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Vucurevich Foundation gives $1. 5 million to four Rapid City-based nonprofits Add Us On Google Add as a preferred source on Google RAPID CITY, S. D.
(KOTA) - The John T. Vucurevich Foundation awarded more than a million dollars in grant funds to four nonprofits in Rapid City. Those nonprofits include West River Mental Health and the YMCA of Rapid City.
West River Mental health will receive $600,000 to support their New Start rental assistance voucher program. The YMCA will receive $765,000 to support them in operating their Jump Start childcare program for parents and teen parents looking for economic stability. These grant funds help support housing stability, early childhood education, basic needs and economic mobility.
“John Vucurevich was an area banker and he in his life decided to give back his funding to the community and he did that through establishing this foundation through his funds that he made as a banker to give back in perpetuity,” said the communications director for the John T. Vucurevich Foundation, Crystal Ortbahn. The other nonprofits awarded were Fork Real Community Café and Friends of the Children He Sapa.
Since its founding, the foundation has awarded more than a $100 million to area nonprofits and award nearly $8 million every year. See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? Please click here to report it.
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John T. Vucurevich Foundation – Unsolicited Basic Needs Grants is a grant from the John T. Vucurevich Foundation supporting nonprofit organizations that address the basic needs of low-income individuals and families in the Rapid City, South Dakota area. Eligible projects must focus on one or more of the foundation's priority areas: food access, physical and behavioral health, safety, social belonging and culture, and transportation. Applicants must be 501(c)(3) organizations and may submit only one unsolicited request per 12-month period. Staff can approve grants up to $100,000; larger awards require board review. The foundation prioritizes programs that demonstrate community need, cultivate collaborative relationships, and have secured additional funding sources beyond this grant.
John T. Vucurevich Foundation Strategic Priority Investments is a grant program from the John T. Vucurevich Foundation that funds nonprofit organizations meeting the basic needs of low-income families in the Rapid City, South Dakota area, with a focus on physical and behavioral health and social belonging and culture. The foundation accepts grant applications year-round without a fixed cycle and works collaboratively with organizations to set tailored application timelines. Eligible applicants are 501(c)(3) nonprofits serving the Rapid City area that have been established for at least five years; the foundation typically funds by invitation or after a letter of inquiry. Specific grant amounts are not publicly listed; organizations are encouraged to contact the foundation to discuss eligibility and fit.