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Celebrating a Lifetime of Service

After serving in WWII, Frank Lingo returned to Sioux Falls and spent the better part of the next seven decades serving the community he loved. With a heart of gold and a passion for helping others, he worked with us to establish a planned giving strategy to ensure the organizations he cared about would continue to thrive even after his life. Today, his legacy of care lives on through endowments that provide annual and sustaining support to local nonprofits as well as scholarships for local students.

Foundation Awards Grants to Area Teachers

The Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation has awarded nearly $16,000 in grants to local teachers through its 2021 Excellence in Education Initiative, an effort that offers grants to teachers who have innovative ideas for classroom projects.

Sioux Falls Parks Foundation Aims to Help Sustain, Enhance World-Class City Parks System

Working in collaboration with the City of Sioux Falls and Sioux Falls Parks and Recreation, the Sioux Falls Parks Foundation will work to provide donors with opportunities and ideas for strategic investments in community parks.

Community Foundation Highlights Collaborative Philanthropy as the Driver Behind Great Results

Today’s donors are interested in far more than just giving back, they want to join with others in making strategic investments in viable solutions for a brighter tomorrow. It’s why philanthropic collaborations were a central theme to the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation’s work over its last fiscal year.

Foundation Announces Summer 2021 Grants

Learn more about the Community Fund grants awarded from July – September 2021.

South Dakota News Watch Named 2021 Community Spirit Award Recipient

The Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation has named South Dakota News Watch as the recipient of its 2021 Community Spirit Award, celebrating the nonprofit’s work to inform and engage South Dakotans, as well as its efforts to inspire solutions for the future.