AGENTS OF CHANGE
FOR GOOD. FOR EVER. SIOUX FALLS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | 2020 ANNUAL REPORT
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WH O W E ARE We are a catalyst for good, connecting passionate donors with important causes to put dreams and ideas into motion. Trusted by donors for nearly four decades, we invest and steward gifts to amplify generosity and create an even greater impact. A valued partner to local nonprofits, we work to uncover gaps, understand needs and explore opportunities to help create a better tomorrow. Our Mission: In partnership with donors, we provide trusted leadership that inspires philanthropy and enriches the quality of life in our area — for good, for ever.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mary Kolsrud, VP, Philanthropy
Todd Ernst, Vice Chair
Patrick Gale, VP, Community Investment
Suzanne Veenis, Secretary
Mike Finnegan, VP, Finance/CFO
Aaron Severson, Treasurer
Deb Boe, Accounting Manager
Scott Christensen, Past Chair
Nate Dally, Donor Relations Manager
Amange Aware
Kelly Sprecher, Marketing & Communications Manager
Stacy Erdmann
Lisa Avila, Accounting Coordinator
Lorrae Lindquist
Taryn Northrup, Scholarship and Program Coordinator
Sarah Madison
Michelle Diehl, Administrative Assistant
Mary Jo Murray
Tonya Dwire, Gifts & Database Coordinator
Steve Sarbacker
Andy Patterson, President
Susie Patrick, Chair
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M E S S A G E FR O M THE P R E SID E NT
We’ve long believed that Community Foundations are civic institutions which operate with a dual purpose — to act not only as good stewards of donors’ charitable assets, but to also serve the recipients of those assets. In other words, as a Community Foundation, we need to responsibly manage the charitable funds we are entrusted with, and we need to know, understand and respond to the needs of the community those funds support. I would argue that in the Foundation’s 36-year history, there’s never been a year where we’ve been called to understand, respond and adapt to our community’s needs more than during our 2019-20 fiscal year. From the unprecedented loss and uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic to the painful issues of racial injustice that sadly still exist in our society today, over the last 12 months the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation, in partnership with our donors, has stepped forward to help in extraordinary ways, adapting to develop solutions for a myriad of complex challenges facing our community today. Emergency funding for front-line nonprofits affected by the pandemic, housing assistance for those impacted by COVID-19, a fund to inspire and develop emerging leaders among our city’s diverse populations and grants to support workforce development are just a few examples of our work from our last fiscal year — all of which illustrate the Foundation’s commitment to understand the needs of our community, to adapt in response to those needs, and to develop strategic investments and innovative solutions. That’s the beauty of a Community Foundation. Anchored by our deep roots in this area and in our commitment to help create good, forever, we stand ready and willing to help whenever and wherever our community needs it — that means thinking creatively about how philanthropy can fuel momentum during good times, and how it can serve as a catalyst for good during times of great challenge.
To that end, we’re proud to share stories of agents of change at work in our community today. Individuals, families, businesses and movements whose work to inspire and nurture aspiring leaders, build stronger communities, navigate uncertainty, adapt to change and create meaningful dialogue is strengthened thanks to the power and purpose of philanthropy. While we celebrate these agents of change throughout our community, we know and understand that the good work we’re recognizing from our last fiscal year could not have happened without the support of others who make our work possible. We express our gratitude and appreciation for past Foundation leadership, including our dear friend Sue Brown, who we lost this year. We’re grateful for our Board of Directors, forwardthinking, insightful and entrepreneurial individuals who have led the Foundation before us, as well as those who volunteer their time today to provide leadership and counsel. Our Board has been instrumental in paving the way for the Foundation to respond to the unexpected when the unexpected came. We also thank our donors — generous, passionate and caring individuals, families and businesses who love this community, who believe in our mission and have joined our movement to create a better, brighter tomorrow through philanthropy. It gives us great pride to share that in the time since our fiscal year closed on June 30 the Foundation, in partnership with our donors, has reached an important milestone — we have now awarded a record $200 million in grants to nonprofits and causes throughout our area. What an amazing and inspiring illustration of the spirit of giving and care that exists here. On behalf of the Community Foundation, we thank you for your continued investment in the community we all call home and we look forward to partnering with you in new ways in the year ahead as we work to navigate these extraordinary times together. Sincerely,
Andy Patterson President
We’ve titled our 2020 annual report “Agents of Change” because we believe that during this moment in time especially, philanthropy can serve as a powerful agent for the kind of positive change our community needs to rebuild, reimagine and move forward.
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CELEBRATING THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE AGENTS OF CHANGE
12-15 EMPOWERING LEADERS Convening community organizers, civic leaders and local philanthropists, the Community Foundation helped the Leaders of Tomorrow program grow from an innovative idea to a sought-after model for leadership development and community engagement.
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CREATING DIALOGUE THROUGH ART
INSPIRING FUTURE GENERATIONS
We believe art has the power to connect us, to unite us and to inspire us in pursuit of positive and meaningful change. It’s why we’re proud to invest in community-based arts organizations and to support local artists like Chad Nelson, the artist behind “Agent of Change,” featured on the cover of our 2020 Annual Report.
They are longtime local business owners who, along with their family, are passionate about giving back to their community. Meet Garry and Dianne Jacobson, our 2020 Friend of the Foundation honorees.
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BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITIES
UPHOLDING A LEGACY OF CARE
Alliance Communications came to the Community Foundation with an idea for how the business could give back to local communities in its service area. We helped its Keep the Change program come to life and today, nearly $400,000 has been awarded from this fund to help local nonprofits and causes working to build a better tomorrow.
After she was lost in a tragic car accident, the family of Ashley Evans established a scholarship in her memory at the Community Foundation. Today, the Ashley Elizabeth Evans Medical School Scholarship is helping to create future physicians like Mykayla Palmer of Brandon, while preserving the legacy of a young woman who was passionate about making a difference and helping those in need.
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PAVING THE WAY TO POSSIBILITY
Connecting generous individuals with important ideas and worthy causes, the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation helps spark strategic investments in our community, creating a future where everyone can thrive.
Thanks to a lead grant from the Community Foundation, a new program is helping high school juniors and seniors chart a course to success through exposure to different career opportunities and access to post-secondary education, while also addressing the city’s workforce needs.
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STRENGTHENING OUR HOMETOWNS
RESPONDING TO OUR COMMUNITY’S NEEDS
A legacy gift to the Lennox Area Community Fund, an affiliate of the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation, celebrates the love we all have for our hometowns. In this column, we recognize our Legacy Society members.
The coronavirus pandemic has impacted our community in unprecedented ways. Adapting, innovating and collaborating, the Foundation mounted an unprecedented response — stepping forward to help when our community needed us the most.
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CREATING DIALOGUE THROUGH ART We believe art has the power to connect us, to unite us and to inspire us in pursuit of positive and meaningful change. It’s why we’re proud to invest in community-based arts organizations and to support local artists like Chad Nelson, the creative force behind “Agent of Change.”
Chad Nelson works on “Agent of Change,” a reduction relief woodcut featured on the cover. Photo by Emily Spartz Weerheim.
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CREATING DIALOGUE THROUGH ART
Each fall, students file into Chad Nelson’s classroom at Brandon Valley High School expecting to learn about art history and artistic concepts while building experience working with different media like ink, watercolor, charcoal, clay and more. It doesn’t take long for Nelson’s students to realize they’re actually learning about far more than just drawing, painting, printmaking or sculpting. “I know my purpose as an art teacher is not to teach everyone to be an artist. I see my function as an art teacher to teach my students creative problem solving skills,” he said. “To look at things in new ways and to synthesize different variables together. These are such important skills in the world we live in today. Not only having the facts, but to be able to think around problems. If we can come up with different ways of thinking about things, we’ll all get further.” Nelson’s teaching philosophy also helps inspire his own artwork,
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including his latest piece, a reduction relief woodcut titled “Agent of Change,” featured on the cover of the Community Foundation’s 2020 annual report. Nelson shared with us his inspiration behind the piece: “When we decide to act, we change the world in small ways, each of these actions are like ripples in a pond expanding and affecting the world beyond our perception. When put in the context of society we can use this concept, strategically to become true agents of change,” Nelson said. “Dropping that pebble into the pond of society disrupts the status quo as the ripple flows through each of us, affecting us, changing us. The more pebbles we drop in the pond with positive intention the more energy is released creating more and more potential for opportunity and change.”
Inspiring Positive Change Through Art Nelson’s efforts to use his creativity to spark dialogue is exactly what our world needs right now, said Andy Patterson, president of the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation. “We’ve long believed that art can help inspire us, connect us and motivate us to pursue bold ideas for a better tomorrow,”
CREATING DIALOGUE THROUGH ART Patterson said. “It’s why for years, the Community Foundation has been intentional about investing in local arts organizations and it’s why we’re proud to commission a piece of original art for use in our annual report each year as a way to support a local artist.” “Chad’s piece, ‘Agent of Change,’ speaks to the important role each of us can play in building a better, brighter future,” Patterson said. “When engaged and passionate individuals come together as one community, our collective ability to impact positive change can be so much greater. Through our lens at the Foundation, we know that philanthropy can create and accelerate that momentum. Without question, we believe unity will help us develop the best solutions for the complex problems we’re facing during this extraordinary moment in time.” “We continued to be honored to support local artists like Chad whose work has the power to prompt important dialogue about the potential and promise before us,” Patterson said.
Finding a Calling A native of Sioux Falls, Nelson grew up in an artistic household. His dad is skilled in fine woodworking and his mom shares her creativity through needlepoint and sewing. “My parents definitely encouraged and valued my creativity for sure,” he said. He found his love for art during his sophomore year at O’Gorman High School. “It’s kind of what I put all my focus into. And the more I improved as an artist, the more I improved in other subject areas in school. Once you get that taste for success, you’re able to apply that mode of thinking into other things.”
In his studio at Augustana University, Chad Nelson spoke about his passion for art and his latest project, a reduction relief woodcut titled “Agent of Change,” featured on the cover of the Foundation’s 2020 Annual Report. Photos by Emily Spartz Weerheim.
After focusing primarily on drawing and watercolor painting in high school, Nelson’s use of media broadened at Augustana University where he was influenced by iconic art professors Bob Aldern and Carl Grupp. “Bob Aldern kind of took me under his wing. He helped me a lot in terms of learning how to apply my success in art to my academics. He drove the point home that, ‘You may not be interested in other subjects, but the more you know about everything, the better artist you’ll be. Your knowledge of the world will make you a better artist.’” “Carl Grupp taught me how printmaking was the ultimate form of drawing,” Nelson said. “From there, I became really drawn to printmaking and pottery.” After double majoring in studio art and art education, today Nelson calls himself a full time teacher and a full time artist. In addition to teaching at Brandon Valley, Nelson also teaches printmaking and art education classes at Augustana, where he’s served as the printmaker in residence for the last 14 years. “I teach beginning through advanced art classes. I love teaching; I love being around students and watching them discover things about themselves they didn’t know before,” he said. To see more of Nelson’s artwork, visit vinlandprints.com. FOR GOOD. FOR EVER. | 9
Residents of Bethany Meadows and Bethany Lutheran Home of Brandon enjoy a ride in a TrioBike Taxi. The TrioBike was made possible thanks to a grant from the Keep the Change program’s donor advised fund held at the Community Foundation. Submitted photo.
BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITIES Alliance Communications wanted to give back to local communities in their service area. They came to the Community Foundation with their idea, and we helped their Keep the Change program come to life. Today, nearly $400,000 has been awarded from this fund to help local nonprofits and causes working to build a better tomorrow.
In 2013, Alliance Communications was experiencing a symptom that comes from being a fast-growing, community-minded company. The internet, cable TV and telephone service provider was on the move — expanding throughout portions of South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa. As the company began serving more communities “we often had people approach us for donations,” said Paul VanDeBerg, head of business relations. “As we were growing in all our communities, we were thinking of different ways we could give back. But we wanted to make it a little more systematic — more of a program rather than one person making all our charitable decisions.” So Alliance turned to the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation for help in establishing a donor advised fund to support an idea called Keep the Change, a program through which customers’ bills are rounded up to the nearest dollar. The difference between the billed amount and the rounded amount is pooled, deposited into their donor advised fund at the Foundation, and is used to provide grants to nonprofits throughout Alliance’s cooperative service area. A donor advised fund, a convenient giving vehicle popular for 10 | FOR GOOD. FOR EVER.
helping donors simplify and maximize their charitable giving, proved to be the perfect way to help the idea come to life, said Mary Kolsrud, the Community Foundation’s vice president for philanthropy. The flexibility offered by a donor advised fund, combined with the Foundation’s philanthropic expertise and a shared commitment to help build stronger communities made the partnership a perfect fit. “Partnering with Alliance Communications is another way we have been able to create meaningful change through philanthropy,” Kolsrud said. “We love the Keep the Change program, we’re grateful to Alliance for choosing us as their philanthropic partner, and most of all, we are inspired as they work to build stronger communities — for good, forever.” VanDeBerg said 92 percent of customers choose to participate in the program and, while the average customer contribution is small — about $6 per year — collectively, the contributions add up. “Alliance seeded the money to get the fund started but today, on average, we’re depositing $5,000 into the fund at the Community Foundation each month — those are all contributions from our customers,” he said.
BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITIES From there, an advisory committee comprised of Alliance customers from different communities, a member of the Alliance Board of Directors, and VanDeBerg meet each quarter to award grants from the fund. “On average we give out about $15,000 each quarter,” he said, explaining that Keep the Change grants range from $500 to $10,000. “The great thing about this is that it’s 100 percent customer-funded. So it’s really the customer’s money doing good in their communities.”
‘The Best Decision We Made’ VanDeBerg said the Community Foundation has been key to the success of the Keep the Change program.
Businesses, individuals and families with a DONOR ADVISED FUND at the Community Foundation distributed more than $10 million to nonprofits and causes throughout our area last year.
“The best decision we made in doing all of this was partnering with the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation,” he said. “We started looking at what’s tax deductible, what’s not tax deductible, nonprofit status, all the accounting — we knew we didn’t have the staff for all of that. The Foundation also helped guide us as we set up some of our bylaws and policies.” Today, VanDeBerg said, the partnership works like a well-oiled machine. After the advisory committee reviews grant applications and selects recipients, the Foundation steps in to cover the administrative work involved. “The Foundation gets the checks ready, does all the accounting and ensures all the IRS rules are covered. So we can just focus on the fun part — and that’s giving the money out.”
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Making a Difference
Other grants support efforts that contribute to the vibrancy of a community — libraries, recreational and outdoor activities, and the arts, he said.
Since the Keep the Change program launched in 2013, Alliance Communications has awarded nearly $400,000 in grants to nonprofits and causes throughout South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa.
“In many cases, the grants we’re able to award are some of the largest contributions these organizations receive,” VanDeBerg said.
The grants provide meaningful support to vital organizations throughout the area.
