Black Hills Area Community Foundation



The Black Hills Area Community Foundation was established in 1987 to serve both donors and nonprofit agencies throughout the Black Hills. BHACF manages and administers charitable funds for individuals, families, businesses and nonprofit organizations.

BHACF awards hundreds of grants that have a positive impact on the quality of life in the Black Hills area. BHACF is a public charity overseen by a diverse volunteer Board of Directors, which serves thousands of caring people who desire to make the Black Hills area a great place to live, work and to make a positive difference.

Web Address

www.bhacf.org

Social Media Links

Twitter - @BHACF

Facebook - www.facebook.com/BlackHillsAreaCommunityFoundation


Assets and Giving for Black Hills Area Community Foundation

Assets

2019 - 30,050,433
2018 - 25,739,170
2017 - 22,453,381
Domestic Grants

2019 - 1,838,685
2018 - 1,807,748


    

Recent News from Black Hills Area Community Foundation


New charitable fund awards first gift to Fischer Family
Foundation: Black Hills Area Community Foundation

The Black Hills Area Community Foundation is honored to support the Elliotts in their support of Sturgis first responders and their families,...more

Sturgis couple to donate $20K to firefighter's widow
Foundation: Black Hills Area Community Foundation

The Albert and Laverne Elliott First Responders Fund at the Black Hills Area Community Foundation has been established to provide immediate...more

Rapid City Regional nurses win national award for patient care
Foundation: Black Hills Area Community Foundation, South Dakota Community Foundation

The Black Hills Area Community Foundation and Liv Hospitality gave a total of $9,500 in grants to four area organizations earlier this...more

Rapid City area volunteers honored at luncheon
Foundation: Black Hills Area Community Foundation

Youth Category: Maycee Wieczorek, for her service to shape the Black Hills Area Community Foundation Youth Philanthropy effort and involvement...more

City funding key to homeless campus
Foundation: Black Hills Area Community Foundation, John T. Vucurevich Foundation

Sandy Diegel, president and CEO of the John T. Vucurevich Foundation, and Liz Hamburg, executive director of the Black Hills Area Community Foundation, are members of Collective Impact's “Guiding...more

Rapid City to Create 'Transformation Campus' for Homeless
Foundation: Black Hills Area Community Foundation

... 4 acres situated on the edge of downtown Rapid City, said Rapid City Collective Impact, a program of the Black Hills Area Community...more

Proposed site of homeless campus is Shafai-owned property
Foundation: Black Hills Area Community Foundation

Rapid City Collective Impact, a program of the Black Hills Area Community Foundation, announced Thursday that it is focusing on nearly 4 acres...more

Our Good Deeds: Art education program gets funding boost
Foundation: Black Hills Area Community Foundation

The Black Hills Area Community Foundation and the Rapid City Public School Foundation joined to help fund the Teaching Artists Program,...more

Rapid City Collective Impact becomes program of the Black Hills Area Community Foundation
Foundation: Black Hills Area Community Foundation

So as the day to day might change a bit now that the executive director of Black Hills Area Community Foundation, Liz Hamburg leads the efforts,...more

Food Security Manager fights for those in need
Foundation: Black Hills Area Community Foundation

Her position was made possible thanks to a grant from the Black Hills Area Community Foundation and came about as a result of Rapid City...more



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