Funding search · EIN 205632475 · Custer, SD
Tennyson Family Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 98
- grants reported
- $116,140
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $1,000
- 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.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Growing Roots2 grants · $14,100
- Custer School District3 grants · $11,350
- Black Hills Area Community Foundati3 grants · $10,500
- Custer Youth and Alumni Foundation3 grants · $7,000
- The Storehouse3 grants · $6,000
- Custer Ymca3 grants · $6,000
- Custer Ministerial Alliance2 grants · $4,000
- Weave3 grants · $3,000
- United Way of the Black Hills3 grants · $3,000
- Estelline Alumni Association3 grants · $3,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 98 reported grants, largest first.
- $11,600
Growing Roots · Custer, SD · 2024
General funding
- $5,750
Custer School District · Custer, SD · 2024
Scholarships
- $4,600
Custer School District · Custer, SD · 2023
Scholarships
- $4,000
Black Hills Area Community Foundati · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Fund programs
- $4,000
Black Hills Area Community Foundati · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Fund programs
- $2,500
Black Hills Area Community Foundati · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Fund programs
- $2,500
Custer Youth and Alumni Foundation · Custer, SD · 2024
Fund program
- $2,500
Custer Youth and Alumni Foundation · Custer, SD · 2023
Fund program
- $2,500
Growing Roots · Custer, SD · 2023
General funding
- $2,000
Custer Ministerial Alliance · Custer, SD · 2024
Rent/utility assistance
- $2,000
Custer Ymca · Custer, SD · 2024
Fund program
- $2,000
The Storehouse · Custer, SD · 2024
Fund food distribution programs
- $2,000
Custer Ministerial Alliance · Custer, SD · 2023
Rent/utility assistance
- $2,000
Custer Ymca · Custer, SD · 2023
Fund program
- $2,000
The Storehouse · Custer, SD · 2023
Fund food distribution programs
- $2,000
Custer Ministerial Assn · Custer, SD · 2022
Rent/utility assistance
- $2,000
Custer Ymca · Custer, SD · 2022
Fund program
- $2,000
Custer Youth and Alumni Foundation · Custer, SD · 2022
Fund program
- $2,000
The Storehouse · Custer, SD · 2022
Fund food distribution programs
- $1,000
Black Hills Works Foundation · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Fund program
- $1,000
Children'S Home Society of Sd · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Fund program
- $1,000
Christmas for Kids · Custer, SD · 2024
Fund program
- $1,000
Community Action Plan · Custer, SD · 2024
Fund program
- $1,000
Custer County 1880 Courthouse Museu · Custer, SD · 2024
Fund program
- $1,000
Custer Volunteer Fire Department · Custer, SD · 2024
Fund program
- $1,000
Estelline Alumni Association · Castlewood, SD · 2024
Fund program
- $1,000
Feeding South Dakota · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Fund program
- $1,000
Lutheran Social Services · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Fund program
- $1,000
Operation Black Hills Cabin · Custer, SD · 2024
Fund program
- $1,000
Pringle Volunteer Fire Department · Pringle, SD · 2024
Fund program
- $1,000
Rapid City Club for Boys · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Fund program
- $1,000
United Way of the Black Hills · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Fund program
- $1,000
Weave · Custer, SD · 2024
Violence victims assistance
- $1,000
Black Hills Works Foundation · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Fund program
- $1,000
Children'S Home Society of Sd · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Fund program
- $1,000
Christmas for Kids · Custer, SD · 2023
Fund program
- $1,000
Community Action Plan · Custer, SD · 2023
Fund program
- $1,000
Custer County 1880 Courthouse Museu · Custer, SD · 2023
Fund program
- $1,000
Custer Volunteer Fire Department · Custer, SD · 2023
Fund program
- $1,000
Estelline Alumni Association · Castlewood, SD · 2023
Fund program
- $1,000
Feeding South Dakota · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Fund program
- $1,000
Lutheran Social Services · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Fund program
- $1,000
Operation Black Hills Cabin · Custer, SD · 2023
Fund program
- $1,000