Amy Ahlers, marketing supervisor for Alliance Communications, agreed.
“A common theme through all of our towns is public safety, so we make a lot of grants to local volunteer fire departments, ambulances, those types of things,” VanDeBerg said.
“It’s been fun to see how, when just a little bit of money is pooled together, it can help organizations accomplish some really big things,” Ahlers said, pointing to a few grants as examples.
Alliance Communications team members pose for a photo. Submitted photo.
A recent grant to Bethany Meadows and Bethany Lutheran Home of Brandon helped toward the purchase of a TrioBike Taxi, a machine that enables residents to re-live the joy of riding a bike again. Another grant helped the Baltic branch of Siouxland Libraries replace its roof after it was damaged from heavy spring rains. And a grant to the Mighty Corson Art Players has helped ensure the continuation of community theatre for those in southeastern South Dakota. “This all ties to a real sense of community,” VanDeBerg said. “Again, these are customer dollars supporting the communities they call home.” FOR GOOD. FOR EVER. | 11
EMPOWERING LEADERS Convening community organizers, civic leaders and local philanthropists, the Community Foundation helped the Leaders of Tomorrow Program grow from an innovative idea to a sought-after model for leadership development and community engagement.
Leaders of Tomorrow Program graduates Eric Roberts (front, center) and (back row, left to right) Iman Omar, Ragina Ajack, Sadie Swier, Kim Munoz and Kayla Huizing outside the Community Foundation’s office. Photo by Emily Spartz Weerheim.
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EMPOWERING LEADERS We love this community. We love it from the hustle of downtown to the hum of uptown to the endless sky and gently rolling prairie just outside the city limit signs. We love it for its limitless opportunity, for its reverence of the past, and for its optimism of the future. Because we love this community, we believe we have a responsibility to sustain what’s good here and to champion movements and ideas that seek to make this special place even better. We envision a future where people and families feel safe, have equal access to the resources they need for their health and well-being, have opportunities to inspire and be inspired through the arts, and are encouraged to drive bold change through leadership and service. Those aren’t lofty goals. At the surface, they may even seem common-place. Unexceptional. Easy. Sadly, they’re anything but. That’s because we live in a complex world with complex challenges, too few solutions, and not enough doorways to possibility.
business owners Vaney Hariri and Tamien Dysart in 2018 to help bridge a gap they saw widening throughout Sioux Falls. Through their consultancy firm, Think 3D, the two had been working with businesses to help enhance corporate cultures through self-discovery exercises, executive coaching and development training. What they saw was eye-opening. “We understood that in a very short time, boomers will be leaving the workforce and millennials will be taking over. Gen Z is coming on strong. We could see the diversity in our elementary schools and what is now prevalent in our high schools. We saw all the trends and we just knew this community needed more individuals with leadership skills,” Hariri said. Dysart added: “We knew that our highest aspiration of what our city can become, in terms of its potential, would not come about if we didn’t bridge this gap in building leaders to help lead us forward.” And so, the idea for Leaders of Tomorrow was born.
So how do we chart a path forward? We believe it starts with leadership. To navigate the challenges of today, and tomorrow, we believe our community needs more leaders. We’re not talking about more managers or CEOs. We’re talking about inspired and empowered individuals who represent the growing number of colors, languages, cultures, beliefs and backgrounds that exist in our community today; individuals who can come together, share perspective, build dialogue and assemble the framework Sioux Falls needs for a brighter tomorrow. That’s why we are proud to support a program called Leaders of Tomorrow, a forward-thinking initiative designed to help inspire, shape and nurture emerging leaders by teaching intrinsic skills such as effective communication and problem solving techniques, while focusing on broader concepts such as self-awareness, selfmotivation and the power of influence. “We are lucky to work at the intersection where philanthropy gives way to positive change,” said Patrick Gale, vice president for community investment. “Our job is to connect the dots, open doors for dialogue and inspire strategic investments to improve the quality of life for everyone who calls this community home.” “We believe the Leaders of Tomorrow Program has the power and potential to help inspire and empower more individuals in our community to step forward and join the movement to create positive change. As we reflect on the year 2020, from the pain and uncertainty caused by the pandemic, to the divisions caused by racial injustice, we know there’s never been a more important time to invest in building engaged and impassioned leaders who can make our community even stronger,” he said.
Looking Ahead The Leaders of Tomorrow Program was co-founded by local
Leaders of Tomorrow Program co-founders Tamien Dysart (left) and Vaney Hariri. Photo by Emily Spartz Weerheim.
Champions for Positive Change In 2018, Hariri and Dysart were working to get the Leaders of Tomorrow Program off the ground when they met Andy Patterson, president of the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation, at an event. They invited him to attend and observe a class they were teaching to one of their first small cohorts. Patterson took them up on the offer. He stood in the back of the room, listening and learning. The dialogue was intense; the emotions were palpable. Patterson could see the impact the classes had on participants and could envision the impact graduates of the program could have on the community.
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EMPOWERING LEADERS Believing in the power of the program, the Foundation provided “Most communities are made of really good people who intend fuel to help the idea rev and accelerate, providing support for well, but don’t have the connectivity. There’s no shortage of Leaders of Tomorrow through several rounds of grant funding organizations or causes for us to give our money to, so if you while also working to connect don’t have an organization like interested donors with the program’s the Community Foundation — an leaders to provide additional organization that has connectivity to “ There’s no shortage of organizations or philanthropic support. the things that are really happening — the needs, the challenges, the causes for us to give our money to, so if It’s an example of how the opportunities out there — where do you don’t have an organization like the Foundation works to help good people turn? Having an organization Community Foundation — an organization ideas, movements and aspiring who keeps its eyes and ears open nonprofits who exhibit the promise to the needs in the community, and that has connectivity to the things that are and potential to create meaningful can help guide and direct where really happening — the needs, the challenges, social impact. charitable dollars can have the most the opportunities out there — where do impact, that’s huge,” he said. “The Leaders of Tomorrow Program people turn? Having an organization who fills a growing need in our community, Today, more than 100 rising leaders keeps its eyes and ears open to the needs offers unlimited future potential and have completed the Leaders of in the community, and can help guide and is already driving positive change. Tomorrow Program, a 12-week direct where charitable dollars can have the We’re proud to offer our support and course designed to “develop better we’re excited to see the ways this humans, in terms of leadership,” most impact, that’s huge.” important endeavor will continue to Hariri said. Cohorts of approximately impact and shape our community 25 participants meet each week — Tamien Dysart, co-founder, going forward.” Patterson said. to work through a curriculum Leaders of Tomorrow developed by Hariri and Dysart. Dysart said support from the Foundation has been critical to the Thanks to the grant support from the success of the program. Community Foundation, as well as local businesses who have partnered “The Community Foundation knows and understands what we’re in the program, Leaders of Tomorrow is free for participants. doing and is able to share it with others who are passionate about Participants can be nominated or can apply themselves. the same things,” Dysart said. “I think people want to know that when they give to something, their gift is going to make Reflecting the Community Today an impact. At that point, it becomes something far more than a When filling each Leaders of Tomorrow cohort, Hariri and Dysart charitable gift or donation. It becomes an investment.” are intentional about making sure the diversity of Sioux Falls is represented. The Foundation’s awareness, and its ability to convene conversations and ideas, make it an asset to the community, “We want that nice mix of Hispanic and Muslim and Ethiopian Dysart said. and all the different ethnicities, cultures, religions we have here in Sioux Falls,” Dysart said. “But the challenge is, you have to be Tamien Dysart leads a Leaders connected to those communities within our community to find of Tomorrow class last fall. and encourage rising leaders to participate in the program.” It’s a challenge that’s becoming easier thanks to the growing number of individuals who are participating in the Leaders of Tomorrow Program — the majority of whom refer or nominate people within their social and professional circles to participate in future classes. “Now that we’re starting to get momentum, we’re starting to create a pool of talent,” Dysart said. “So when city leaders or business leaders want to include diverse members of our community on boards or in other opportunities, they have a place from which to draw talent.” Hariri agreed. “Our goal is to be able to say, ‘Hey, Leaders of Tomorrow graduates, there’s a board position open. Who wants to engage in this?’ And immediately, we can have a group of locked-in leaders, all of whom have some level of leadership training, be able to look at that. Our goal is to have 500 new, trained and engaged leaders by 2025. That would be huge for our community,” Hariri said. 14 | FOR GOOD. FOR EVER.
EMPOWERING LEADERS Looking ahead, Hariri and Dysart envision that Leaders of Tomorrow will become a self-sustaining program, led and taught by past graduates whose passion for leadership and service will also inspire new generations of participants and community partners.
Communication, Confidence and Courage
“As a small business owner, I believe I have the power to influence my employees — not only to do good work for me, but to inspire them to further their own dreams and aspirations,” Beaudion said. “I think it’s important to elevate my community. We all want to make positive impacts within ourselves, our community, our friends and family. In order for our city to grow and develop and to be great, we have to do that.”
Eric Roberts is a graduate of one of the first Leaders of Tomorrow classes. He called the experience life-changing. “I’d never been part of something like this before,” he said. “The program taught me to ‘lead up.’ I also learned how to make my communication more effective. I developed the courage and strength to affect others. I now have the confidence I need to make a difference.” Roberts, 31, works as a claims adjuster for Progressive Insurance. He said the Leaders of Tomorrow Program inspired him to take a more active role in the community. Today, he serves on a grants committee for a field of interest fund at the Foundation that supports organizations and ideas committed to lifting up disadvantaged individuals, families and children in the Sioux Falls area. “I’ve had a chance to learn a lot about the nonprofits in Sioux Falls,” he said. “It’s exciting to know I get to be a small part of helping support charities in our community.” Roberts also chairs the advisory committee for the Bridging the Gap Fund, a fund held at the Community Foundation designed to help inspire, build and develop emerging leaders among the city’s diverse populations through education, community building, story-telling and leadership development. Hariri said Roberts is an example of how investing in emerging leaders can benefit a community. “When people finish the program, we want them to have the confidence that, number one, they can lead themselves first. Then, through influence, they’ll have the ability to lead others in every category. No matter where they’re at in the business structure or where they’re at in the world,” he said.
Local business owners JJ Johnson (top) and Del’Inkka Beaudion are graduates of the Leaders of Tomorrow Program.
JJ Johnson owns Blackcard Inc., a local media agency. She is a 2019 Leaders of Tomorrow graduate. As a business owner, Johnson said participating in the Leaders of Tomorrow Program “enabled me to better connect with my employees on a deeper level.” “Leaders of Tomorrow has helped me grow not only professionally, but personally, too,” Johnson said. “I’m a single mother of three kids so I’ve learned to better manage my schedule, which in turn, makes our entire home environment better. Through this program, I’ve learned to stop, listen and understand and make the best decision. Overall, I just feel more confident.” Del’Inkka Beaudion is the owner of Swamp Daddy’s Cajun Kitchen in downtown Sioux Falls. She heard about the Leaders of Tomorrow Program from a past participant and was excited for her chance to join the program last year.
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2020 Friend of the Foundation honorees Garry and Dianne Jacobson and their family. Submitted photo.
INSPIRING FUTURE GENERATIONS “Sioux Falls has given us so much. Now it’s time to give back.” They are longtime local business owners who, along with their family, are passionate about giving back to their community. Meet Garry and Dianne Jacobson, our 2020 Friend of the Foundation honorees.
The Friend of the Foundation Award recognizes philanthropic individuals, families or businesses whose innovative and collaborative leadership and consistent generosity have impacted the Sioux Falls area and those who call it home. When it comes to philanthropic families, there’s perhaps no better story than that of Garry and Dianne Jacobson who have created a tradition of giving and care that connects and inspires generations of their family, while also providing vital support to nonprofits and causes throughout our community. “Garry and Dianne are two of the most generous, yet most humble people you’ll ever meet,” said Andy Patterson, Foundation president. “Guided by their deep roots in this community and their spirit of care and concern for others, they have helped drive meaningful impact and have created positive change for individuals and families throughout our area through their charitable giving. We extend our thanks and gratitude to Garry and Dianne and we are privileged to honor them with the Friend of the Foundation Award.” We caught up with Garry and Dianne to talk about what inspires their charitable giving, why they love Sioux Falls, and why they feel it’s so important to involve their family in philanthropy.
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“I’ve lived here all my life. At one point, I was probably the poorest kid in the city,” he remembered. “But we worked very hard for 50 years to build our business and we’ve been very blessed because Sioux Falls is a fabulous community to grow up in and live your dream.” That dream, the couple said, all began in 1963 when Garry found himself sitting next to Dianne during their freshman English class at the University of South Dakota. The couple fondly remember the class, held inside USD’s iconic Old Main, as the start to their love story. Garry, a business major,
INSPIRING FUTURE GENERATIONS and Dianne, an accounting major, eventually married, settled in Sioux Falls and began thinking about how to make their dream of becoming entrepreneurs a reality. Their chance came in 1971 when they purchased Malloy, a small motor repair and electric construction business originally founded in 1945 by Emmett and Mary Malloy. At the time, the business had five employees and operated out of one facility in Sioux Falls. The couple poured their hearts and souls into the business, with Dianne running the office and overseeing the accounting and Garry managing the shops. Oftentimes, the couple would work all day, go home for dinner, then return to work with their two young daughters in tow. “Our little four-year-old would sit and color, the baby would sleep, and we would try to get work done,” Dianne remembers. Over the years, Garry and Dianne expanded the business to incorporate the retail sales of motors, electrical equipment and power transmission components. Today, Malloy Electric continues to be headquartered in Sioux Falls but also operates machine shops, electronic shops and motor repair shops in nine cities across the Midwest. Dianne officially retired a few years ago, but Garry continues to work at Malloy today. “I often say I work 40 hours a week at a job and I work 40 hours a week at a hobby. They just happen to be the same thing,” Garry said. “I think that’s the same for all entrepreneurs — their business is their hobby.”
Giving Back The couple made the decision to establish the Garry and Dianne Jacobson Family Foundation, a donor advised endowment fund held at the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation, in 2012. The decision to work with the Community Foundation, he said, seemed like a natural choice. “We came here because it’s right in Sioux Falls,” Garry said. “The Foundation runs a good ship and everyone has been so easy to work with. We’re fortunate to know a lot of people who have served, or are serving on, the board of directors and they’re all wonderful people. This is truly a community endeavor.” After establishing their endowment fund, Dianne learned of an idea that sought to inspire philanthropy through the generations by involving children and grandchildren in philanthropic decisions. The couple decided to put the idea into motion with their own family. For more than a decade now, the Jacobson family has upheld a tradition where Garry and Dianne’s children, Dawn and Robin, their husbands and their four grandchildren present ideas for how best to invest their philanthropic dollars each year. Each member of the family does research prior to the gathering and, using PowerPoints, iPad technology or simply prepared remarks, they each pitch a different nonprofit or cause he or she thinks is deserving of charitable support from the Garry and Dianne Jacobson Family Foundation.
