南达科他社区基金会拨款77,510美元：三家非营利机构支持儿童福祉与职业发展
位于南达科他州彭宁顿县的 Rapid City 举行了一场支票颁赠仪式：南达科他社区基金会向三家非营利机构拨款共 77,510 美元，支持儿童福祉与职业发展。获资助机构为 TeamMates of South Dakota、Western Dakota Technical Foundation 与 Community Organized Resources for Educating Youth（C.O.R.E.），拨款来自该基金会的旗舰项目 South Dakota Fund。
TeamMates of South Dakota 获 18,510 美元，用于在全州扩大导师「匹配」。TeamMates 导师计划由 Tom 与 Nancy Osborne 创立，把 3 至 12 年级的学生与成年志愿者导师配对，导师在学年内每周与学生见面。该机构南达科他州主任 Jess Karim 表示，TeamMates 目前服务全州 8 个社区、逾 100 名学生正在等候导师，这笔资金将用于宣传推广。基金会援引 2024-25 学年数据：受导学生中缺勤少于同龄人的占 71%、纪律转介更少的占 87%，高三年级获匹配导师的学生毕业率为 96%。
Western Dakota Technical Foundation 获 39,000 美元，将支持由教育、产业与经济发展领域地方领袖组成的 Catapult Stakeholders 协作组，强化南达科他州西部的职业通道与经济流动性。基金会发展主任 Andrew Kapelewski 表示，长期经济流动有赖于强有力的伙伴合作。
C.O.R.E. 获 20,000 美元，将购置一辆二手卡车用于其学习模拟项目，并对项目做正式评估。C.O.R.E. 是全州性非营利机构，其 Freshman Impact 一日体验项目通过模拟 911 报警与车祸现场等动手活动，让青少年认识酒驾、分心驾驶等选择的后果；该机构自 2006 年成立以来已惠及逾 50,000 名南达科他州青少年。创始人兼执行主任 Rick McPherson 表示，这笔资金将大大帮助他们把救命的信息传递给本州青少年。
基金会高级项目官 Ginger Niemann 表示：「2026 年初，我们启动了一项倡议，聚焦全州社区共同面对的三个关键议题：儿童福祉、住房与职业发展。我们很高兴与这些在其中两个领域做重要工作的机构合作。」
南达科他社区基金会是 1987 年设立的公共非营利机构，管理逾 1,300 个基金、惠及全州数百家慈善机构，2025 年共拨付逾 4,000 万美元拨款。（来源：南达科他社区基金会）
South Dakota Community Foundation Awards $77,510: Three Nonprofits Back Child Well-Being and Workforce Development
At a check presentation in Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, the South Dakota Community Foundation awarded a total of $77,510 in grants to three nonprofits working on child well-being and workforce development. The recipients — TeamMates of South Dakota, Western Dakota Technical Foundation, and Community Organized Resources for Educating Youth (C.O.R.E.) — received the grants through the South Dakota Fund, the foundation's signature grant program.
TeamMates of South Dakota received $18,510 to grow mentor "matches" statewide. Founded by Tom and Nancy Osborne, the TeamMates Mentoring Program connects students in grades 3-12 with caring adult volunteers who meet with mentees weekly throughout the school year. "TeamMates currently serves eight communities across South Dakota, where over 100 students are waiting for mentors," said Jess Karim, the organization's state director. According to 2024-25 school year data cited by the foundation, 71 percent of TeamMates mentees had fewer absences than their peers, 87 percent had fewer discipline referrals, and mentees matched in their senior year had a 96 percent graduation rate.
Western Dakota Technical Foundation received $39,000 to support the Catapult Stakeholders, a group of area leaders from education, industry, and economic development working to strengthen career pathways and economic mobility across western South Dakota. "We recognize that long-term economic mobility depends on strong partnerships," said Andrew Kapelewski, Director of Foundation Development.
C.O.R.E. received $20,000 to purchase a used truck for its learning simulations, which include a mock 911 call and crash scene, and to formally evaluate its programming. The statewide nonprofit's Freshman Impact program gives students a one-day, hands-on experience of the consequences of choices such as impaired or distracted driving; since its inception in 2006, C.O.R.E. has impacted more than 50,000 South Dakota youth. "These funds will greatly assist us in delivering life-saving information to our state's youth," said Rick McPherson, C.O.R.E.'s founder and executive director.
"Early in 2026, we launched an initiative to address three critical issues shared by communities across South Dakota: child well-being, housing and workforce development," said Ginger Niemann, the foundation's Senior Program Officer. "We are pleased to collaborate with these organizations that are doing important work in two of these areas."
The South Dakota Community Foundation is a public nonprofit established in 1987. It administers over 1,300 funds benefiting hundreds of charitable organizations across the state and distributed over $40 million in grants in 2025. (Source: South Dakota Community Foundation)
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