Pringle Volunteer Fire Department · Pringle, SD · 2023
Fund program
- $1,000
Rapid City Club for Boys · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Fund program
- $1,000
United Way of the Black Hills · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Fund program
- $1,000
Weave · Custer, SD · 2023
Violence victims assistance
- $1,000
Black Hills Works Foundation · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Fund program
- $1,000
Children'S Home Society of Sd · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022
Fund program
- $1,000
Christmas for Kids · Custer, SD · 2022
Fund program
- $1,000
Community Action Plan · Custer, SD · 2022
Fund program
- $1,000
Custer County 1880 Courthouse Museu · Custer, SD · 2022
Fund program
- $1,000
Custer Fire Department · Custer, SD · 2022
Fund program
- $1,000
Custer School District · Custer, SD · 2022
Scholarships
- $1,000
Estelline Alumni Association · Estelline, SD · 2022
Fund program
- $1,000
Feeding South Dakota · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Fund program
- $1,000
Lutheran Social Services · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Fund program
- $1,000
Operation Black Hills Cabin · Custer, SD · 2022
Fund program
- $1,000
Pringle Fire Department · Pringle, SD · 2022
Fund program
- $1,000
Rapid City Club for Boys · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Fund program
- $1,000
United Way of the Black Hills · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Fund program
- $1,000
Weave · Custer, SD · 2022
Violence victims assistance
- $700
Custer Area Art Council · Custer, SD · 2024
Fund program
- $700
Custer Area Art Council · Custer, SD · 2023
Fund program
- $700
Custer Area Art Council · Custer, SD · 2022
Fund program
- $500
Custer County Library Foundation · Custer, SD · 2024
Fund program
- $500
Custer Senior Center · Custer, SD · 2024
Fund program
- $500
Friends of Custer County Sar · Custer, SD · 2024
Fund program
- $500
St Jude Children'S Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
Fund program
- $500
Custer County Library Foundation · Custer, SD · 2023
Fund program
- $500
Custer Senior Center · Custer, SD · 2023
Fund program
- $500
Friends of Custer County Sar · Custer, SD · 2023
Fund program
- $500
Front Porch Coalition · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Fund program
- $500
St Jude Children'S Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
Fund program
- $500
Custer County Library · Custer, SD · 2022
Fund program
- $500
Custer Senior Center · Custer, SD · 2022
Fund program
- $500
Friends of Custer County Sar · Custer, SD · 2022
Fund program
- $500
Front Porch Coalition · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Fund program
- $500
St Jude Children'S Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2022
Fund program
- $300
Custer Humane Society · Custer, SD · 2024
Fund program
- $300
Special Olympics Sd · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Fund program
- $300
Custer Humane Society · Custer, SD · 2023
Fund program
- $300
Special Olympics Sd · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Fund program
- $300
Custer Humane Society · Custer, SD · 2022
Fund program
- $300
Special Olympics Sd · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022
Fund program
- $250
South Dakota Public Broadcasting · Vermillion, SD · 2024
Fund program
- $250
South Dakota Public Broadcasting · Vermillion, SD · 2023
Fund program
- $250
South Dakota Public Broadcasting · Vermillion, SD · 2022
Fund program
- $200
Midwest Honor Flight - Ia & Sd · Sioux Center, IA · 2024
Fund program
- $200
Storybook Island · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Fund program
- $200
Midwest Honor Flight - Ia & Sd · Sioux Center, IA · 2023
Fund program
- $200
Storybook Island · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Fund program
- $200
Midwest Honor Flight · Sioux Center, IA · 2022
Fund program
- $200
Storybook Island · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Fund program
- $100
The Compassionate Friends · Wixom, MI · 2024
Fund program
- $100
The Compassionate Friends · Wixom, MI · 2023
Fund program
- $100
The Compassionate Friends · Wixom, MI · 2022
Fund program
- $40
Custer County Sheriff'S Office · Custer, SD · 2023
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