FRI E N D OF THE FOUN D AT I O N AWARD RE CI P I E NTS 2020: 2019: 2018: 2017: 2016: 2015: 2014: 2013: 2012: 2011: 2010: 2009: 2008: 2007: 2006: 2005: 2004: 2003: 2002: 2001: 2000: 1999: 1998: 1997: 1996:
Garry & Dianne Jacobson Bill & Lorrae Lindquist Sue Brown* Al Schoeneman Jerry & Mary Pat Sweetman Miles & Lisa Beacom Paul & Koni Schiller Stephen & Mary Lynn Myers Tom & Barb Everist Helen Madsen Joe & Elaine* Floyd Jeff & Katie Scherschligt Steve & Allison Garry John & Eileen Quello Karl* & Margaret Cash Wegner Jerry & Pat Walton Tom & Mary Jane Reardon* Dale & Dorothy Weir* The First National Bank in Sioux Falls Sarah Richardson Larson Dick & Barbara Auld* John Foster*, Larry Ritz* Dan & Arlene Kirby Marvin K. Bailin* Bill Barlow*
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“We normally always do it on Christmas Day. We usually have Christmas dinner around 1 p.m. Then we’ll go around and open some family gifts. When we’re done with that, I always say ‘Now it’s our time to give back,’” Garry said. “So we adjourn to the family room and Dianne and I sit and listen to the kids’ presentations.” Through this annual tradition, the family has given back to multiple local nonprofits, helping to drive meaningful change in this community. And the beauty of their family endowment held at the Community Foundation lies in future generations of the Jacobson family giving back and carrying on the family values, and providing good, for ever in Sioux Falls. “This is the best thing we’ve ever done,” Garry said. “It’s really heartwarming to see our family come together to support our community. And someday, when we’re long gone, this foundation we’ve built —through philanthropy — will continue to be something our family comes together around.” The Community Foundation will present the Friend of the Foundation Award to Garry and Dianne Jacobson at the 2020 Donor Reception, set for Thursday, Oct. 15, at the Washington Pavilion. The event coincides with the opening of “Agents of Change,” an exhibit featuring original artwork commissioned by the Community Foundation, as well as recent works from emerging local artists. FOR GOOD. FOR EVER. | 17
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UPHOLDING A LEGACY OF CARE After she was lost in a tragic car accident, the family of Ashley Evans
established a scholarship in her memory at the Community Foundation.
Today, the Ashley Elizabeth Evans Medical School Scholarship is helping to
create future physicians like Mykayla Palmer while also preserving the legacy
of a young woman who was passionate about making a difference and helping those in need.
Mykayla Palmer, a recipient of the Ashley Elizabeth Evans Medical School Scholarship, is a second-year med student at the Sanford School of Medicine at the University of South Dakota. She hopes to specialize in family medicine. Photo by Emily Spartz Weerheim.
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UPHOLDING A LEGACY OF CARE Ashley Evans was in junior high school when she announced her decision to make a difference in the world. “She was determined,” her father, Ed Evans, remembers. “And she was always dedicated in her educational pursuits.” After graduating from O’Gorman High School, Evans went on to the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she developed an interest in medicine. As a student, she volunteered in the emergency department and in out-patient clinics for Regions Hospital in Ashley Evans St. Paul, and also served as a personal assistant for a middle school student with physical and mental disabilities.
in scholarship funds and awards nearly 150 scholarships to area students each year. “Scholarships are an investment in the potential and possibility of tomorrow,” said Patrick Gale, the Community Foundation’s vice president for community investment. “Our scholarship recipients are tomorrow’s doctors and nurses; tomorrow’s teachers, journalists, agribusiness owners, legal professionals, nonprofit directors. They are tomorrow’s thought-leaders and change-makers in communities throughout our area.” “Scholarships honor the past and create opportunities for the future. We are honored we can be a small part of upholding a legacy for families like the Evans’, and to partner with those who believe in the power of education and are using this important giving tool to help create a better, brighter tomorrow,” he said.
Inspired to Serve Mykayla Palmer has always been drawn to a career in health care.
In the fall of 2000, she enrolled at the Chicago Medical School where she had the opportunity to combine her love of medicine and her passion for service. After completing her first year, she spent the summer volunteering as a member of the Mission San Lucas Toliman’s traveling medical clinic in Guatemala. In the summer of 2003, she had just completed an internship in pediatrics at Stanford University when she was involved in a tragic car accident near Elko, Nevada. Sadly, she passed away on July 26, 2003, due to injuries sustained in the accident. Wanting her love for education and her passion for medicine and service to live on, Ashley’s family made the decision to establish a scholarship in her name at the Community Foundation. In doing so, they have ensured her legacy will live on.
While in high school, she began shadowing area physicians to explore her interest in medicine. And as an undergraduate student at the University of South Dakota, she took a mission trip to the Pine Ridge Reservation in western South Dakota where she witnessed the complexities of rural health. “That experience really confirmed for me that I was on the right track. I learned a lot about the rural health system there and the challenges that exist,” Palmer, a graduate of Brandon Valley High School, said. The visit to Pine Ridge held personal significance for Palmer as well — her mother was born a Braveheart of the Oglala Lakota Tribe in Pine Ridge and was later adopted as a young child. “I’ve always felt called to go back there — to heal and help people there,” Palmer said.
“In thinking about a memorial or a tribute to her, I called As an undergraduate, Palmer earned the Osmann Family (former Foundation President) Sue Brown and they did the Native American Scholarship held at the Community rest to help us establish the scholarship to help local students Foundation, created to benefit enrolled members of a Native with their medical school expenses,” American tribe. The award Evans said. “It was a way Ashley recognizes young scholars who could continue making a difference have the desire and ability to in helping others pursue their dreams “It was a way Ashley could continue making succeed in further academic study and goals related to medicine, and have participated in extraa difference in helping others pursue their community and volunteerism.” curricular or community activities. dreams and goals related to medicine, Since 2003, the Ashley Elizabeth Evans Medical School scholarship has been benefitting first-year medical school students who are graduates of Sioux Falls-area high schools. Students are eligible to apply after beginning their first semester of study.
community and volunteerism.”
— Ed Evans, father of Ashley Elizabeth Evans
Investing in Tomorrow Today, the Community Foundation holds more than $12 million
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Eventually, Palmer made the decision to pursue medical school, however, her plans were nearly derailed when she was involved in a car accident on the way to sit for her Medical College Admission Test (MCAT).
While stopped in her car on a freeway due to construction, a distracted driver traveling at 80 miles per hour rear-ended her vehicle. Palmer suffered neck, back and shoulder injuries and was forced to delay her MCAT.
UPHOLDING A LEGACY OF CARE
The delay didn’t stop her. She eventually sat for the exam and was admitted to the Sanford School of Medicine at the University of South Dakota. A short time later, Palmer applied for and was awarded the Ashley Elizabeth Evans Medical School Scholarship held at the Community Foundation. She immediately felt a sense of gratitude — not only for the award, but for her connection to Ashley’s legacy. “This has been so meaningful to me because I feel like I got a second chance to go to medical school, but Ashley did not. It’s heartwarming to know I get to continue that legacy,” Palmer said. “I’ve been very thankful. It was hard to find many scholarships for medical school. And because of my clinical commitments I’m not able to work during medical school — this scholarship will help with that financial burden.” Receiving the award has also inspired her to work toward opening doors for others. “I would love to give back in the future when I have the ability to create a scholarship fund for students,” she said. “I think this scholarship really opened a door into medicine for me that may not have been possible without it.”
A Commitment to Rural Medicine In July, Palmer officially began her second year of medical school. She’s planning to specialize in family medicine with a goal to remain in South Dakota after she completes her training. “I’ve had the chance to shadow family medicine doctors here in Vermillion and my favorite thing to witness is how they can walk in and know every patient and their families. They’re able to really connect with their patients,” she said. “When you’re a doctor, I think really knowing your patients — knowing their histories and their needs — helps you care for them in the best way possible.” “I always say that ‘as doctors we are the masters of science, but the patient is the master of their body.’ I really think one of the most important things in medicine is having a listening ear — it’s the best way to get to the bottom of the problem itself,” she said. Recently, Palmer was selected to participate in the Frontier and Rural Medicine Program (FARM), a selective program that offers med students the chance to receive nine months of clinical training in a rural community. This spring, she’ll move to Winner, South Dakota, where she’ll gain hands-on experience working in both clinical and hospital settings, serving patients of all ages. “I love bringing comfort to people. If I can be a light in someone’s day by providing emotional, social or physical support, that’s really rewarding for me,” she said.
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FOR GOOD. FOR EVER. We come to work every day because we believe in the power of possibility. We believe the Sioux Falls area is a great place to live, work and play. We also believe we have a responsibility to help preserve and sustain what’s good here, and to champion ideas and movements that have the potential to make our community even better. Since 1984, the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation has stood to inspire philanthropy. Connecting generous individuals with important ideas and worthy causes, we’re helping to spark strategic investments in our community, creating a future where everyone can thrive. Join our movement to create a better tomorrow — for good, for ever — through philanthropy at sfacf.org.
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A sign welcomes visitors to the City of Lennox. The Lennox Area Community Fund serves the communities of Lennox, Chancellor and Worthing. Photo by Emily Spartz Weerheim.
STRENGTHENING OUR HOMETOWNS
A legacy gift to the Lennox Area Community Fund, an affiliate of the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation, celebrates the love we all have for our hometowns.
Those who knew her remember Annabeth Arne as a quiet person who loved her family and treasured her favorite hobbies, including reading, gardening and canning. Born in Lennox in 1943, Annabeth attended rural schools in Turner County and worked as an elementary school teacher before starting a family with her husband, Donald. Throughout their married life they made their home in Clark and rural Carpenter. Although she hadn’t lived in Lennox since she was a child, it was clear Annabeth’s hometown held a special place in her heart. After her recent passing at age 76, a portion of Annabeth’s estate was directed to the Lennox Area Community Fund. The five-figure gift was one of the largest in Lennox’s history — an act of generosity and love that will help ensure this cherished hometown will continue to thrive — for good, forever. The Lennox Area Community Fund is an affiliate of the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation. It was established in 2004 to help improve the quality of life for those who call the communities of Lennox, Chancellor and Worthing home. Gifts to the Lennox Area Community Fund have grown over time thanks to the benefit of a pooled investment that generates long-term asset growth. Through the power of endowment, more than $100,000 has been granted to nonprofits and causes throughout Lennox, Chancellor and Worthing — enhancing the vibrancy of these quaint, tightly-knit communities. Jonathan Hagena serves as president for the Lennox Area Community Fund’s Board of Directors. He called the estate gift “a gift that keeps on giving.” 24 | FOR GOOD. FOR EVER.
“A legacy gift like this will benefit our community for a long time — this is a gift that keeps on giving. In a time when the economy is tough and people have less money for their own expenditures, it’s an especially meaningful boost. I think this also plants a seed for others who maybe wouldn’t have considered us for an estate gift,” he said. Like all legacy gifts, Annabeth’s gift is so much more than just a donation, it is a reflection of who she was and what was important to her, said Mary Kolsrud, vice president for philanthropy. “When someone shares their legacy, they’re sharing their story, a reflection of who they are, the values that have shaped them and their hopes and dreams for the future,” Kolsrud said. “Planning today to give tomorrow through a bequest is more than just a transfer of wealth after your lifetime, it’s an opportunity to celebrate your passions and leave a lasting legacy of care that will help strengthen a community, a cause or a nonprofit you care deeply about.” Alan Rops, a member of the Lennox Area Community Fund’s Board of Directors, agreed. “People feel connected to the place they were born. This gift tells us so much about who Annabeth was and what she felt about this place. It’s been a tough year for a lot of people, so to have a donation like this is a real boost for our community,” Rops said. In addition to the Lennox Area Community Fund, the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation oversees affiliate community funds in Brandon, Canton, Dell Rapids, Hartford and Tea. Learn more about how you can support your hometown through one of these affiliate funds at sfacf.org.
