Six South Dakota organizations have received Bush Foundation
grants totaling $1.14 million.
Grants were awarded to:
- Catholic Social Services of the Diocese of
Rapid City, $70,071, to replicate a prevention program for youth on
reservations and in western South Dakota. The third payment of a
$210,213 grant announced in 2007.
- Lakota Oyate Wakanyeja Owicakiyapi of Pine
Ridge, $286,950, the second of three payments on a $765,254 grant
to build the program and financial capacity of Lakota Oyate
Wakanyeja Owicakiyapi, the first tribally chartered child and
family welfare organization in the United States.
- Native American Advocacy Project of Winner,
$90,000, the second of three payments of a $270,000 grant to help
Lakota youth through Lakota/Dakota coming of age ceremonies,
cultural camps and youth societies.
- South Dakota Community Foundation of Pierre,
$500,000, second of three payments of a $2 million grant to
strengthen the nonprofit sector in South Dakota by building the
organizational capacity of 400 nonprofit organizations.
- Mount Marty College of Yankton, $49,500. The
second of three payments of a $146,000 grant for a faculty
development program to improve student writing and retention.
- University of South Dakota at Vermillion,
$125,000, for the Bush Foundation Teacher Preparation and
Effectiveness Initiative - Phase I.
The Bush Foundation was established in 1953 by 3M executive
Archibald Bush and his wife Edyth. The foundation provides grants
to organizations in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota that
help build strong communities, according to a news release.
