After spending the academic year exploring and assessing the most pressing needs of our community, our Youth Advisory Council awarded grants to local nonprofits working to end human trafficking, address mental health challenges and empower victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse. Learn more and meet the grantees.
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Will a new Sioux Falls Hope Coalition-REACH Literacy collaboration foreshadow a new post-pandemic approach to human services? We think so. Learn more about this innovative endeavor.
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Former SFACF Board Chair, philanthropist and local business leader Jeff Scherschligt talked with President Andy Patterson and graduates of Leadership Sioux Falls about the inspiration behind his giving, his mission to make a difference and how today’s rising leaders must continue to create a culture of giving and care.
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Gen Xers and Millennials are steadily becoming a powerful force in philanthropy. And while many of these younger donors say their charitable giving is inspired by their parents and grandparents, their approach to philanthropy is uniquely their own and distinctively modern. It’s philanthropy on their terms: entrepreneurial, personal, mission-driven, community-focused, data-centric, investment-minded, strategic and responsive — and it's why more and more younger donors are choosing to partner with the Community Foundation to help build a brighter tomorrow.
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As the 2020-21 academic year comes to a close, kids, teachers, administrators and parents will likely remember it as a year marked by unprecedented challenges, unforeseen obstacles and a roller coaster of uncertainties. But, perhaps more than that, they’ll also remember moments of overwhelming kindness that emerged again and again — proof that even in the darkest of days, people helping people through the power of philanthropy can provide the light we all need to move forward.
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