Celebrating our Legacy Society Members We’re grateful to these individuals who have established planned gifts at the Foundation, entrusting us with their philanthropic and visionary intentions. The following names represent the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation’s Legacy Society as of June 30, 2020. Names in bold are new. Please know that we do our best to ensure the accuracy of these lists, but errors may still occur. If you find an error, please contact us so we may correct it. Brian and Denise Aamlid Loren* and Mavis Amundson Kathy Bangasser Rich and Melanie Barnes Gerald and Marge Barth Tom Batcheller Vinny and Marcia Battista Kevin and Robin Baum Miles and Lisa Beacom Yvonne Behrends Lois Bellows Gerald and Brenda Beninga Jim and Deane Berg Arnie and Arlene Berkeland Joel and Dar Blanchard Norman and Melanie Bliss John and Judy Blomquist Kerry and Donna Boekelheide Loren and Sheila Boyens Mark and Stephanie Boyens Scott Boyens and Beth Saxvik Boyens Dar and Jo Britzman Dick and Sue* Brown Jennifer and Jon Bunkers Gene and Ann Burrish Gary and Nancy Busselman Bill and Lynne Byrne Todd Byrne Walt and Martha Carlson Joseph and Amy Cass Ray and Sandy Cheney Paul and Julie Choudek Lauren and LaDonna Christensen Reid and Ruth Christopherson Mick and Donna Cornelius Dan and Janet Costello Steve and Betty Crim Jim and Pat Croston Susan and Phil Crum Shawn and Lynn Culey Rich* and Sharon Cutler Ed and Bridget Czarnecki Nate and Mary Dally Darrold and Linda Dean Doug Degooyer Jean Delbridge Dale and Marcia Dobberpuhl Bob and Margaret* Doescher Bill and Rosemary Draeger Bill Eakes Dorothy and Jay* Egge Steve and Kris Egger Roe and Pat Eidsness Cindy Anson Eilers Donald* and Joan Eitrheim Norman and Clarice* Eitrheim Bill and Lisa Erck Larry* and Shirley Erickson Todd and Christie Ernst Brett Fligge Drs. Kate Florio and Larry Burris Mike and Sally Foss
Susan Foster Trygve and Marie Fredrickson Ed and Norma Fricke Rich and Mary Garry Steve and Alli Garry Lezlee Graham William Green Russ and Carol Greenfield Brad Grossenburg Candy Hanson Virginia Harrington Verna Hauge Millard* and Dorothy Hayek Jeff* and Sheila Hazard Linda Heckenlively Lloyd Helgeland Norine Hemping John and Ann Henkhaus Chuck and Janelle Hiatt Dan and Beth Hindbjorgen Alan and Brenda Hodgson Bruce and Connie Hoefer Elaine Hoftiezer Don* and Gayle Hooper Dan and Nancy Horner Marian Horr Mike Howes Tom and Melissa Howes Mike, Cindy, and Kylie Huether Rick Huffman Jay and Jane Huizenga Rick and Glenys Hull Garry and Dianne Jacobson Dale and Diane Jans Judy Jasper Tim and Michele Jensen Vern Jensen Kevin and Karen Jergenson Gene and Cynthia Jones Jeff and Doreen Jorgenson Laura Davis Keppen John and Enid Kinkead Dan and Arlene Kirby Joe and Jennifer Kirby Kevin and Peggy Kirby Helen Kirk Greg and Pam* Kneip De Knudson Arlen and Marcia Knutson Gil and Dorothy Koepsell Paul and Ruth Kokenge Collin and Carrol Kollars Elizabeth Kopf Marilyn and Scott Korsten Lee and Karen Larsen Linda Larson Sarah Richardson Larson and Jeff Larson Jim and Jan Leffler Ralph Lindner Irv* and Helen Loeffler Scott Loftesness Alice Loneman
George and Kay Lundberg J. Robert MacDonald Lou* and Helen Madsen Melanie Madsen Pamela Madsen Vicki Madsen Lisa and Aaron Maguire Gordon and Mary Mairose Todd and Terry Marks Linda and David Marquardt Ron Mattice Tom and Susan McDowell Doug Metcalf Herbert* and Dorothy Mikkelson Dusty and Kathy Miller Dick Molseed Mary Montoya Kim Morstad Stephen and Mary Lynn Myers Dave and Pat Nadolski Carl and Janet Naessig Liz Navratil Bill and Margie Nelsen Dave and Becky Nelson Judy Nissen Mark and Gretchen Noordsy Harriet and Harlan* Norem Patricia Norin Ray* and Margaret Novak James and Carol Oakland Berniece Oberling Joe and Nancy Olsen Suzanne Olsen Daryl and Penny Paclik Jeff and Carol Parker Doug and Sandra Pay Steve and Marianne Perkins Dave Petersen Kent and Cindy Peterson Anthony Pizer and Jessica Aguilar Don and Ann Platt Jay and Michelle Powell Bob Preloger Terry and Susan Prendergast Tate Profilet and Mary DeJong Robin Prunty Robert and Pam Putnam John and Eileen Quello Tom Raap Dean*, Jan, Darren, and Angie Radach Susan Randall and Mark Sanderson Shireen Ranschau John and Joan Rasmusson Patricia Reagan Donna Rentschler Donald Reusch and Larry Scott
Brent and Tori Rice Terri Riedel Karl and Gayleen Riedemann Jeanne Roers Charles and Char Rokusek Rex and Margie Rolfing Dave and Tammy Rozenboom Phil and Jimmie Rysdon Rodney Sather Paul and Koni Schiller Stanley and Norma Schmidt Tom and Kathrine Schnabel Connie Schnaible Al Schoeneman Scott Schoenen and Paul Weiss Karen Schreier Judy Schwerin Don and Harriet Scott Jim and Ann Scoular Sue Scribner George and Joan Sercl Warren Shoberg Helen Short John Simko Fred and Sandra Slunecka Roger and Jane Solheim Marvin* and Darlene Sopko Leroy and Elisabeth Stadem Jeff and Shelley Stingley Lloyd and Dorothy* Stivers Jeff and Reneece Strand James and Diane Sturdevant Dick and Kathleen Sweetman Jerry and Mary Pat Sweetman Mel and Loo Thaler Margaret A. Thornton Lisa Tidemann David and Mary Tidwell Karen and Don Tiede John* and Hen Timmer Larry and Suzanne Toll Jo Trankle Karen Trimble Robyn Tyler Jon and Suzanne Veenis Larry and Beverly Volek Dick and Roxie Waggoner Mike and Paula Wagner Caryn and Eric Wallace Dean and Sharon Wartenbee Karl Wegner* and Mary Cash Wegner Kirke and Dorothy* Wheeler Merle and Cecile Wollman Nate and Jennifer Zoelle *Deceased
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INNOVATING THROUGH UNCERTAINTY While the pandemic continues to keep us apart, an endowment held at the Community Foundation has responded and adapted to help local churches use technology to share the faith and bring people together.
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A camera records worship service for Grace Lutheran Church’s Facebook page earlier this fall. A grant from an endowment held at the Community Foundation has helped Grace Lutheran and other area churches enhance their media ministry efforts. Photo by Emily Spartz Weerheim.
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INNOVATING THROUGH UNCERTAINTY As the first wave of the pandemic swept across the U.S. last spring, thousands of churches nationwide grappled with how to keep their congregations safe while also nurturing the spiritual needs of their parishioners during a time of unprecedented uncertainty and painful loss. Many made the difficult decision to pause in-person worship services and instead shared sermons, devotions and prayers online via social media. Others saw weekly in-person attendance decline and proactively began to publish content online for those who didn’t feel comfortable leaving their homes.
Endowment funds are invested to provide returns which replenish the dollars distributed to charity each year, ensuring they are “forever funds,” said Mary Kolsrud, vice president for philanthropy. “In the case of the Hour of Hope Endowment, an advisory board awards grants from the fund to local churches to help advance their media ministry efforts. Those grants have been especially meaningful to churches during this moment in time, when so many are balancing the need to keep their congregations safe with the need to remain connected in sharing the faith,” Kolsrud said.
“The notable aspect of this endowment is that no one could have predicted the role and importance technology would play For churches throughout South Dakota, the onset of COVID-19 for churches today. Which is truly the power of an endowment has made trying new things and thinking outside the box part of held at the Foundation — they offer the promise of knowing daily operations throughout much of 2020. the Foundation will be here in the future to ensure the original charitable intent continues, even in Recognizing the pandemic’s impact unforeseen ways.” to both churches and churchgoers, “We would be in a really difficult place if we an endowment held at the Churches Without Walls weren’t able to utilize our media ministry Community Foundation originally Grace Lutheran Church in Sioux designed to help churches build — it’s been crucial during this pandemic. Falls is a past recipient of a grant and develop their media ministry The Hour of Hope Endowment has been from the Hour of Hope Endowment. efforts stepped up to help, adapting instrumental in helping us.” to provide funding to help area Siri Sorenson serves as Grace churches acquire the technology Lutheran’s senior pastor. She said and tools to necessary to serve their — Kevin Jensen, Senior Pastor the grant has been instrumental congregations amid the uncertainty in helping the church advance its of COVID-19. media ministry.
Continuing a Mission The Hour of Hope Endowment takes its name from the Hour of Hope radio show, a ministry program that first began in the mid1950s and, at its height, aired on more than six radio stations in more than 13 states throughout the U.S. David Brunkow was a member of the program’s board of the directors. “The program was Lutheran in its foundation and provided sacred music and preaching,” Brunkow said. “The most recent pastor for Hour of Hope was based in Brookings, South Dakota. He produced the entire broadcast. But, he was growing older and expressed a desire to retire. So, we started thinking about what was next. We wanted to continue reaching those for whom the radio show was originally created — those who wish to have their faith nourished, but are either unable or choose not to participate in regular congregation worship activities.” After the Hour of Hope’s final radio broadcast in April 2017, the program’s board of directors made the decision to place its assets into an endowment at the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation. “Little did we know how vital media ministry would come to be — certainly it has been critical during this time to be able to engage with people,” Brunkow said.
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“With the mobility of people today and varied schedules — life has changed so much,” Sorenson said. “People travel for work on a regular basis and jobs aren’t just 8-5 Monday through Friday anymore. All that means that regular church attendance has changed.”
INNOVATING THROUGH UNCERTAINTY Social distancing, face coverings and media ministry efforts help members of Grace Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls remain connected during the pandemic. Photos by Emily Spartz Weerheim.
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“In our preaching, we talk a lot about how the church is not just a building; the church is the people,” she said. “We wanted to find ways to keep people connected to their church.”
to utilize our media ministry — it’s been crucial during this pandemic,” Jensen said. “The Hour of Hope Endowment has been instrumental in helping us.”
The grant from the Hour of Hope Endowment helped Grace Lutheran purchase new equipment to enhance its livestreamed service.
Looking Ahead
“We purchased a camera and tripod that we could hook into our soundboard. We also bought a small computer that would run the camera and connect in to Facebook Live. It’s really made a difference in the quality of what we are doing. When our members watch the worship service on Facebook, they can make comments and greet each other — they stay connected. We’ve had many people tell us that the ability to follow along and engage on Facebook made them feel like they were still part of church, even though they were still in their homes.”
Moving forward, Brunkow hopes the Hour of Hope Endowment will grow so that even more churches can benefit from its grants, “making it possible for churches to touch more lives,” he said. “These grants are seed money for churches who are ready to take the next step in their media ministry efforts. These grants give congregations the courage to take the first step toward meeting the challenge in front of them.”
Kevin Jensen serves as the senior pastor for two churches — Nathanael Lutheran Church in Alcester, South Dakota, and Hudson Lutheran Church, located just west of where the Big Sioux River separates South Dakota and Iowa. Both churches have received grants from the Hour of Hope Endowment. One church used the grant to purchase SlingStudio, a portable and wireless multi-camera broadcasting platform that allows church staff to broadcast worship services live on YouTube. Another church used the grant to purchase an FM radio transmitter that helped church-goers tune in to worship services earlier this summer when services were held outside. “We would really be in a difficult place if we weren’t able FOR GOOD. FOR EVER. | 29
Elda Aquino Ortega, a senior at New Tech High School, is one of approximately 40 high school juniors and seniors who are participating in the Career Connections Program.
PAVING THE WAY TO POSSIBILITY Thanks to a lead grant from the Community Foundation, a new program is helping high school juniors and seniors chart a course to success through exposure to different career opportunities and access to post-secondary education, while also addressing the city’s workforce needs.
For most kids, senior year is about making memories while celebrating the last iconic moments of high school — the last football game, the last school dance, the last lunch in the school cafeteria. But not for Elda Aquino Ortega. Ortega, a senior at New Tech High School in Sioux Falls, is planning to make her senior year a year of firsts. Over the next nine months, Ortega, a native of Guatemala, will spend time touring and learning about local businesses, connecting with business leaders, building hands-on experience, and earning college credit as one of approximately 40 high school juniors and seniors who are participating in the Career Connections Program, a new initiative designed to help address the city’s workforce challenges by offering high school juniors and seniors early career exposure, job shadowing opportunities and access to post-secondary curriculum. 30 | FOR GOOD. FOR EVER.
“This is an opportunity for me to get some great career experience,” Ortega said. “I’m excited.” A grant from the Community Foundation made it possible for the Career Connections Program to launch. It’s a grant that Community Foundation President Andy Patterson calls “an investment in the future of Sioux Falls.” “We’re proud to partner with local leaders and businesses in support of the Career Connections Program because we believe that in order to build a better, stronger and more vibrant community, we need to invest in efforts to help inspire and develop the next generation of thought-leaders and changemakers,” Patterson said. “We believe this program will do just that, while also helping to address our city’s workforce development challenges.”
PAVING THE WAY TO POSSIBILITY Developed by the Sioux Falls Development Foundation and endorsed by the Forward Sioux Falls Strategic Workforce Action Agenda, the Career Connections Program officially launched this fall. Approximately 40 students who are first-generation Americans or are low income make up the program’s inaugural class. Denise Guzzetta, vice president of talent and workforce development for the Sioux Falls Development Foundation, called the grant a game-changer. “Without this grant from the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation, the Career Connections Program would not have been possible,” she said. “We are so appreciative of the Community Foundation’s support, and we’re grateful for their belief in workforce development, in education and in the need to invest in building a better tomorrow.” Dave Rozenboom is president of First PREMIER Bank, one of a number of businesses who are participating in the program. Rozenboom said the Community Foundation “grasped on to the vision for the Career Connections Program right from the start.” “Funding for new programs and initiatives can be a major hurdle, but the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation immediately went to work to remove the financial barrier for this pilot program and allowed the Sioux Falls Development Foundation to focus their time and efforts on designing a model with area high schools that could effectively and efficiently bring students and employers together. Another wonderful example of how well we all work together to make our community a stronger and more vibrant place to call home, for everyone,” he said.
Hands-On Experience, Professional Connections Guzzetta said the idea behind the program is to help students determine their best pathway into the workforce. “Among those who graduate each year from Sioux Falls public schools, approximately 600 do not pursue any form of postsecondary education,” Guzzetta said. “We want to reduce this number. We think this program will provide good opportunities for kids in Sioux Falls, while also addressing our city’s growing and changing workforce needs.” For Ortega, her dreams include becoming a teacher, or possibly a principal, someday. Since moving to Sioux Falls at age 12, she’s been motivated to make her dream a reality. She’s worked hard in school and, during her freshman year, she decided to apply for a hostess job at Olive Garden. “I didn’t know anything about how to act in an interview or what things to say, so I asked my teachers to help coach me,” Ortega said. The coaching helped. Ortega landed the job and still works at Olive Garden today. That same kind of professional coaching, mentoring and handson experience are all things Ortega is hoping to take away from the Career Connections Program.
Professional Experience, Access to Education Career Connections is a multi-faceted endeavor.
CREATING POSSIBILITY The grant for the Career Connections Program was made possible thanks in part to our Community Fund, the Foundation’s most visionary endowment. Thanks to the Community Fund, in fiscal year 2019-20 we awarded more than $500,000 in grants to support local nonprofits and new ideas designed to make our community stronger. Read more about other community grants at sfacf.org.
One aspect of the program helps students create professional connections, gain hands-on experience and build intangible skills — effective communication, time management, information analysis and more — by spending time at local businesses who have signed on to partner in the initiative. Students will spend the fall semester meeting with leadership teams from each participating business and touring facilities to help discern where their vocational interests lie and what industries they’re most drawn to. In the spring, students will spend time each week in the business/industry they’re most interested in. Another aspect of the program provides assistance to help students pursue some form of post-secondary education, such as a certificate program, a technical degree, or an associate’s or bachelor’s degree from a school within the South Dakota Board of Regents’ system. Participants will attend classes at their home high school and at CTE Academy, USD Community College for Sioux Falls or Southeast Tech. They’ll also begin concurrent or dual-credit coursework free of charge at these institutions while completing their high school diploma within the Sioux Falls School District. The program also offers financial assistance to cover tuition, books and fees at USD Community College for Sioux Falls or Southeast Tech while in high school. Students, employers and the city of Sioux Falls will all advance from the Career Connections Program, Rozenboom said. “I believe these students will benefit in many ways, including multi-industry exposure with several great companies, as well as through the dual credit component of the Career Connections program where they will earn credits toward their post-secondary education and gain confidence in their ability to reach their goals. We will benefit by sharing our story with these students and hopefully increase their interest in pursuing a career in financial services with our organization,” he said. “The Career Connections program makes it easy for our company to participate because of the efficient model that the Sioux Falls Development Foundation has put in place with area high schools to bring students and companies together.” Ortega sees the post-secondary education element of the program as particularly valuable. This year, she’ll earn college credit for two classes she’ll be taking at Southeast Tech. She plans to transfer those credits to the University of South Dakota where next fall, she plans to begin pursuing a bachelor’s degree in education. FOR GOOD. FOR EVER. | 31
Cars line up for a Feeding South Dakota food distribution held last spring at the Sioux Empire Fairgrounds. Feeding South Dakota was one of more than 30 local nonprofits who received a COVID-19 Response Grant from the Community Foundation. Photo courtesy Feeding South Dakota.
