FLORIDA: The South Dakota Community Foundation (SDCF) chose 15 South Dakota nonprofits to receive $134,487 through its Community Innovation Grant program (CIGP). Offered in partnership with the Bush Foundation, the Community Innovation Grant program supports efforts to find breakthrough solutions to community challenges across the state. These recipients were selected during the second grant round of 2015.
“Nonprofits across South Dakota are working to address the complex challenges facing communities,” says Ginger Niemann, SDCF program officer. “The funding from these Community Innovation Grants will help spark needed change and implement inclusive, collaborative and resourceful solutions to benefit South Dakotans.”The SDCF Grant making Committee chose to financially support the following projects:
The Oglala Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe have formed the Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance. The project will increase the Tribes’ capacity to implement their own water programs and effectively govern their own water resources. Native Youth Leadership Alliance (Indian Reservations Statewide): $10,northeastern South Dakota Area Health Education Center (Statewide): $5,Souths Dakota Innovation Lab (Statewide): $10,000
