The Western South Dakota Catholic Foundation board of directors met on Dec. 1, 2022, for the organization’s Annual Meeting. The board approved a recommendation from the Grants Committee and has awarded $970,000 in new funding support for Fiscal Year 2024. 

Executive Director Paul Quin said, “It is truly an honor for this foundation to support key missions and special initiatives throughout the diocese.” The grant funds will be available in late July and August of 2023. “This cycle we hosted three mandatory training sessions for grant applicants to attend in advance of submitting their request,” Quin said. “The foundation was seeking to support new initiatives or those poised to scale.”

Among the grant recipients are: All Saints Church in Eagle Butte; St. Mary Parish, Lemmon; Sioux Spiritual Center, Howes; St. Francis Fund, Diocese of Rapid City; Casa Maria Retirement Center, Piedmont; Priest Retirement and Aid Association, Diocese of Rapid City; Standing Rock Reservation Ministry; Diocesan Office of Vocations; St. Francis Mission, Rosebud Reservation; Black Hills State University Newman Center, Spearfish; Catechesis of the Good Shepherd of Western S.D.; Rapid City Catholic School System; Real Presence Radio, Rapid City;  Presho Cemetery, Buffalo; Rapid City Catholic Social Services Mental Health Program; Rapid City Newman Center FOCUS; Hope for New Life Jail Ministry, Rapid City; St. Isaac Jogues, Rapid City; and St. Vincent de Paul Society, Rapid City.