John T. Vucurevich Foundation Grant

The John T. Vucurevich Foundation Grant focuses on supporting low-income families by addressing essential needs such as food access, health services, and transportation. The foundation aims to foster community collaboration and strategic partnerships to enhance the well-being of families and children in the Rapid City Area. Grant applications are accepted for projects that demonstrate community need and secure additional funding, with a commitment to transparent and engaged grantmaking.

NOTE: We currently only accept applications for grants that support low-income access to food, physical and behavioral health, safety, social belonging and culture, and transportation.
Our Vision & Mission
It starts with a mission:

• We help our low-income neighbors meet their needs one family at a time through grantmaking and community collaboration.
• And a vision:
• We envision a community where working families and thriving children reach their full potential.
• Values
• CollaborativeStrategicTransparentEngaged
• Grant Making

Real change happens when the needs of families and their children are met simultaneously. We make grants to organizations to do just that.
Affordable Housing
Increase access to quality affordable low-income housing opportunities.
Early Learning
Expand access and affordability of quality early learning/childcare programs.
Economic Mobility
Provide scholarship and mentor supports to those needing further education to reach economically stable employment.
Basic Needs
Support low-income access to food, physical and behavioral health, safety, social belonging and culture, and transportation.
Accepting Applications for Basic Needs
We currently only accept applications for grants that support low-income access to food, physical and behavioral health, safety, social belonging and culture, and transportation.
Compelling grant applicants outline a program or project that:
benefits low-income individuals or familiesaddresses a demonstrated community need that falls within our basic needs priority area (food, physical/behavioral health, safety, social belonging/culture, or transportation)cultivates trusting and collaborative relationships within the communityhave other funding secured beyond John T. Vucurevich Foundation dollars

Eligibility

Do I QualifyYour organization must be classified as tax-exempt under the IRS Code Section 501(c)(3).Organizations are limited to 1 unsolicited grant request per 12 months period.Your grant idea must fall within our basic needs priority area, which we define as food, physical and behavioral health, safety, social belonging and culture, and transportation.Your grant idea should serve the Rapid City Area. We concentrate the majority of our funding in the Rapid City Area but do fund some work in neighboring communities where we have a longstanding history of grantmaking and strong partnerships.

Ineligibility

We do not fund individuals, school affiliated trips, museums, animal-related projects, political campaign activities, direct religious activities, international requests, benefit events, event sponsorships, sports activities, publications, video, and film production, camp development and infrastructure, and requests from form letters.We do not normally fund endowments or organizations less than five years old.