About Sdsm&T Center for Alumni Relations & Advancement
We promote the traditions, interests, influence and reputation of South Dakota Mines among alumni and friends through meaningful engagement and by inspiring and stewarding philanthropy.
Focus Areas
Higher educationScholarshipsStudent support and successCampus facilities and infrastructureAthleticsAlumni engagement and networkingFundraising and philanthropic programs
Who They Fund
college/university studentsscholars/fellowshigher education institutions (universities)
Funding Style
unrestricted/general operating support
About Sdsm&T Center for Alumni Relations & Advancement
A single institution accounts for the center’s largest recent grants: Sdsm&t received $107,098,368 in 2023 and another $10,806,485 in 2024 for general support. That pattern points to a funder built around South Dakota Mines and the alumni-and-philanthropy infrastructure that supports it. The Sdsm&t Center for Alumni Relations & Advancement stewards meaningful engagement with alumni and friends while promoting the traditions, interests, influence, and reputation of the university. Its recent grants also show direct support for students, with multi-million-dollar scholarships/fellowship awards to Sdsm&t in both 2023 and 2024. Alongside those larger institutional awards, the center has made smaller grants to the Sdsm&t Hardrock Club and a university-support payment to Sdsm&t, all in Rapid City. The result is a giving profile centered on one campus, combining broad operating support, student aid, and programmatic backing for affiliated university entities. The foundation’s work is tied closely to higher education, scholarships, student support and success, campus facilities and infrastructure, athletics, alumni engagement and networking, and fundraising and philanthropic programs.
What Sdsm&T Center for Alumni Relations & Advancement Funds
Scholarships are a core part of the center’s grantmaking. In 2024, it gave $3,783,052 to Sdsm&t for scholarships/fellows, and it made another $3,772,283 scholarship/fellowship grant to the same recipient that year. In 2023, it awarded $3,622,762 to Sdsm&t for scholarships/fellows, showing repeated support for student financial aid over multiple years. The center also backs general university operations. It awarded $107,098,368 to Sdsm&t in 2023 for general support and $10,806,485 in 2024 for general support. Smaller grants extend to affiliated campus organizations. The Sdsm&t Hardrock Club received $33,743 in 2023, $22,868 in 2024, and another $22,483 in 2024 for general support, indicating support for university-connected activity beyond the main institution.
How Sdsm&T Center for Alumni Relations & Advancement Gives
The typical grant size is highly uneven: p25 is $25,587, the median is $3,697,522, and p75 is $3,996,200. That spread reflects a mix of very large institutional awards and smaller affiliated-organization grants. The recent record shows repeated support to the same university recipient across 2023 and 2024, especially for general support and scholarships/fellows. The foundation is not a DAF or an individual-giving funder; it operates as a university advancement center tied to South Dakota Mines. Its active scholarship program is stewarded internally, and unsolicited applications are not accepted.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$22.5M
Total Assets
$159.3M
Total Revenue
$28M
Total Expenses
$17.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $26K and $4M, with a median of $3.7M.
25th Percentile
$26K
Median
$3.7M
75th Percentile
$4M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
About 100% of grants go to recipients in SD.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
PAUL KRUEGER
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