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RESPONDING TO OUR COMMUNITY’S NEEDS The coronavirus pandemic has impacted our community in unprecedented ways. Adapting, innovating and collaborating, the Foundation mounted an unprecedented response — stepping forward to help when our community needed us the most.
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Working with the City of Sioux Falls, we launched the One Sioux Falls Fund to help our neighbors in Minnehaha, Lincoln, Turner and McCook Counties impacted by COVID-19. Thanks to support from area businesses, individuals and families, we raised more than $3.3 million, helping more than 2,900 individuals and families who were unable to work due to COVID-19 remain housed. Pivoting from our traditional grantmaking, we deployed our Community Fund to award more than 30 emergency grants to front-line nonprofits hardest hit by the pandemic. We also worked with donor advisors interested in directing grants from donor advised funds to support local nonprofits with the greatest need. Working with a coalition of local churches, we helped launch the Corona Help Sioux Falls Fund, an initiative designed to provide basic necessities to those impacted by COVID-19.
Learn more about our pandemic response at sfacf.org.
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Financial Report
Assets 2020 2019 Cash and cash equivalents 34,440,806 28,334,502 Interest and dividends receivable 252,875 181,659 Contributions receivable 2,212,000 1,954,670 Prepaid expenses and other assets 780,287 601,374 Beneficial interest in split-interest agreements 2,696,000 2,583,000 Investments 157,242,084 144,117,557 Property and equipment, net 1,500,246 1,529,479 Total Assets 199,124,298 179,302,241 Liabilities and Net Assets Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 78,989 76,071 Grants payable 564,030 399,850 Charitable gift annuities payable 238,757 268,138 Assets held for others 35,791,921 33,919,695 Total Liabilities 36,673,697 34,663,754 Total Net Assets 162,450,601 144,638,487 Total Liabilities and Net Assets 199,124,298 179,302,241 Revenues Contributions 30,154,146 40,749,371 Contributions designated for specific organizations (1,870,450) (9,264,393) Investment return 7,999,726 8,644,809 Investment return designated for specific organizations (1,321,854) (1,242,748) Other 1,499,609 43,243 Total Revenues 36,461,177 38,930,282 Grants and Expenses Grants 18,424,590 18,672,965 Grants remitted on behalf of specific organizations (1,124,108) (1,050,057) Fund services 492,820 571,548 Management and general 272,403 229,010 Asset development and fundraising 583,358 542,170 Total Grants and Expenses 18,649,063 18,965,636 Change in Net Assets 17,812,114 19,964,646 Net Assets - Beginning of Year 144,638,487 124,673,841 Net Assets - End of Year 162,450,601 144,638,487
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Partner Organizations The Community Foundation’s organizational endowment options help neighborhood nonprofits establish and grow their endowment assets, creating a permanent source of financial support. Nonprofit organizations, or their supporters, establish an endowment fund at the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation to gain administrative and professional management expertise, achieve greater investment performance and diversity and secure protection for future use. With more than 35 years of leadership and experience, we know and understand that strong and healthy nonprofits are key to a thriving community. That’s why we’re committed to partnering with our local nonprofits to help ensure their long-term financial sustainability and we’re proud to partner with the following organizations in holding their endowment funds: Active Generations Alzheimer’s Association – South Dakota American Cancer Society, South Dakota Division Asbury United Methodist Church Augustana University The Banquet Battleship South Dakota Memorial Bethany Lutheran Foundation Bishop O’Gorman High School Boys & Girls Clubs of the Sioux Empire Boy Scouts of America - Sioux Council Butterfly House & Aquarium Canton-Inwood Area Health Foundation Centerville Development Corporation Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children (CASA) Child Advocacy Center of the Black Hills Children’s Home Society of South Dakota The Community Outreach The Compass Center Crazy Horse Memorial Dakota Academy of Performing Arts (DAPA) DakotAbilities Dow Rummel Elk Point – Jefferson Educational Foundation EmBe Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota Falls Community Health Family Connection Feeding South Dakota Feisty Fighters Furniture Mission of South Dakota Girl Scouts Dakota Horizons Glory House Great Bear Recreation Park Great Plains Zoo & Delbridge Museum Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sioux Falls Helpline Center Howard Wood Dakota Relays Inter-Lakes Community Action Partnership The Japanese Gardens Junior Achievement of South Dakota Junior League of Sioux Falls Kiwanis Pancake House LifeScape Lincoln High School Band Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota Make-A-Wish Foundation of South Dakota Masonic Building Association of Sioux Falls Minnehaha County Historical Society Museum of Visual Materials Mount Zion Cemetery Multi-Cultural Center of Sioux Falls
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) South Dakota Parker Cemetery Association Pipestone County Historical Society Prairie Hills Covenant Church REACH Literacy Riverview Cemetery Association Salvation Army SculptureWalk Singing Boys of Sioux Falls Sioux Empire Community Theatre Sioux Empire Home Builders Care Foundation Sioux Empire United Way Sioux Falls Area Humane Society Sioux Falls Arts Council Sioux Falls Cares Sioux Falls Community Bands Sioux Falls Concerts Association Sioux Falls Downtown Lions Club Sioux Falls Figure Skating Club Sioux Falls Jazz and Blues Society Sioux Falls Lutheran School Association Sioux Falls Parks Department Sioux Falls Public Schools Education Foundation Sioux Falls YMCA Sioux Valley Genealogical Society Siouxland Heritage Museum Sister Cities Association of Sioux Falls South Dakota High School Basketball Hall of Fame South Dakota High School Honor Choir South Dakota Humanities Council South Dakota Junior Golf Association Foundation South Dakota Ornithologists’ Union South Dakota Public Broadcasting South Dakota School for the Deaf Foundation South Dakota Symphony Orchestra South Dakota Tennis Hall of Fame Southeast Tech Foundation Southeastern Behavioral HealthCare Special Olympics South Dakota St. Francis House Stockyards Ag Experience Tallgrass Recovery & Sober Living Homes Teddy Bear Den University of Sioux Falls Veterans’ Memorial Park Visual Arts Center Volunteers of America, Dakotas Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science West Central Education Foundation Westside Lutheran Church
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Celebrating Generosity The story of the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation is written by the individuals, families and organizations behind the following funds. Please join us in celebration of their spirit of care, their generosity and their commitment to building a better tomorrow. Funds in bold are new. Please know that we do our best to ensure the accuracy of these lists, but errors may still occur. If you find an error, please contact us so we may correct it. 1 Timothy 6:18 Fund (2015) 29-90 Sportsman’s Club Endowment (2003)
A Brian and Denise Aamlid Charitable Fund (2005) Marvin and Clara Acker Scholarship (2002) Active Generations Adult Day Service Program Endowment (2019) Active Generations Board of Directors Endowment (2019) Active Generations Endowment (2002) Mary L. Aden Charitable Fund (1999) AGC of South Dakota Building Chapter Scholarship (2011) Alcester Community Fund (1989) Alcester Scholarship Fund - Delmer Scott Award (1999) Alcester Scholarship Fund - Mary Scott Award (1999) Alliance Communications ‘Keep the Change’ Fund (2013) Altrusa Endowment Fund (1995) Altrusa Scholarship Fund (1995) Alzheimer’s Association - South Dakota Education Fund (1998) American Cancer Society Fund South Dakota Division, Inc. (1996) Wyatt Ammon Memorial Scholarship (2006) Loren and Mavis Amundson Family Award Endowment (2010) Loren and Mavis Amundson CWS Endowment (2007) Loren and Mavis Amundson Family Endowment (1999) Loren and Mavis Amundson Sports Administration Fund (1993) Percy and Marjorie Amundson Family Endowment (2000) Dr. Courtney and Myrna O. Anderson Family Charitable Fund (2005) Dr. Courtney and Myrna O. Anderson Family Endowment (1996) Helen M. Anderson Calvary Cathedral Endowment (2008) Helen M. Anderson Endowment (2008) Helen M. Anderson Scholarship (2008) Helen M. Anderson Transportation Endowment (2007) JoAnn and Steven Anderson Family Fund (2000) Lynn and Diane Anderson Charitable Fund (2008) Peter and Berit Andreone Charitable Fund (2006) Andy Award (2003) Evan and Heather Anema Charitable Fund (2018) Anson Fund (2019) Angus C. Anson Fund (1995) Angus Anson Family Great Bear Endowment (1997) Arrowhead Nature Park Endowment (1999) Asbury United Methodist Church Endowment Fund (2008) Scott and Diane Atchison Charitable Fund (2015) Richard J. and Barbara G. Auld Fund (1988) The Austad Company Fund (1986) Austad Family Fund (1993) Charles and Carol Austin Family Endowment (1998) Automotive Services Association of South Dakota Endowment (2011) Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center Endowment (2013) AXA Advisors Sioux Empire Scholarship (2003)
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B John and Gladys Bahnson Charitable Fund (2016) Marvin K. and Janet Bailin Fund (1988) Jeff and Linda Baka Family Fund (2000) W.L. and Peg Baker Charitable Fund (2007) W.L. and Peg Baker Family Endowment (2007) The Banquet Endowment (2007) Bantam Baseball Fund (1998) Bill Barlow ‘Second Chance’ Scholarship (1998) Tom Batcheller Charitable Fund (2001) Battleship South Dakota Memorial Foundation Endowment (2001) Jeremy Baum ‘Hope’ Scholarship (2000) Mary E. Baylor Endowment Fund (2013) Mary E. Baylor Scholarship Fund (2013) The Bean Family Charitable Fund (2008) Gloria Rae Beck Scholarship (1999) Vince Beck Five Point Scholarship (2006) Dean Belbas Charitable Fund (2016) Douglas and Gaye Bell Charitable Fund (2013) Bender Companies, Inc. Charitable Fund (2017) Gail and Connie Benson Family Fund (1999) Bricker Bergeson Memorial Scholarship (2002) Robert W. Best Scholarship Fund (1989) Bethany Lutheran Foundation Endowment (2009) Mark Bielen Scholarship (2015) Larry and Anita Bierman Charitable Fund (2007) Larry and Anita Bierman Family Endowment (2000) Billion Automotive Scholarship Endowment (2007) David H. Billion Fund (1996) Brian and Janet Bird Charitable Fund (2018) Mike Bird Scholarship (2012) Helen E. Oppold Blair Memorial Fund (2005) Joel and Dar Blanchard Charitable Fund (2006) Reverend Howard M. Blegen Scholarship (2007) Norman and Melanie Bliss Family Fund (1998) Myrtle and David Blomquist Scholarship (2003) Duane and Bonnie Bly Family Scholarship (2013) Earl and Betty Bonacker Endowed USF Scholarship (2004) Judy Bour Endowment (2003) Boxdorfer Family Charitable Fund (2004) Frank L. Boyce YMCA Camp Scholarship Fund (2007) Don and Norma Boyden Principal Timpani Chair (2004) Boys and Girls Club of the Sioux Empire Endowment Fund (1989) The Boys of Summer Cup Endowment (2010) Barney and Mary Brandenburg Charitable Fund (2019) Brandon Community Foundation (2006) Brandon Valley High School Class of 1973 Scholarship (2018) John Brannian and Anita Kealey Charitable Fund (2005) Brazones Family Endowment (2013) Bright Futures (2004) Dar and Jo Britzman Family Endowment (2019) ‘Doc’ and Florence Brown Endowment (2004) Lulu Belle Brown Fund (1991) Richard E. ‘Dick’ and Sue Brown Family Fund (1995) Sue Brown Endowment (2005) Rick and Holly Brunick Family Charitable Fund (2010) Kendall and Freeda Burns Family Medical Research Trust (1998) Gene and Ann Burrish Unrestricted Endowment (2012)
Judy and Ron Buseman Charitable Fund (2017) Business Technology Scholarship (2002) Butterfly House & Aquarium Endowment (2013) Bill and Lynne Byrne Charitable Fund (2004)
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Fran and Mary Lou Campbell Charitable Fund (2009) Reverend Les Campbell Memorial Fund (2018) Canton-Inwood Area Health Foundation Endowment (2016) Bayard and Sam Carlson Principal Bass Chair Endowment (2003) Ellen Marie Carlson Fund (2004) Henry and Eleanor Carlson Charitable Fund (2010) Henry and Eleanor Carlson Church Fund (1998) John E. and Rebecca Carmody Family CHS Endowment (2002) John ‘Jack’, Jr. and Michael Carmody Scholarship (2008) CASA Endowment (1999) Centerville Development Corporation Endowment (2019) Tom and Laurie Chaplin Charitable Fund (2014) Chapter of Calvary Cathedral Fund (2012) Cheyenne River Mission Fund (2013) Roland and Evelyn Chicoine Endowment (2017) Child Advocacy Center of the Black Hills Endowment (2002) Children’s Care Hospital & School Fund (1998) Children’s Home Society Endowment (2001) Children’s Home Society Excellence in Caring Endowment (2001) Children’s Home Society Music Fund (1998) Children’s Inn Endowment (1999) Child’s Voice Endowment (2004) Christ Church Fund - Chamberlain (2012) Christ Episcopal Church Fund - Gettysburg (2012) Dale Christensen Camp Judson Endowment (2014) Lauren, LaDonna, and Paul Christensen South Dakota Achieve Endowment (2013) Lauren, LaDonna, and Paul Christensen DakotAbilities Endowment (2013) Scott and Carolyn Christensen Charitable Fund (2007) Christian Counseling Services Fund (2000) Dorothy and C.A.’Bud’ Christopherson Fund (1987) Dorothy Christopherson Children’s Home Society Fund (1991) Fred and Marie Christopherson Scholarship Fund (1990) Church of the Good Shepherd - Domsitz Memorial Fund (2018) Church of the Holy Apostles Fund - Sioux Falls (2012) Church of the Holy Innocents Fund - Parmalee (2012) Church of the Holy Spirit Fund - Ideal (2012) Citibank Scholarship (2002) Citibank Technical Assistance Fund (1988) Clarksean-Dieken Endowment (2012) Lon Clemensen Charitable Fund (2017) Willard ‘Bill’ Coder Fund (2002) Cogley-Buffington Certified Property and Casualty Underwriters Fund (1995) Community Endowment - Restricted (1985) Community Faith Forever Foundation (2017) Community Indoor Tennis Center (2011) Community Outreach Endowment (2006) The Compass Center Endowment (2015) Paul and Mary Ellen Connelly Charitable Fund (2007)
