Funding search · EIN 311737658 · Rapid City, SD

Gwendolyn L Stearns Foundation

Name: Gwendolyn L Stearns Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

85
grants reported: $1.2M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $13,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

services community city educational mentoring rapid prevention risk

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

3 grants matching “beautify” · $24,000

$5,000
Rapid City Beautification · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Beautify rapid city downtown areas
$7,000
Rapid City Beautification · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Beautify rapid city downtown areas
$12,000
Rapid City Beautification · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Beautify rapid city downtown areas

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Adult Day Center of the Black Hills3 grants · $75,000
Seventh Circuit Casa Program3 grants · $70,000
Starting Strong3 grants · $60,000
Rural America Initiatives3 grants · $60,000
Feeding South Dakota2 grants · $50,000
Alliance for Substance Abuse Preven3 grants · $50,000
Rapid City Urban3 grants · $50,000
Consumer Credit Counseling3 grants · $48,000
Catholic Social Services3 grants · $45,000
Rapid City Arts Council3 grants · $41,000

Giving over time

$374,500

2022

$404,500

2023

$434,360

2024

Grant history

All 85 reported grants, largest first.

$25,000
Adult Day Center of the Black Hills · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Providing daytime care for aging
$25,000
Feeding South Dakota · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
To eliminate hunger in south dakota
$25,000
Adult Day Center of the Black Hills · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Providing daytime care for aging
$25,000
Feeding South Dakota · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
To eliminate hunger in south dakota
$25,000
Seventh Circuit Casa Program · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Court advocates for abused children
$25,000
Adult Day Center of the Black Hills · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Providing daytime care for aging
$25,000
Black Hills Area Community Foundati · Rapid City, SD · 2022
General funding
$25,000
Front Porch Coalition · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Implement strategy for suicide prev
$25,000
Seventh Circuit Casa Program · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Court advocates for abused children
$20,000
Journey On · Lead, SD · 2024
General funding
$20,000
Lifeways · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Prevention classes for at-risk youth
$20,000
Rapid City Urban · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Support public parks in rapid city
$20,000
Rural America Initiatives · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Provide culturally based mentoring
$20,000
Seventh Circuit Casa Program · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Court advocates for abused children
$20,000
Starting Strong · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Scholarship funding for early educ
$20,000
Journey On · Lead, SD · 2023
General funding
$20,000
Lifeways · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Prevention classes for at-risk youth
$20,000
Rapid City Urban · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Support public parks in rapid city
$20,000
Rural America Initiatives · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Provide culturally based mentoring
$20,000
Starting Strong · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Scholarship funding for early educ
$20,000
Alliance for Substance Abuse Preven · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Substance abuse prevention coalition
$20,000
Rural America Initiatives · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Provide culturally based mentoring
$20,000
Starting Strong · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Scholarship funding for early educ
$20,000
Working Against Violence · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Create a community free of violence
$18,500
Kiwanis · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Community services
$18,500
Kiwanis · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Community services
$18,000
Consumer Credit Counseling · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Provide personal finance support
$16,000
Rapid City Arts Council · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Support for the educational program
$15,000
Alliance for Substance Abuse Preven · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Substance abuse prevention coalition
$15,000
Catholic Social Services · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Cover counseling & educational prog
$15,000
Consumer Credit Counseling · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Provide personal finance support
$15,000
Dakota Wesleyan University · Mitchell, SD · 2024
General funding
$15,000
Lutheran Social Services of Sd Foun · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
General funding
$15,000
Passages Womens Transitional Living · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Reentry services for women
$15,000
Western South Dakota Senior Service · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Serving meals to elderly
$15,000
Alliance for Substance Abuse Preven · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Substance abuse prevention coalition
$15,000
Catholic Social Services · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Cover counseling & educational prog
$15,000
Consumer Credit Counseling · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Provide personal finance support
$15,000
Passages Womens Transitional Living · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Reentry services for women
$15,000
Rapid City Arts Council · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Support for the educational program
$15,000
Western South Dakota Senior Service · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Serving meals to elderly
$15,000
Catholic Social Services · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Cover counseling & educational prog
$13,000
Suncatchers Therapeutic · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Therapeutic horseback sessions
$12,000
Oneheart · Rapid City, SD · 2024
General funding
$12,000
Cornerstone Rescue Mission · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Provide support to homeless
$12,000
Cornerstone Rescue Mission · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Provide support to homeless
$12,000
Rapid City Beautification · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Beautify rapid city downtown areas
$11,860
Cornerstone Rescue Mission · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Provide support to homeless
$10,000
Allied Arts Fund Drive · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Support for community arts org
$10,000
Core Community Organized Resources · Box Elder, SD · 2024
Save teen lives-interactive program
$10,000
Friends of the Children - He Sapa · Rapid City, SD · 2024
General funding
$10,000
Rapid City Arts Council · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Support for the educational program
$10,000
Rapid City Club for Boys · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Food & nutrition services & phys ed
$10,000
Retired Senior Volunteer Program · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Mentoring program
$10,000
St Isaac Jogues · Rapid City, SD · 2024
General funding
$10,000
Suncatchers Therapeutic · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Therapeutic horseback sessions
$10,000
United Way of the Black Hills · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Sponsor the library literacy program
$10,000
Working Against Violence · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Create a community free of violence
$10,000
Allied Arts Fund Drive · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Support for community arts org
$10,000
Core Community Organized Resources · Box Elder, SD · 2023
Save teen lives-interactive program
$10,000
Lutheran Social Services of Sd Foun · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
General funding
$10,000
Rapid City Club for Boys · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Food & nutrition services & phys ed
$10,000
Retired Senior Volunteer Program · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Mentoring program
$10,000
Suncatchers Therapeutic · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Therapeutic horseback sessions
$10,000
United Way · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Sponsor the library literacy program
$10,000
Working Against Violence · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Create a community free of violence
$10,000
Allied Arts Fund Drive · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Support for community arts org
$10,000
Black Hills Works · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Services for adults with disability
$10,000
Core Community Organized Resources · Box Elder, SD · 2022
Save teen lives-interactive program
$10,000
Passages Womens Transitional Living · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Reentry services for women
$10,000
Rapid City Club for Boys · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Food & nutrition services & phys ed
$10,000
Rapid City Urban · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Support public parks in rapid city
$10,000
Retired Senior Volunteer Program · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Mentoring program
$10,000
United Way · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Sponsor the library literacy program
$9,000
Youth & Family Services · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Various programs for low income
$7,500
Oneheart · Rapid City, SD · 2023
General funding
$7,500
Volunteers of America Dakotas · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Provide infant supplies to low inc
$7,500
Volunteers of America Dakotas · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Provide infant supplies to low inc
$7,000
Girl Scouts-Dakota Horizons · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Girl pride & program at-risk girls
$7,000
Girl Scouts · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Girl pride & program at-risk girls
$7,000
Rapid City Beautification · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Beautify rapid city downtown areas
$7,000
Girl Scouts · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Girl pride & program at-risk girls
$5,000
Rapid City Beautification · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Beautify rapid city downtown areas
$5,000
Volunteers of America Dakotas · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Provide infant supplies to low inc
$5,000
Ymca of Rapid City · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Promote healthy living

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.