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BLACK HILLS WORKS INC

EIN 46-0341382 RAPID CITY, SD

Largest nonprofits in South Dakota

Revenue 2024
$50,094,090
Expenses 2024
$48,693,180

Program services were 85.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
J300
Classification
1000
Street
3650 RANGE RD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

3 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CREATING A COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYONE PARTICIPATES TO ACHIEVE A LIFE OF FULL POTENTIAL.

  • FOR OVER SIX DECADES, BLACK HILLS WORKS HAS PROVIDED HOMES, EMPLOYMENT, RECREATION, AND SOCIAL OUTLETS FOR ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES. TODAY, WE SUPPORT ALMOST 600 PEOPLE WITH A WIDE ARRAY OF DISABILITIES, CREATING A COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYONE PARTICIPATES TO ACHIEVE A LIFE OF FULL POTENTIAL.ABOVE ALL, BLACK HILLS WORKS IS A PERSON-CENTERED AGENCY. WE PUT THE PEOPLE WE SUPPORT AT THE CENTER OF OUR AGENCY AND THE DECISIONS AND PLANNING THAT IMPACT THEIR LIVES. TO HELP PEOPLE SELF-DIRECT THEIR LIVES, WE PROVIDE EDUCATION, EXPOSURE, AND EXPERIENCES SO THAT THEY CAN DETERMINE THEIR OWN GOALS, AND PROVIDE THE SUPPORTS THEY NEED TO ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS.

    Expenses $41,442,783 · Revenue $48,080,191

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Dean Aurand

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Jess Pekarski

    BOARD VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Jacqueline Sly

    BOARD SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Kelly Stacy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Evan Nestore

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Eric Christianson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Brad Haupt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Jack Jensen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Haley Moline Sommer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Carrie Culhane

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Cory Headley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Paul Rodriguez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Kari Bullion

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1.5 related
  • Bradley Saathoff

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $323,918
    From this org
    $285,427
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,491
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $228,745
    Bonus
    $37,832
    Other
    $18,850
    Deferred
    $12,602
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,889
    Filer's total
    $323,918
  • Mary Duncan

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $152,564
    From this org
    $135,333
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,231
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,455
    Bonus
    $1,299
    Other
    $4,579
    Deferred
    $6,964
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,267
    Filer's total
    $152,564
  • Michelle Aman

    VP OF RESIDENTIAL SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $117,894
    From this org
    $110,776
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,118
    Hours/week
    40
  • Tara Blasius

    VP OF VOCATIONAL SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $136,451
    From this org
    $110,393
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,058
    Hours/week
    40
  • Andrea Serna

    FOUNDATION PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $168,101
    From this org
    $161,116
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,985
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,083
    Bonus
    $24,200
    Other
    $6,833
    Deferred
    $6,842
    Nontaxable benefits
    $143
    Filer's total
    $168,101

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $50,094,090
    Expenses
    $48,693,180
    Contributions
    $1,678,655
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $49,407,411
    Expenses
    $44,870,886
    Contributions
    $1,037,012
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $43,585,383
    Expenses
    $40,203,556
    Contributions
    $36,602,942
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $31,445,606
    Expenses
    $34,360,184
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,578,935
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $36,058,984
    Expenses
    $32,543,761
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,443,225
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $25,482,307
    Expenses
    $25,987,030
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,726,519
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $25,381,599
    Expenses
    $25,417,734
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,716,661
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $23,205,834
    Expenses
    $23,172,725
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,442,663
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $23,063,340
    Expenses
    $23,075,696
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,128,310
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $23,159,994
    Expenses
    $23,269,911
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,132,343
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $21,907,321
    Expenses
    $21,656,749
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,732,695
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $21,198,770
    Expenses
    $21,453,398
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,550,060
  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $18,693,290
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,440,070

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • A-Z INC

    C · SERVICES · SD · 100% owned · controlled entity

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.