Build a thriving rural.
At Dakota Resources, we connect capital, leadership, and networks so rural leaders and organizations have the resources they need to succeed. With your support, we can strengthen communities, grow local economies, and empower the people who call rural places home.
Each gift to Dakota Resources helps support…
- Lending to community and economic development organizations in a way that meets the community’s most pressing needs.
- Leadership development coaching that focuses on strengthening organizational operations, empowering leaders with skills and knowledge, growing board capacity, and accessing capital and other resources.
- Connecting economic development leaders and organizations in peer-to-peer networks that break down isolation, build trust, and accelerate learning.
- Bringing rural resource providers together so community and economic development organizations can access the right support at the right time.
Your support today ensures that rural leaders have the tools, connections, and resources they need to build stronger communities and thriving economies. Every gift makes a difference to our mission. Together, we can create lasting impact across rural. Thank you for supporting our work!
I choose to support Dakota Resources’ mission because the organization supports rural places. During my tenure at Avera Health, Dakota Resources was working to build current and future leadership capacity in over 30 Avera communities, and they continue to do that good work today.
The Dakota Resources organization has been an outstanding asset to our De Smet community. Their team assisted with realizing our need for housing and followed up with helping organize and facilitate community meetings to determine priorities and motivate community members to be involved. They connected us with numerous resources to help us with funding and the construction of facilities to achieve our housing goals. I recommend to every community to bring Dakota Resources to your town to assist you to bring your volunteers and leaders together to work to vision and achieve your area needs.
Dacotah Bank has locations in several small communities throughout the area served by Dakota Resources. These communities depend on an aggregation of support from a variety of sources and the concentrated efforts of friends and neighbors vested in a shared future. Dakota Resources can access and tailor financing to the unique needs of small communities and specializes in the leadership development and engagement necessary for success.
One of the Dakota Resources programs truly changed the trajectory of my business — helping me transition from a business partnership to a 100% owner, and tripling my revenue since then. The coaches and cohort members have become lifelong friends — and I know I could call on any of them for help if needed. Dakota Resources allowed me to laser-focus on the strengths of my small business and I can honestly say that this organization was the number one reason my business has thrived.
Being able to partner with Dakota Resources in their loan program has allowed us to develop workforce housing along with purchasing housing for rehabilitation. Dakota Resources does not solve your problems, they empower us to do that.
When I think of Dakota Resources, I think of integrity. Their work from top to bottom is designed to make meaningful investments and community-powered change in South Dakota. They want your rural community to be a wild success not for their own chops, but because they wholeheartedly believe in a thriving rural. They’re talking the talk and walking the walk.
