GRANTS AWARDED
The Mary Chilton DAR Foundation gifts over $100,000 annually to the Mary Chilton DAR Chapter and grant applicants.
The following lists the grants we've awarded in just the last three years!
To see grant awardees prior to 2021, click on the continued list below.
2023
Dorothy Day Davenport Grant
Veterans Community Project - $50,000.00
Regular Grants
South Dakota Historical Society Foundation - $15,000.00
Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society - $14,843.92
Mary Jo Wegner Arboretum - $15,000.00
American Legion Auxiliary Sioux Falls, SD - $5,000.00
McCrossan Boys Ranch - $15,000.00
The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs - $7,500.00
Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant Society - $1,200.00
Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village - $3,300.00
Mini-Grants
Minnehaha County Historical Society - $1,000.00
Furniture Mission - $1,000.00
Friends of W. H. Over Museum - $750.00
2022
Dorothy Day Davenport Grant
Sioux Falls State Theatre Company - $50,000.00
Regular Grants
American Legion Auxiliary Sioux Falls - $5,000.00
Siouxland Heritage Museums - $5,000.00
Friends of McKennan Park Association - $11,500.00
Mary Chilton Chapter DAR - $7,246.00
Sioux Falls Gold Star Families - $5,000.00
South Dakota Military Heritage Alliance - $10,000.00
Sully County Historical Society - $7,000.00
Prairie Historical Society - $12,000.00
The Dakotaland Museum in Huron - $6,060.34
Washington Pavilion - $15,000.00
SF Public Schools Education Foundation - $15,000.00
SD Wing, Civil Air Patrol in Rapid City - $11,556.00
Hudson Lutheran Church - $7,000.00
Cedar Hill Cemetery in Fort Pierre - $11,250.00
Mini-Grants
McCrossan Boys Ranch - $445.00
Sioux Valley Genealogical Society - $950.00
Friends of W. H. Over Museum - $550.00
Furniture Mission - $994.00
1881 Courthouse Museum in Custer - $1,000.00
Campbell County Arts in Herried - $875.00
Zion Lutheran Cemetery in Hartford - $300.00
Aberdeen Catholic School System - $1,000.00
Pathways Literacy Center - $1,000.00
Sculpturewalk Sioux Falls - $1,000.00
2021
Dorothy Day Davenport Grant
Tuthill Park House Restoration Project - $50,000.00
Regular Grants
Wings of Valor Lodge - $5,000.00
Lutheran Social Services - $6,485.00
SF Public Schools Education Foundation - $15,000.00
Mary Chilton Chapter DAR - $5,320.00
Mary Jo Wegner Arboretum - $14,650.00
Harney Peak Chapter DAR - $2,650.00
VFW Post 3298 in Parkston - $4,000.00
Mini-Grants
American Legion Auxiliary Sioux Falls - $1,000.00
Sioux Falls YMCA Camp - $1,000.00
Friends of the W. H. Over Museum - $1,000.00
Hermosa Girl Scout Troup #71117 - $1,000.00
Minnehaha County Historical Society - $500.00
Operation Black Hills Cabin - $500.00
Friends of McKennan Park Association - $1,000.00
