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Thanks to a six-year, $1.2 million grant from the Bush Foundation, 37 Native American nonprofit organizations in South Dakota, North Dakota, and Minnesota will be able to get some much-needed cash for years to come, the Rapid City Journal reports.
The Good Relatives Collaborative, made up of four partner organizationsBlack Hills Community Loan Fund in Rapid City, Four Bands Community Fund in Eagle Butte, Nisto Incorporated in Sisseton, and Niyake Yuza Youth Services Center in McLaughlinannounced the recipients of the first round of grants this month.
The goal of the collaborative is "to fund projects that will integrate, enhance, and address community leadership, community healing, cultural revitalization, and capacity-building by encouraging cooperation, collaboration, and reciprocity across the region in holistic and innovative ways," per a press release.
The recipients include 100 Horses Women Society in Eagle Butte, Kul Wicasa Wopasi in Lower Brule, Niyake Yuza Youth Services Center in McLaughlin, and Native Women of the Plains (domestic violence) that serves women in South Dakota and six other Plains states.
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