Funds Gary and Kathleen Conradi Family Fund (2001) Wanda Covington Endowment (2017) Mike Crane and Candy Hanson Charitable Fund (2002) Crazy Horse Memorial Fund (2003) Creative Youth Learning Experience Fund (2005) Steve and Betty Crim Family Fund (2001) Crosby Family Endowment (2007) Daniel and Sara Crosby Charitable Fund (2007) Jim and Pat Croston Family Scholarship (2007) John W. and Mary H. Curry Scholarship (2015) Cutler Fund (1993) Kent and Carolyn Cutler Family Charitable Fund (2019) Richard A. and Sharon L. Cutler Fund (2019)
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Dakota Academy of Performing Arts Endowment (2004) Dakota Alliance Soccer Club Student Athlete Scholarship (1995) Dakota Wind Quintet Recording Endowment (2002) DakotAbilities Endowment (2001) The Dakotas Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association (2015) Nathan and Mary Dally Charitable Fund (2019) Daniel Dardis Memorial Fund (1986) Raymond Daugaard Memorial Fund (2004) Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith Scholarship Fund (1997) Don and Cara Lee Davis Fund (1997) John B. Davis Endowment (2010) Kory and Jocelyn Davis Charitable Fund (2005) Charles T. Day Family Charitable Fund (2011) Lisa Deen Scholarship (2012) DeGroot Family Scholarship (2006) DeGroot Family USF Scholarship Endowment (2002) Joyce DeGroot Community Theater Endowment (2003) Norma DeGroot Family Pavilion Fund (1997) Jim and Caroline Deinema Canton Community Foundation (1996) Delbridge Family Scholarship (2005) Delbridge Family Scholarship - Southeast Tech (2004) C.J. ‘Del’ and Alene Delbridge Family Endowment (2002) C.J. ‘Del’ and Alene Delbridge - Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Museum Endowment (2002) Dell Rapids Community Fund (2000) Dell Rapids Trailway Fund (2006) Inez and Joseph Dieken Endowment (2012) Lyle Dilley Memorial Scholarship (2011) P. Daniel and Laura Jo Donohue Charitable Fund (2017) Parnell J. and Dorothy Donohue Family Endowment (2002) Patrick Dooley Charitable Fund (2018) Hopps Dow Scholarship Fund (1992) Dow Rummel Community Enhancement Foundation Endowment (2013) Dow Rummel Community Enhancement Foundation Building and Grounds Endowment (2013) Dow Rummel Community Enhancement Foundation Chapel Endowment (2013) Dow Rummel Community Enhancement Foundation Financial Assistance Endowment (2013) Dow Rummel Community Enhancement Foundation Program Endowment (2013) Bill and Rosemary Draeger Charitable Fund (2014) Bill and Rosemary Draeger Unrestricted Fund (1995) Daniel and Lisa Drenkow Charitable Fund (2019) Mel and Marie Duncan Family Endowment (2007) Thomas Paul Dunn Memorial Fund (2016) David and Beatrice Dvorak Charitable Fund (2016) Tim and Tonya Dwire Family Charitable Fund (2009)
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Raymond Eddy Scholarship (2017) Waneta Drake Miller Edmison Memorial Scholarship (2009) Jay and Dorothy Egge Family Fund (2018) Al and Marion Egger Endowment Fund (1991) Kris and Steve Egger Charitable Fund (2012) Kris and Steve Egger Endowment (2018) Sidney and Mayona Elcock Family Endowment (2007) Elk Point - Jefferson Educational Foundation Community Commitment Endowment Fund (2012) Elmen Family Foundation Endowment (2006) EmBe Fund (2001) Emily’s Hope Scholarship (2018) Robert and Jeanne Enderson Family Endowment (2007) Engel - Wells Endowment (1998) Amy Erickson Scholarship Fund (1998) Camp Leif Ericson Endowment (1993) Todd and Christie Ernst Charitable Fund (2017) Alfred, Vera, Gary, and Rudolph Eslick Scholarship (2018) Ashley Elizabeth Evans Medical School Scholarship (2003) Regina ‘Grandma’ Evans Scholarship (2012) Robert and Joette Everist Family Charitable Fund (2005) Robert and Joette Everist Family Endowment (2005) Tom and Barb Everist Family Fund (1992) Tom and Barb Everist Unrestricted Fund (2000) Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 289 Endowment (2001)
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Falls Community Health Medication Assistance Fund (2016) Family Connection Endowment (2011) The Sally Fantle Visual Arts Fund (2004) Feeding South Dakota Endowment (2012) Feisty Fighters Endowment (2019) Mary Jane Fenn Family Fund (1999) The First National Bank in SF Employee Memorial End. for Janine Parliament (2002) Christian and Sandra Fischer Charitable Fund (2017) Ronnie Fish Endowment (2005) Kathryn Florio and Larry Burris Endowment (2002) Joe H. and Elaine I. Floyd ‘Another Chance’ Fund (2004) Joe H. and Elaine I. Floyd Charitable Fund (2003) Fool Soldier Scholarship Fund (1997) Blaine and Gina Fopma Charitable Fund (2019) Verne and Ardith Forbes Scholarship (2015) Jim and Fran Foss Scholarship Fund (2013) Joe Foss ‘An American Hero’ Scholarship (1992) Richard and Arlene Fossum Endowment (2011) Foster Fund (1985) Clarence Edward Fowler Scholarship (2012) Donald Fowler Scholarship (2012) Mildred Weinberg Fowler Scholarship (2012) Sophia Fowler Scholarship (2012) Fredrickson Family Foundation (1998) Friends of South Dakota Public Broadcasting Endowment (2001) Friends of the Levitt Shell Sioux Falls Special Project Fund (2013) Larry and Suzanne Fuller Charitable Fund (2001) Larry and Suzanne Fuller Family Endowment (1997) Furniture Mission of South Dakota Endowment (2013)
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Tom and Pamela Gage Charitable Fund (2018) GARRY Private Wealth Resources Charitable Fund (2010) Rich and Mary Garry Charitable Fund (2015) Steve and Allison Garry Family Fund (1998) Steve and Allison Garry Unrestricted Fund (2000)
Garson Granddaughters’ Violin Chair in Honor of Isabel, Naomi, Cymry, and Sophia (2004) Gethsemane Episcopal Church Fund - Sisseton (2012) Scott and Melissa Gibson Endowment (2007) Lee and Gina Glasoe Charitable Fund (2018) LeRoy Gliege Endowment (2014) Glory House Endowment (2013) Sherry and Vance Goldammer Charitable Fund (1999) Kristi Stewart Golden Fund (1996) Jake Gourley Memorial Fund (2016) Faye L. Gowan Endowment (2004) Graco Inc. Scholarship (2002) Lyle and Janet Graff Family Fund (2000) Graham Academy Scholarship Fund (2010) Grand Living at Lake Lorraine Charitable Fund (2016) Jeane Grant Memorial GS Endowment (2002) Graves Family Fund (2000) Great Bear Tubing Hill Renovation Special Project (2014) Russ and Carol Greenfield Charitable Fund (2005) Lyle and Sheryl Grenz Charitable Fund (2017) John and Lisa Griffin Family Endowment (1999) John and Lisa Griffin Family Fund (1999) Herman and LaVerne Griller Active Generations Endowment (2010) Herman and LaVerne Griller Scholarship (2010) Kyle and Maggie Groteluschen Charitable Fund (2017) George Gulson Music Endowment (2006)
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Tyler and Michelle Haahr Charitable Fund (2019) Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sioux Falls Endowment (2004) Curtis L. and Glenda J. Hage Fund (2003) Douglas and Anne Hajek Charitable Fund (2007) Jay L. Hammrich and Jeanette Nuytten-Hammrich Charitable Fund (2018) Brian and Laurie Hansen Charitable Fund (2006) Hansen Family Endowment (2016) Jon E. Hansen Memorial Endowed Scholarship (2004) Lowell Hansen Family Charitable Fund (2015) Harlan K. Hanson Fund (2019) Robert L. Hanson - Harold’s Photo Fund (1997) Bishop Hare Complex Fund (2012) Edward J. Harrington and Celeste Harrington Family Endowment (2001) Virginia Harrington Charitable Fund (2002) William and Kathryn Harris Charitable Fund (2019) William and Kathryn Harris Endowment (2015) Harrison-Joslyn Memorial Scholarship (2000) Hartford Area Community Foundation (2008) Bruce and Wendy Hasche Family Endowment (2011) Houston Haugo Family Endowment (1991) Hayek Family Endowment (2009) Jeff and Sheila Hazard Fund (1997) Mim and Bob Hazard Memorial Fund (2016) Heartland House/Inter-Lakes Community Action Inc. Endowment (2002) Grant Heckenlively and Geri Heckenlively Brook Scholarship (2015) Kent Hegge Memorial Scholarship (2006) Inez Atkins Heidel Crazy Horse Memorial Fund (2014) Heisler Prevention, Treatment, and Aftercare Endowment (2002) Phil and Martha Helland Principal Oboe Chair Endowment (2001) Helpline Center Endowment (1999) John and Ann Henkhaus Family Charitable Fund (2017) Here4Youth Fund (1998) Jason and Angela Herrboldt Charitable Fund (2017) Chuck and Marjory Hey Charitable Fund (2019) Charles and Janelle Hiatt Charitable Fund (2017) Hills of Rest Memorial Park Foundation (2005)
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Funds Alfred H. Hinds Award Fund (2013) Jerry Hoftiezer Memorial Scholarship (2006) David J. Holden Scholarship Fund (2013) Claude and E. Julie Hone Endowment Fund (1997) Dody and Boyd Hopkins Family Foundation (2006) Hour of Hope Endowment (2017) Hovik Family Luther Seminary Scholarship Fund (1996) Hovik Family Scholarship Fund (1989) Helmer A. Hovik USD Scholarship (2002) Hovland Scholarship Fund (1993) Howard and Eunice Hovland Adult Education Scholarship (2002) Howard and Eunice Hovland Endowment (2020) Howalt-McDowell Insurance, Inc. Endowment (1998) Howalt-McDowell Insurance, Inc. Fund (1998) Howard Wood Dakota Relays Endowment (2009) Ivan H. Howes YMCA Camp Scholarship Fund (2004) HSBC - North America Scholarship (2003) Jason and Debbie Hubers Family Charitable Fund (2012) Jay and Jane Huizenga Charitable Fund (2012) Rick and Glenys Hull Johnstone Supply Charitable Fund (2010) Humane Society Endowment Fund (1999) Jack and Ila Hunt Family Scholarship (2002) Louis and Dorothy Hurwitz Beth Shalom Congregation Endowment (2000) Louis and Dorothy Hurwitz Fund (1993) Louis and Dorothy Hurwitz Mount Zion Congregation Endowment (2000) Louis and Dorothy Hurwitz Sioux Falls Jewish Welfare Endowment (2000) The Husby Performing Arts Center Endowment (2000) Doris Louise Eggers Huseboe Endowment (2006) Kenneth J. Husmann Scholarship Fund (2013) John Hutchinson Chamber Music Endowment (1999)
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The IBEW Local 426 Endowment (2015) Independent Insurance Agents of Sioux Falls Scholarship Fund (1997) Gordon Ingwersen Scholarship Fund (1992) Gordon Ingwersen School of Mines & Technology Scholarship (1999) Neva A. Ingwersen Endowment Fund (1999) Inmates’ Inipi Fund (2005) Mark Isackson Clarinet Chair in Memory of Virginia Isackson (2005)
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Julius A. and Dorothy L. Jacobsen Internship (2007) Julius A. and Dorothy L. Jacobsen Scholarship (2003) Jacobson Family Foundation (2012) Jacquie’s Fund (2008) Jans Family Charitable Fund (2017) Jans Family Endowment (2014) The Japanese Gardens Fund (1996) Dennis and Janelle Jarabek Charitable Fund (2017) James and Megan Jarding Family Endowment (2007) Judy Jasper Charitable Fund (2014) Mabel and Judy Jasper Charitable Fund (2011) Bob Jensen Family Endowment (2002) David S. and Andree Johnson Charitable Fund (2017) Donald E. and Dorothy L. Johnson Endowment (2009) Ella (Mohr) and Jerome Johnson Memorial Scholarship (2016) Steve and Becky Johnson Family Charitable Fund (2012) Vernell and Louise Johnson Family Trust (2006) Bishop Walter Jones Memorial Fund (2012) Jeff and Kendall Jones Charitable Fund (2015) Ray Carlton Jones and Josephine W. Jones Sioux Falls Concerts Association Endowment (2002) Glenn and Phyllis Jorgenson Charitable Fund (2013)
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David Michael Jueschke Memorial (1988) Junior Achievement of South Dakota Endowment (2001) Junior League of Sioux Falls Endowment (1998) Junior League of Sioux Falls Memorial and Tribute Scholarship (2008)
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Arthur and Idalee Kaiser Memorial Endowment (2004) John and Midge Fowler Kalstad Scholarship (2012) Dave and Mary Ann Kapaska Charitable Fund (2017) Dan and Nancy Kenyon Charitable Fund (2017) Laura Davis Keppen Family Fund (2003) Anna and Michael Kinsella Charitable Fund (2017) Dan and Arlene Kirby Family Restricted Fund (1997) Dan and Arlene Kirby Family Unrestricted Fund (1997) Kirby Family Fund (1989) Joe and Jennifer Kirby Charitable Fund (1996) Joe and Jennifer Kirby Unrestricted Fund (1997) Kevin and Peggy Kirby Family Fund (1997) Kevin and Peggy Kirby Family Restricted Fund (1996) Kirby Science Discovery Center Children’s Visit Fund (1999) Steve and Suzie Kirby Fund (1997) Kiwanis Club of Sioux Falls Community Service Scholarship (2010) Kiwanis Clubs of Sioux Falls Scholarship Fund (1989) Kiwanis Pancake House Fund (2009) Paul Klutman Endowment (2012) De and Dave Knudson Family Endowment (2000) Donald H. Knudson Fund (2000) Knudson Pavilion Open Door Fund (2004) Dennis D. and Mary Ann Knutson Associate Principal Flute Chair Endowment in Honor of Pat Masek (2002) Koch Hazard Architects Scholarship (2011) Jane Koch and Irene Goeres Endowed Violin Chair (2004) Samuel and Carolyn Kochel Charitable Fund (2007) Gil and Dorothy Koepsell Charitable Fund (2011) Loren and Linda Koepsell Family Charitable Fund (2006) Collin and Carrol Kollars Charitable Fund (2017) Collin, Carrol, and Cody Kollars Endowment (2014) Marlene Kollias Active Generations Endowment (2015) Chris and Mary Kolsrud Charitable Fund (2019) K. Gene and Karen Koob Charitable Fund (2006) K. Gene and Karen Koob Medical Scholarship (2009) James and Bernice Kopperud Scholarship Fund (1994) Scott and Marilyn Korsten Charitable Fund (2018) Izolde M. Krastins Memorial Girl Scout Endowment (2006) Tim and Kori Kromminga Family Charitable Fund (2014) Leo Kucinski Section Violin Chair Fund (2000) Ann Louise Kuehn Educational Endowment for Women (1989) Kusmak Family Charitable Fund (2016)
