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Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation

Grantmaking foundation in Crazy Horse, South Dakota · EIN 46-0220678

Total giving
$160KTax year 2025
Total assets
$140MLatest reported
Latest IRS filing
2025Form 990 / 990-PF

Mission

THE MISSION OF CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION IS TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE CULTURES, TRADITIONS, AND LIVING HERITAGE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL REMAINS COMMITTED TO THE PROMISE SCULPTOR KORCZAK ZIOLKOWSKI MADE TO CHIEF HENRY STANDING BEAR AND OTHER NATIVE ELDERS IN RESPONSE TO THEIR INVITATION TO CARVE AND MAINTAIN A MONUMENT CELEBRATING NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE. TODAY, CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL STANDS AS A BEACON TO THE WORLD WITH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE VISITING EACH YEAR. THE ICONIC MONUMENT RAISES INTEREST AND WELCOMES ALL TO VISIT, LEARN, AND BE INSPIRED BY THE CULTURE, TRADITIONS, AND WISDOM OF NATIVE AMERICANS. SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1948, CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION HAS DEMONSTRATED ITS COMMITMENT TO FULFILLING THE MISSION THROUGH FOUR MAJOR PROJECTS - THE WORLD'S LARGEST SCULPTURE IN PROGRESS OF LAKOTA LEADER CRAZY HORSE, THE INDIAN MUSEUM OF NORTH AMERICA, THE NATIVE AMERICAN AND EDUCATIONAL CULTURAL CENTER, AND CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY

Quoted from the foundation's IRS filing.

Giving by year

$160K2020
$140K2021
$140K2022
$140K2023
$150K2024
$160K2025

Totals by tax year, rounded to two significant figures. Years without a reported total show the sum of grants itemized on the filing.

Top recipients

RecipientAmountTax year
Oglala Lakota College$42K2023
Black Hills State University$22K2023
Sitting Bull College$10K2023
Western Dakota Vo-Tech$10K2023
University of South Dakota$9K2023

Amounts are rounded. The full grantee list is available with a free account.

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Source: IRS Form 990 and 990-PF filings, tax year 2025. Also see this organization on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.