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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 82-5420975

Mount Sharon National Memorial

A private foundation in Rapid City, SD. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $500,375 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

3 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $500,375

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $105,296
  • Tax year 2024

    $75,335

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $710,252
  • Tax year 2023

    $71,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,013,507

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Mount Rushmore SocietyRapid City, SD

    General funding

    $500,000
  2. Crazy Horse Memorial FoundationCrazy Horse, SD

    General funding

    $375

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $375100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. South Dakota2 grants $500,375

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Kent ChristophersonCHAIRMAN Hours 40Pay $0
  • David LockwoodVICE PRESIDE Hours 0.07Pay $0
  • Kevin TimkenBOARD MEMBER Hours 0.07Pay $0
  • Darrel StoryBOARD MEMBER Hours 0.07Pay $0
  • Dave VandergonBOARD MEMBER Hours 0.07Pay $0

The return

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