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Lakota Council of Tribes Endowment (2010) Gary and Sharon Lane Family Charitable Fund (2012) Larsen Family Endowment (2008) L.K. and Karen Larsen Family Foundation (2004) Roger Larsen Memorial Fund (2002) Citi/Principal Loyle Larson Education Success Fund (2008) Elvira Larson Endowment (2005) Elvira Larson USF Scholarship (2005) Elvira Larson Trinity Lutheran Church Endowment (2005) Katherine A. Larson Scholarship Fund (1996) Linda Larson Charitable Fund (2001) Sarah and Jeff Larson Fund (1995) Maurine Lauer Fund (1993) Marshall and Angeline Lavin Family Charitable Fund (2013)
Marshall and Angeline Lavin Family Endowment (2013) LCM Endowment (2014) Harry Lee Scholarship - Alcester Scholarship (1985) James and Jan Leffler Charitable Fund (2009) James and Jan Leffler Family Endowment (2009) Gwenda Lehmann USF Athletic Endowment (2005) Freda B. Lemke Unrestricted Endowment (1990) Lennox Area Community Fund (2004) Carol Lerdal Charitable Fund (2018) Doris Leyse YMCA Camp Endowment (2009) Darlene and Wendell Liaboe Family Endowment (2014) Lincoln High School Band Endowment (2002) Anna and Paul Lind Scholarship - Alcester Scholarship (1989) Bill and Lorrae Lindquist Family Fund (2002) Frank Lingo Family Endowment (2006) Frank Lingo Scholarship (1997) Links to Literacy Endowment (2006) Lions Club - Wayne Wiseman Memorial Youth Fund (2003) Verna S. Lippert Fund (1998) Dale Lokke Law Enforcement Scholarship (1989) Laurie Long Charitable Fund (2017) David Loving Endowment (2005) Fred and Sharon Lovrien Charitable Fund (2012) Robert and Norma Lucas Charitable Fund (2017) Luke’s Gift Endowment (2002) George and Kay Lundberg Endowment (2005) Samson Zachary Lundquist Scholarship (2014) Father John Lurvey Memorial Fund (2012) Lutheran Leadership Foundation (2014) Lutheran Leadership Foundation Charitable Fund (2014) Lutheran Social Services Climb Endowment (2004) Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota Foundation Endowment (2002) Steve and Roxanne Lynch Charitable Fund (2014) Winona Axtell Lyon Children’s Home Society Fund (1993)
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Daniel and Susan MacRandall Family Endowment (2000) Madden Family Scholarship Fund (2002) Madsen Center at Augustana University Endowment (2010) Madsen Family Creative Arts Education at Children’s Home Society Endowment (2004) Madsen Family Education Scholarship at Children’s Home Society Endowment (2004) Madsen Family Library at Children’s Home Society Endowment (2004) Madsen Family Library at Children’s Inn Endowment (2004) Helen Madsen Endowment for Children’s Home Society Training Institute (2013) Madsen House at Children’s Home Society Endowment (2002) Lou and Helen Madsen Endowment Fund (1996) Lou and Helen Madsen Fund (1996) Lou and Helen Madsen Unrestricted Fund (1999) Lou Madsen Children’s Home Society Beautification Endowment (2005) Pamela G. Madsen Fund (1999) Vicki Madsen Adoption and Foster Care Programs Endowment for Children’s Home Society (2006) Vicki Madsen Endowment for the Bishop Dudley Hospitality House (2017) Vicki Madsen Fund (1998) Morris and Edith Magnuson Charitable Fund for Brandon Valley High School (2015) Make-A-Wish Foundation of South Dakota Endowment (2016) Marriage Champions Endowment (2009) Marsh & McLennan Agency SDAHO Scholarship Endowment (2003)
Funds Jack and Betty Marsh Family Fund (2001) Jane Delbridge Maschino Endowment (2006) Masterson Family Fund (1997) Lindsey Ann Masterson French Horn Section Chair Endowment (2004) Lindsey Ann Masterson Memorial Scholarship (2003) Everett R. ‘Mat’ Matson Ensemble Concert for the Symphony’s Youth Orchestra Endowment (2004) Robert Maule Memorial Fund (2012) Nelle McDonald Fund (1992) Connie and Mick McDowell Family Matinee Series Endowment (2008) Thomas and Susan McDowell Charitable Fund (2016) Dr. Michael and Jean McHale Family Fund (1999) Kimberly Rose Means - Native American Council of Tribes Scholarship Fund (1997) Nikole Meendering Charitable Fund (2007) Charles and Donna Mehlhaf Charitable Fund (2020) Father Robert Mesteth Memorial Fund (2012) Doug Metcalf Charitable Fund (2019) Kent and Jami Metzger Charitable Fund (2017) Kent and Jami Metzger Family Endowment (2018) Sally Bertina Meyer Scholarship Fund (1991) Midwest Railcar Repair Inc. Endowment (2016) Ronald W. and Charlotte Mielke Fund (1999) Milk’s Camp - All Saints’ Episcopal Church Endowment (2015) Miller and George Boom Funeral Homes Fund (1989) Jack and Lona Miller Charitable Fund (2012) Kathleen A. and Dusty Rick Miller Endowment (2013) Minnehaha Century Fund (1992) Minnehaha County Historical Society Endowment (1998) Minnehaha Ice and Recreation Center Endowment (2000) Minnehaha Sertoma Club Scholarship (2004) Minn-Ia-Kota Girl Scouts Endowment (1998) MLAEA Charitable Fund (2004) MLAEA Endowment (2011) MNGU Endowment Fund (2017) Arthur O. Moe Endowment (2007) Arthur O. Moe Fund (2008) Jerry and Mary K. Moen Fund (1999) Leo and Martha Moench Family Endowment (2010) Ronald M. and Joanne E. Moquist Charitable Fund (2011) Kent and Judy Morstad Charitable Fund (2006) Mothers’ Healing Garden Endowment (2007) Mount Zion Cemetery Care Endowment (2019) Mount Zion Cemetery Endowment (2016) Ruth Kohn Muchow Unrestricted Fund (2014) Multi-Cultural Center of Sioux Falls Endowment (2003) Leonard and Irene DeSchepper Munson USF Endowment (2003) Jeffrey and Mary Jo Murray Charitable Fund (1998) Museum of Visual Materials Endowment (2019) Milt and Ruby Mutch Annual Piano Concert Endowment (2001) Ruby E. Mutch Endowment (2000) Stephen and Mary Lynn Myers Chamber Music Series Endowment (2001) Stephen and Mary Lynn Myers Special Purpose Fund (1992) Stephen and Mary Lynn Myers Unrestricted Fund (2000) Helmer R. and Mary Myklebust Mikkelsen Library Endowment (2008)
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NACS Spiritual Group Endowment (2007) National Alliance on Mental Illness South Dakota (2006) Native American Youth Work Fund (2012) Dave and Becky Nelson Charitable Fund (2014)
Selmer and Genevieve Nelson Endowment (2000) Nicolai House Project Fund (2009) Jan and Jerry Nicolay Scholarship Fund (1996) Niobrara Council Endowment (2016) Niobrara Ministry Fund - The Diocese of South Dakota (2012) Niobrara School for Ministry Fund (2014) Niobrara Youth Fund (2012) Robert and Dr. Judy Nissen Scholarship (2004) Sarah Nitz Endowment (1995) Roger Nordstrom Home Care Endowment (2010) North Central Heart Endowment Fund (1993) Nabil and Jean (Miedema) Nour Charitable Fund (2018) Roy and Rodora Nyberg Charitable Fund (2007) Roy and Rodora Nyberg Family Endowment (2007) Roy D. Nyberg Green Way Park, River, and Trail System Fund (2010)
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Oakland Family Fund for Children (2015) Miriam and Ed O’Connor Charitable Fund (2017) Robert and Karla O’Connor Family Charitable Fund (2007) Duane Odland Scholarship (1995) Bishop O’Gorman High School Fund (1996) Bishop O’Gorman Catholic Schools Teachers and Staff Salary Endowment (2017) Bert and Cindy Olson Charitable Fund (2000) Honor and Noel Olson Awards Fund (1996) Joan and Gary Olson Family Fund (2000) Michael and Debby Olson Family Endowment (2011) Robert and Cheryl Olson Charitable Fund (2014) One Sioux Falls Fund (2020) George Oosterhuis Family Endowment (1999) Larry E. Oppold Memorial Fund (1990) John and Marjorie O’Reilly Memorial Fund (1998) Osmann Family Native American Scholarship (1998) Ken Owens Memorial Fund (2012)
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P & M Steel - Profilet Family Engineering Scholarship (2000) Daryl and Penny Paclik Charitable Fund (2007) Paladino Hohm Sculpture Garden Endowment (2014) Parker Cemetery Association (2015) Karen Parker Kidney Endowment Fund (1994) Kim and Susie Patrick Charitable Fund (2013) Andy and Sara Patterson Family Charitable Fund (2006) Howard and Lou Ann Paulson Endowment for First Lutheran Cemetery of Volga (2015) Pavilion Art Acquisition Fund (2007) Pete and Mado Pederson Family Endowment (1999) Perkins Family Charitable Fund (2013) Perpetuity Party Endowment (2004) Kent and Cindy Peterson Family Endowment (2014) Martin and Beth Peyer Charitable Fund (2019) Pfeifer and Mikkelson Family Fund (1991) Justin and Senta Pfeiffer Charitable Fund (2017) Justin and Senta Pfeiffer Family Endowment (2009) Merle Pflueger Endowment (2009) Truman and Nancy Phelan Family Endowment (2001) Reuben and Joan Phillips Charitable Fund (2019) Physicians Care Sanford Clinic Community Service Committee (2005) Pine Ridge Mission Outreach to Children Fund (2013) Truman James Pins Endowment (2017) Pipestone County Historical Society Endowment (1999) Hymen and Nila Pitts Charitable Fund (1999) Hymen and Nila Pitts Fund for Those in Need (2008) Don H. and Ann B. Platt Associate Trombone Chair Endowment (2007)
Don H. and Ann B. Platt Creative Arts Endowment (2007) Don H. and Ann B. Platt First Tee Sioux Falls Endowment (2007) Joseph and Phyllis Pochop Fund (1996) Michael C. Powers Endowment Fund (1999) Prairie Hills Covenant Church (2015) Prairie Rehabilitation Charitable Fund (2018) Merle E. and Blanche I. Pratt, Mick Roman Furst, Samuel James Fresh Endowment (2008) Robert and Cornelia Pratt Endowment (2007) Profilet DeJong Foundation (1998) David L. Profilet Scholarship (1997) Louis and Joyce Profilet Endowment (2001) Louis and Joyce Profilet Endowment for Children (1995) Promising Futures Fund (2019) Wesley and Valerie Putnam Family Charitable Fund (2012) Michael and Jennifer Puumala Charitable Fund (2012)
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John and Eileen Quello Charitable Fund (1998) John and Eileen Quello Family Fund (1996) John and Eileen Quello Unrestricted Community Fund (2000) Qwest Endowment (1989)
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Roy and Dorothy Radloff School Endowment (2012) Joe and Norma Rahm Memorial Scholarship (1997) Lee Raines Charitable Fund (2017) Marlene A. Rance Charitable Fund (2001) Susan Randall Program Scholarship (2004) Norman W. Ranschau Memorial Scholarship (2020) Larry and Jan Rau Family Endowment (2005) Larry and Jan Rau Family Fund (2000) REACH Literacy Endowment (2005) B. Scott Reardon Endowment (2007) Jay Reeve and Katherine Peterson Second Bassoon Chair Endowment (2002) Kristi Reierson Charitable Fund (2008) Gene Reiter Memorial Scholarship (2002) Irene Ann Reiter Family Humane Society Endowment (2008) Leo and Hazel Reppert Endowment (2007) Dr. Tommy and Luann Reynolds Family Charitable Fund (2014) Hobart Richards, Jr. and Jewell Richards Family Award Endowment (2010) Jon Richter Memorial Scholarship Fund (2015) Vernon E. and Doreen E. Riley Parks Endowment (2006) RISE - River Improvement Society - Endowment (2002) Larry H. Ritz Endowment Fund (2017) Riverview Cemetery Association Endowment (2002) Dick and Darlene Robbins Charitable Fund (2014) Opal Rogness Lands Lutheran Church Endowment (2015) Opal Rogness Youth Activities Endowment (2015) Ronald McDonald House Charities of South Dakota Endowment (2005) Ronning Family Fund for Shelter (1995) Rosebud Episcopal Mission Fund (2012) Lucille Rothenbuehler Scholarship (2012) Dave and Tammy Rozenboom Charitable Fund (2015) Rush Family Scholarship (2014) William R. and Karen A. Rush Fund (1989) Jimmie and Phil Rysdon Family Fund (1989)
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James B. and Vera A. Sadler Fund (2004) James B. and Vera A. Sadler Scholarship (2004) Jim and Maureen Sage Family Charitable Fund (2019) Matt and Megan Sage Charitable Fund (2012)
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Funds Sanderson Randall Family Endowment (2014) Sanford Cardiovascular Institute Charitable Fund (2004) Sanford Clinic Family Medicine 49th & Oxbow Charitable Fund (2004) Sanford Clinic Family Medicine 69th & Minnesota Charitable Fund (2004) Sanford Clinic Gastroenterology Charitable Fund (2004) Sanford Clinic Worthington Charitable Fund (2007) The Sanford Foundation (2002) Sanford Health System Endowment (2009) Sanford - OBGYN, Ltd. Charitable Fund (2004) Steven and Katherine Sanford Charitable Fund (2019) T. Denny Sanford Children’s Care Hospital & School Endowment (2006) Duane and Diane Sather Charitable Fund (2006) Karen Saxvik Endowment (2015) Darrell and Twyla Schaap Family Fund (1996) Roger and Sandy Schaffer Scholarship (2013) Scherschligt Family Fund (1998) Jeff and Katie Scherschligt Charitable Fund (2001) Scherschligt-Haber Humane Society Endowment (2006) Paul and Koni Schiller Charitable Fund (2004) Reuben Schlant Scholarship (2012) Cloie and Troy Schmidt Charitable Fund (2017) David Jay Schmidt Memorial Scholarship Fund (1990) Ryan Schmuck Family Endowment (2007) Schoeneman Endowed Scholarship (2005) Schoeneman Family Endowment (2007) Dr. Richard Schultz Active Generations Endowment (2013) Steve and Mary Schultz Charitable Fund (2016) Thad Schultz Memorial Endowment (2007) John and Karen Schwartz Charitable Fund (2019) Scoular Family Charitable Fund (2017) SculptureWalk Endowment (2017) Charles and Dorie Sendelbach Charitable Fund (2016) SeniorNet Computer Fund (2006) Sercl Family Fund (1998) Lael Seruyange Family Endowment (2012) Seventh District Medical Society Scholarship (1999) Kimber and Aaron Severson Family Charitable Fund (2017) Mike and Cindy Sheehan Charitable Fund (2017) Nelson and Dorothy Shepherd Fund (1991) Steven and Mary Ann Sherman Charitable Fund (2003) Louis H. Shoraga Scholarship - Alcester Scholarship (1989) Dean Shortridge Junior Golf Scholarship Endowment (2012) John and Mary Simko Family Endowment (2004) Singing Boys Endowment Fund (1998) Sioux Council, Boy Scouts of America Endowment (1999) Sioux Empire Community Theatre Endowment (2016) Sioux Empire Fund for Hunger Relief (1989) Sioux Empire Home Builders Care Foundation Endowment (2011) Sioux Empire Triage Center Fund (2020) Sioux Empire United Way Children and Youth Endowment (2012) Sioux Empire United Way Endowment (1989) Sioux Falls Area Retired Teachers Scholarship (1995) Sioux Falls Arts Council Endowment (2016) Sioux Falls Cares Endowment (2019) Sioux Falls Community Bands Endowment (2005) Sioux Falls Concerts Association Endowment (2001) Sioux Falls Figure Skating Club Endowment (2000) Sioux Falls Jazz and Blues Society Endowment (2001) Sioux Falls Lutheran School Association - Elizabeth Weathers Lias Scholarship (2014) Sioux Falls Lutheran School Association Endowment (2014) Sioux Falls Masonic Building Endowment (2020)
