Details:
- Donations matched dollar-for-dollar
- Matching cap: $50,000
- 50% of funds raised support Feeding South Dakota
- 50% of funds raised support local nonprofit food resources
How Nonprofits Benefit:
Qualifying Black Hills nonprofits can request a meeting with BHACF staff to discuss food service needs: bit.ly/blackhillsfoodservices
How to Donate:
- Online: Community members can donate on BHACF website
- Mail: Check to BHACF, 243 Founders Park Drive Suite 102, Rapid City, SD 57701 (note "BHACF / Food Response")
- Donor Advised Fund (DAF): Fundholders can donate through DAF by emailing barb@bhacf.org
Contact Information:
- Black Hills Area Community Foundation
- 243 Founders Park Drive, Suite 102
- Rapid City, SD 57701
- Phone: 605-718-0112
- Email: info@bhacf.org
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
- 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.
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Oneheart · Rapid City, SD
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$597K
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Black Hills · Hill City, SD
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$325K
Feeding South Dakota · Sioux Falls, SD
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$303K
LPL Financialbhsu-Center for American Indian Studies Departmental Needs Fu · Rapid City, SD
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$220K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Food security
- Food pantries
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