Six South Dakota organizations have received Bush Foundation grants totaling $1.14 million.
Grants were awarded to:
- Catholic Social Services of the Diocese of Rapid City, $70,071, to replicate a prevention program for youth on reservations and in western South Dakota. The third payment of a $210,213 grant announced in 2007.
- Lakota Oyate Wakanyeja Owicakiyapi of Pine Ridge, $286,950, the second of three payments on a $765,254 grant to build the program and financial capacity of Lakota Oyate Wakanyeja Owicakiyapi, the first tribally chartered child and family welfare organization in the United States.
- Native American Advocacy Project of Winner, $90,000, the second of three payments of a $270,000 grant to help Lakota youth through Lakota/Dakota coming of age ceremonies, cultural camps and youth societies.
- South Dakota Community Foundation of Pierre, $500,000, second of three payments of a $2 million grant to strengthen the nonprofit sector in South Dakota by building the organizational capacity of 400 nonprofit organizations.
- Mount Marty College of Yankton, $49,500. The second of three payments of a $146,000 grant for a faculty development program to improve student writing and retention.
- University of South Dakota at Vermillion, $125,000, for the Bush Foundation Teacher Preparation and Effectiveness Initiative - Phase I.
The Bush Foundation was established in 1953 by 3M executive Archibald Bush and his wife Edyth. The foundation provides grants to organizations in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota that help build strong communities, according to a news release.