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Sioux Falls Parks Endowment Fund (1989) Sioux Falls Public Schools Education Foundation (1994) Sioux Falls ReLeaf Special Project Fund (2018) Sioux Falls Stampede Hockey Foundation For Kids (1999) Sioux Falls Thrive (2015) Sioux Falls Thrive - Kid Link (2020) Sioux Falls Woman’s Alliance Fund (1996) Sioux Falls YMCA Endowment (1996) Sioux Valley Genealogical Society Endowment (2003) Siouxland Chapter CFMA Scholarship (2018) Siouxland Heritage Museum Endowment (1993) Sister Cities Association of Sioux Falls Fund (1997) Effie C. Skaarud Animal W elfare and Appreciation Fund (1994) Jeff and Lori Skinner Family Endowment (2010) Delmar and Rosemary Skluzak Family Endowment (1999) Delmar and Rosemary Skluzak Nonpermanent Fund (1999) Delmar and Rosemary Skluzak Scholarship (1999) Wayne and Marlene Slothouber Charitable Fund (2019) Smallfoot Family Endowment (2004) Charlie Smith Endowment (2019) Charline and Deming Smith Family Endowment (2004) Charline and Deming Smith Percussion Chair Fund (1997) Henry Charles Smith Principal Trombone Endowment (2001) Elmer and Joy Smolnisky Family Fund (1997) Arlo and Mary Sommervold String Quartet Endowment (2007) Soo Regional Betterment Fund (1991) Josh and Katie Soodsma Family Charitable Fund (2019) Philip Lowel Sorensen Memorial Scholarship Endowment (2013) Dean and Rita Sorenson Charitable Fund (2007) Carl and Marietta Soukup Family Endowment (2007) Jim and Angie Soukup Family Endowment (2016) John Philip Sousa Principal Tuba Chair (2002) South Dakota Achieve Endowment (1994) South Dakota Achieve - Leonard H. Johnson Endowment (2003) South Dakota Board of Technical Professions Endowment (2017) South Dakota Chapter of ASHRAE Scholarship (2006) South Dakota High School Basketball Hall of Fame Endowment (2015) South Dakota High School Honor Choir Endowment (2001) South Dakota Humanities Council Endowment (2015) South Dakota Junior Golf Association Endowment (2010) South Dakota Ornithologists’ Union Life Membership Fund (2013) South Dakota Salutes First Response Fund (2018) South Dakota Salutes Special Project Fund (2016) South Dakota School for the Deaf Foundation Endowment (2001) South Dakota Symphony Education Fund (2004) South Dakota Symphony Orchestra Centennial Endowment (2019) South Dakota Symphony Orchestra Endowment (1997) South Dakota Symphony Orchestra League Endowment (2008) South Dakota Symphony Retirement Series Endowment (2003) South Dakota Symphony’s Music for Children (1998) South Dakota Tennis Hall of Fame Endowment (2000) South Dakota Trust Company Charitable Fund (2009) South Dakota Trust Company Foundation (2009) Southeast Tech Faculty and Staff Scholarship (2002) Southeast Tech Foundation Endowment (2002)
Southeast Tech Memorial Fund (2003) Southeastern Behavioral HealthCare Endowment (1997) Southeastern District Dental Society Benevolent Endowment (1999) Paul and Jil Sova Family Charitable Fund (2017) Special Olympics South Dakota Fund (1997) Sam and Betty Speier Fund (1992) Ryan and Emily Spellerberg Charitable Fund (2017) Robert Scott Spencer Principal Trumpet Chair (2004) Spirit of Sioux Falls Scholarship and Award (1993) St. Elizabeth’s Scholarship Fund (2012) St. Francis House Agency Endowment (2009) St. James’ Episcopal Church - Mobridge (2013) St. James’ Rectory Fund - Mobridge (2012) St. Julia’s Episcopal Church Fund - Porcupine (2012) St. Mary’s Scholarship Fund (2012) St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Fund - Vermillion (2013) St. Paul’s Episcopal Church/Clem Family Memorial Fund - Vermillion (2012) St. Paul’s Episcopal Church/Hampl Fund - Vermillion (2012) St. Paul’s Episcopal Church/Jo Moore Memorial Fund - Vermillion (2017) St. Paul’s Episcopal Church/Slagle Fund - Vermillion (2012) St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church Fund - Lake Andes (2012) Fred and Mary Stahmann Family Fund (1997) Steele Family Endowment (2001) James Stenholtz Fund (1991) Dave and Shirley Stenseth Fund (1994) David and Fran Stewart Family Endowment (2011) Gordon and Dee Stewart Endowment Fund (1989) Gordon and Dee Stewart Family Trust (1993) Gordon and Dee Stewart USF Endowment (2002) Roger and Carol Stewart Family Fund (1995) Ruth and Charles Stewart Crisis Fund (2004) Stickney Family Scholarship (2014) Stockyards Ag Experience Special Project Fund (2012) Cameron and Susan Stokka Fund (1998) Brad and Karen Story Charitable Fund (2018) Tyler and Joni Stowater Family Charitable Fund (2017) David and Gayle Strand Charitable Fund (2018) Jeffrey and Reneece Strand Family Endowment (2006) Strom Huntington’s Disease Endowment Fund (2014) Sturdevant Automotive Scholarship Endowment (2013) Robert and Maureen Suga Charitable Fund (2017) Sunrise Sertoma - Kevin Roth Memorial Scholarship (2003) The Sunshyne Fund (2000) G.P. and M.P. Sweetman Charitable Fund (2009) Patrick and Jana Sweetman Family Charitable Fund (2019) Richard and Kathleen A. Sweetman Unrestricted Fund (1999) Richard C. Sweetman Family Endowment (2003) Richard C. Sweetman Fund (1998) Ray and Margret Swift USF Athletic Endowment (2002) Thomas Sylvester Electromechanical Memorial Endowment (2016)
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Tallgrass Recovery & Sober Living Homes Endowment (2007) Tea Area Community Foundation (2005) Tea Area Community Scholarship (2005) Teddy Bear Den Endowment (2007) William and Jayne Termaat Family Charitable Fund (2017) Peggy Teslow Endowment (2012) Thaden Charitable Fund (2014) Bob and Joan Thimjon Endowment (2019)
Funds Bernice Olbertson Thissell Day Break Endowment (2002) Kathryn Gilmour Thode Endowment (2006) David and Nancy Thomas Charitable Fund (2005) Carolyn Thompson Endowment (2019) Ethan Michael Thompson Endowment (2004) Vance and Jana Thompson Charitable Fund (2015) Warren and Shirley Thompson Endowment (1996) Thunderhead Episcopal Camp Fund (2012) Laurie Tidemann Endowment (2020) David and Mary Tidwell Family Endowment (2005) Reuben and Donna Tieszen Fund (1989) Lon and Pam Tiggelaar Family Fund (2000) The Tomar Fund (1999) Ronald, Joan, and Troy Trankle Family Charitable Fund (2016) Trent Area Scholarship Fund (2001) Trent Baptist Church Mission Project Fund (2005) Karen Bates Trimble WHS Class of 1962 Scholarship (2018) Shon Trimble Memorial Scholarship (2008) Trinity Episcopal Church Fund - Winner (2012) Edward and Della R.Tucker St. Joseph’s Indian School Endowment (2000) Two Hawk/Lambert Memorial Fund (2012)
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University of Sioux Falls Endowment (2002) University of Sioux Falls Athletic Endowment (2004) University of Sioux Falls Kilian Community College Endowment (2003) Myrl and Lois Unzelman Family Fund (1999) Uthe Family Pioneer Cemetery Association Endowment (2005)
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Richard and Michelle Van Demark Charitable Fund (2016) Robert and Marilyn Van Demark Family Charitable Fund (2012) Eugene and Marge Van Kekerix Charitable Fund (2017) Dallas and Janice Vandenbos Charitable Fund (2012) John and Deborah Vander Woude Charitable Fund (1998) Clint VanderPoel Memorial Scholarship Endowment (2011) Jeff and Nancy Vavra Charitable Fund (2017) Jon and Suzanne Veenis Charitable Fund (2006) RuthAnn and Hugh Venrick Family Fund (1998) Veterans’ Memorial Park Endowment (2009) Vietnam Vets Legacy Motorcycle Club Sioux Falls in Memory of Larry ‘Shotgun’ Clark Fund (2006) Visual Arts Center Endowment Fund (1999) Volunteers of America, Dakotas Endowment (1999)
Dale Weir Active Generations Endowment (2010) Dale and Dorothy Weir Endowment (2010) Herbert Welsh Memorial Fund (2012) West Central Education Foundation Endowment (2009) Westside Lutheran Church Endowment (2019) Westward Ho Country Club Honor Golf Scholarship (1997) Fay Wheeldon and Ruby Wheeldon Merry Endowment (2007) Dr. Kirke and Dorothy Wheeler Charitable Fund (2007) Dr. Kirke and Dorothy Wheeler Endowment (2007) Nathaniel R. Whitney, Junior Small Grants Fund (2013) B.L. Wiener Family Charitable Fund (2017) B.L. Wiener Family Foundation (2019) Daryl and Mary Wierda Family Fund (2000) Jean Douglass Wightman Associate Principal Cello Chair Endowment (2003) Bob and Deb Winkels Family Charitable Fund (2014) Bob and Deb Winkels Family Endowment (2014) James and Marlene Winker Charitable Fund (2008) Judith and Dale Winter Family Endowment (2015) Marjorie S. Wood Fund (1999) Jim and Penny Woster Charitable Fund (2017) Landon Wulf BVHS Scholarship (2004) Landon Wulf Singing Boys Endowment (2004)
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Anson and Ada May Yeager Endowment (2009) YeagerAfdahl Memorial Scholarship (1997)
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Charles and LaVonne Zeeb Charitable Fund (2017) Zoo Carousel Endowment (2005) Zoological Society Endowment (1997) Michael and Kendra Zuercher Charitable Fund (2018)
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Wagner Family Charitable Trust Fund (2002) Mark and Nancy Wahlstrom Charitable Fund (2019) Ralph and Doris Wallin Scholarship (2015) Walsh Family Village Fund (1998) Thomas P. Walsh Sr. and Kathleen M. Walsh Charitable Fund (2006) Kenneth and Cheryl Walter Family Endowment (2013) Jerry and Patricia Walton Endowment Fund (1989) Jerry and Patricia Walton Special Purpose Fund (1989) Harold and Carol Warner Family Endowment (2009) Washington High Alumni Scholarship Fund (1993) Washington High School Class Party 2004 Fund (2004) Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science Endowment (2001) Viola Lingo Watson Scholarship (1997) Scott and Julie Weeldreyer Charitable Fund (2019) Karl Wegner and Margaret Cash Wegner Fund (1991) Mary Jo Wegner Fund for the Performing Arts (1989) Brent M. Weiler Memorial Heart Club Endowment (2014)
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The Depot at Cherapa Place, home to the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation. Photo by Emily Spartz Weerheim.
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SUSTAINING MEMBERS help the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation inspire and grow philanthropy and generosity throughout the area. PLATINUM Eide Bailly First Bank & Trust The First National Bank in Sioux Falls First PREMIER Bank/PREMIER Bankcard Marsh & McLennan Agency Van Demark - Lavin Financial Advisors at RBC Wealth Management Wells Fargo Foundation GOLD American Bank & Trust Boen & Associates Boyce Law Firm Century Business Products Citi CorTrust Bank Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith First Dakota National Bank The Lindquist Group at Merrill Lynch, Bill and Steve Lindquist Sammons Financial Group Showplace Wood Products South Dakota Trust Company The Venrick Goeman Group at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith
SILVER Cutler Law Firm Great Western Bank Legacy Law Firm Lynn, Jackson, Shultz & Lebrun Redstone Law Firm RSM US Thompson Law Security National Bank of South Dakota Thurman, Comes & Foley Woltman Group BRONZE Brandt Solomon & Anderson Central Bank Fischer Rounds & Associates/ Wollman Insurance Group McKinneyOlson Insurance INDIVIDUALS Mavis Amundson Wendy Aspaas Martha Baker Larry and Anita Bierman Dick Brown Rick and Holly Brunick
Our efforts to build the charitable capital of our area are also supported by the Sioux Empire United Way.
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Walt and Martha Carlson Greg and Sheri Carmon Scott and Carolyn Christensen Steve and Betty Crim Daniel and Sara Crosby Nate and Mary Dally Cara Lee Davis Tim and Tonya Dwire Kris and Steve Egger Stacy and David Erdmann Todd and Christie Ernst Tom and Barb Everist Mike and Lauri Finnegan Patrick and Susanne Gale Doug and Anne Hajek Candy Hanson Wendy Hasche John and Ann Henkhaus Dan and Arlene Kirby Joe and Jennifer Kirby Kevin and Peggy Kirby Mary and Chris Kolsrud Linda Larson Angeline and Marshall Lavin Bill and Lorrae Lindquist Helen Madsen
Tom and Susan McDowell Jeff and Mary Jo Murray Stephen and Mary Lynn Myers Lewis and Helen Ofstein Michael and Debby Olson Susie and Kim Patrick Andy and Sara Patterson Doug and Sandra Pay Steve and Marianne Perkins Paul and Lyndy Peterson Don and Ann Platt John and Eileen Quello Jimmie and Phil Rysdon Steve and Sarah Sarbacker Jeff and Katie Scherschligt Paul and Koni Schiller Aaron and Kimber Severson Jerry and Mary Pat Sweetman Richard and Kathleen Sweetman Mary and David Tidwell Richard and Michelle Van Demark Robert and Marilyn Van Demark Suzanne and Jon Veenis Jamie and Penny Volin Jerry and Pat Walton
To view gifts to the Community Foundation from the last fiscal year, visit sfacf.org/gifts.