Open Foundations · South Dakota

Gwendolyn L Stearns Foundation Inc

Rapid City, South Dakota · EIN 311737658. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $434K across 31 grants in 2024, a median of $15K each.

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$434K
paid in 2024
31
grants paid
$15K
median grant
14%
to first-time recipients
$3.7M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
JAMES CLEMENT
Address
243 FOUNDERS PARK DRIVE, RAPID CITY, SD, 57702
Phone
6057375923
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
COMPLETE INFORMATION REQUEST APPLICATION PROVIDED BY GWENDOLYN STEARNS FOUNDATION DESCRIBING ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION AND PURPOSE OF GRANT WITH A SPECIFIC DETAILED EXPLANATION.
Submission deadline
NO PREDETERMINED DEADLINE
Restrictions on awards
APPLICANTS MUST BE FROM THE RAPID CITY AREA.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202542949349100319. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

community

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 31 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Adult Day Center of the Black HillsSD$25,000PROVIDING DAYTIME CARE FOR AGING
2Feeding South DakotaSD$25,000TO ELIMINATE HUNGER IN SOUTH DAKOTA
3Journey on IncSD$20,000GENERAL FUNDING
4Lifeways IncSD$20,000PREVENTION CLASSES FOR AT-RISK YOUTH
5Rapid City UrbanSD$20,000SUPPORT PUBLIC PARKS IN RAPID CITY
6Rural America InitiativesSD$20,000PROVIDE CULTURALLY BASED MENTORING
7Seventh Circuit Casa ProgramSD$20,000COURT ADVOCATES FOR ABUSED CHILDREN
8Starting StrongSD$20,000SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING FOR EARLY EDUC
9KiwanisSD$18,500COMMUNITY SERVICES
10Alliance for Substance Abuse PrevenSD$15,000SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION COALITION
11Catholic Social ServicesSD$15,000COVER COUNSELING & EDUCATIONAL PROG
12Consumer Credit CounselingSD$15,000PROVIDE PERSONAL FINANCE SUPPORT
13Dakota Wesleyan UniversitySD$15,000GENERAL FUNDING
14Lutheran Social Services of Sd FounSD$15,000GENERAL FUNDING
15Passages Womens Transitional LivingSD$15,000REENTRY SERVICES FOR WOMEN

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202027$345K
202129$419K
202226$374K
202328$404K
202431$434K

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
South Dakota100%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Brendyn MedinaDIRECTOR · 2024
Dave TrueTREASURER · 2024
Dr William HowardDIRECTOR · 2024
Judge Janine KernDIRECTOR · 2024
Judy Olson DuhamelDIRECTOR · 2024
Kathy MillerVICE PRESIDE · 2024
Larry DahlstromDIRECTOR · 2024
Malcom ChapmanPRESIDENT · 2024
Megan Reder-schoppSECRETARY · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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