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 20222024. 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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Top recipients

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  • 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

$31,550
2022
$38,190
2023
$46,400
2024

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

    Child safety

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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.