The Bush Prize: South Dakota program identifies and honors extraordinary organizations that consistently engage and lead their community toward creative solutions, equips/provides them with flexible support to keep doing that work, and supports them to amplify their story to inspire others.
Donor Name: South Dakota Community Foundation
State: South Dakota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/30/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Bush Prize: South Dakota celebrates organizations that are highly valued within their communities and have track record of transformational impact through creative solutions.
Bush Prize: South Dakota grants are flexible and can be used to build up reserves or test an organization’s next big idea or whatever else would best support an organization’s ongoing good work.
Funding Information
Beginning in 2025, two organizations will each receive a grant of $250,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Bush Prize awards must be used for a charitable purpose
- Organizations that are 501(c)(3) public charities or government entities (including schools) are eligible for the Bush Prize
- SDCF will accept Bush Prize applications from fiscal sponsors. The fiscal sponsor organization must submit the award application and, if the award is approved, becomes the awardee and receives the funds
- Bush Prize honorees must be located in South Dakota or one of the 9 Native nations that share the same geography. The specific community solutions highlighted in the Bush Prize application must also have occurred within that geography
- Organizations that have received a Bush Prize in the last 10 years are not eligible to apply.
- The year of the award is counted as the first year.
For more information, visit SDCF.
