Brookings Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Brookings Foundation supports health, human services, youth, education, arts and culture, environment and parks and recreation in South Dakota,
FUNDING AREAS: Health, human services, youth, education, arts and culture, environment, parks and recreation
IP TAKE: This is a small but focused community foundation that is mostly made up of donor funds that support organizations that are affiliated with local families. Contact this community foundation directly to learn about any available grant opportunities that may be taking new applications.
PROFILE: Established in 1977, the Brookings Foundation is a community foundation that makes grants and is based in Brookings, South Dakota. It formed to attract and distribute gifts to improve the local community. The foundation holds many component funds that individuals and organizations have established here. Donors choose from various funds when making gifts to the foundation. The foundation aims to "encourage a legacy of community giving and to serve as a philanthropic vehicle to accept, manage and distribute funds in a responsible manner in accordance with donors' wishes.” It funds local efforts for health, human services, youth, education, arts and culture, environment and parks and recreation.
The Brookings Foundation supports many different nonprofit causes in the local community. Funding areas are as broad as the interests of community foundation donors are diverse. The foundation also provides emergency relief during times of urgent needs, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Most funds here are donor-designated funds that align with the specific needs of local donors. In addition to grants, the funder also awards scholarships to local students.
Grants range between about $100 and $10,000. The foundation typically awards up to a couple hundred thousand dollars in grants per year. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. Grantmaking focuses on the Brookings area of South Dakota. Past local grantees include Brookings Boys & Girls Club, Brookings Arts Council and Brookings Regional Humane Society.
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits for certain opportunities at specific times but awards grants on an invitation-only basis for many funds. Direct general questions to the staff at info@brookingsfoundation.org or 605-940-7524.
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