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Each statue along the Trail of Governors will cost $72,000 to design, sculpt and erect. To help fund this exciting project, major sponsorships are being offered for those funding:
One-quarter Statue
$18,000
Three-quarter Statue
$54,000
One-half Statue
$36,000
One-full Statue
$72,000
The sponsors can fund the pledges over multiple years before the statue is completed.
These special sponsors will be recognized on a plaque, permanently affixed to the statue. The plaques will have four lines of 50 characters and sponsors will receive one line for each quarter of the statue. For instance, individuals who sponsor one-quarter statue will receive one line of text. Those sponsoring an entire statue will receive four lines of text. Corporate logos will not be placed on the sculptures.
Download a Trail of Governors sponsorship form – Trail of Governors Sponsorship Form.
Funds for the Trail of Governors Foundation will be placed in an account with the South Dakota Community Foundation. All donations are tax-deductible and sponsors will be invited to special unveiling ceremonies in Pierre!
Donations of any amount are welcome and are recorded on the donor page along with the Governor donated to.
The following is a list of our special sponsors to date:
The funded pledges are shown in GREEN
33rd Gov. Kristi Noem Scheduled for 202? (End of term)
32nd Gov. Dennis Daugaard (2011-2019)
Friends and Family of Governor Dennis Daugaard – $18,000 Rotarians of District 5610 – $18,000 South Dakota Community Foundation – $18,000 Scott and Julia Jones – $18,000
31st Gov. M. Michael Rounds (2003-2011)
Families of Steve and Trace Beck – Beck Motor Company – $17,000 Fischer Rounds and Associates – $17,000 Friends and Family of Governor M. Michael Rounds – $34,000
27th and 30th Gov. William J. Janklow (1979-1987 and 1995-2003)
Family and Friends – $68,000
29th Gov. Walter D. Miller (1993-1995)
Walter D. Miller Family – $17,000 Mansour Karim Family – $17,000 Leroy and Charlene Foster – $17,000 Lt. Governor Steve and Suzette Kirby – $17,000
28th Gov. George S. Mickelson (1987-1993)
Linda Mickelson Graham – Mickelson Family Fund – $51,000 South Dakota Community Foundation – $17,000
26th Gov. Harvey Wollman (1978-1979)
First Dakota National Bank – $36,000 Charles and David Gwinn – $18,000 Scott and Julia Jones – $18,000
25th Gov. Richard Kneip (1971-1978)
Friends and Family – $68,000
24th Gov. Frank Farrar (1969-1971)
First National Bank – 1/3 Sponsorship First Savings Bank – 1/3 Sponsorship Capital Card Services – 1/3 Sponsorship
23rd Gov. Nils Boe (1965-1969)
Bankwest/Charles Burke II – $68,000
22nd Gov. Archie Gubbrud (1961-1965)
Lance and Julie Burma in memory of Walter D. Miller – $17,000 Gary and Connie Grittner – $17,000 Leroy Foster and April Smart – $18,000 Leroy Foster in Memory of Elsie Shelbourn – $18,000
21st Gov. Ralph Herseth (1959-1961)
Friends of the Trail of Governors Family and friends of Governor Ralph Herseth Scott and Julia Jones (In memory of his assistant Eugenia Norbeck) – $18,000
20th Gov. Joe Foss (1955-1959)
Farm Credit Services of America – $17,000 Dr. Frank and Pamela Foss, Mary Joe Foss Finke – $17,000 Chuck and Bonny Schroyer – $18,000 Friends and Family – $17,000
19th Gov. Sigurd Anderson (1951-1955)
Leroy and Charlene Foster – $24.000 Mansour and Ruth Karim – $25,000 Mark and Glennis Zarecky – $24,000
18th Gov. George T. Mickelson (1947-1951)
Thomas and Patricia Adam – $17,000 G Mark and Cynthia Mickelson – $17,000 Karlton C. and Joan Adam Family/ Dakota State Bank – 1/6 Sponsorship Joseph and Kathryn Carmody – 1/6 Sponsorship Thomas and Kristin Reaves and Family – 1/6 Sponsorship
17th Gov. Merrell Sharpe (1943-1947)
Leroy and Charlene Foster – $18,000 Gary and Connie Grittner – $17,000 Rick and Ana Jensen – $18,000 Lynn’s Dakotamart, Inc. – $18,000
16th Gov. Harlan Bushfield (1939-1943)
Harlan Bushfield Family – $17,000 American Bank & Trust, Miller SD – $17,000 Leroy & Charlene Foster – $17,000 Trail of Governors Board Members Rick Jensen – $2500 Patricia Van Gerpen – $2500 Tina Van Camp – $2500 Patricia Adam – $2500 Leroy Foster – $2500...
15th Gov. Leslie Jensen (1937-1939)
Karen Jensen Ozias – $18,000 Leroy and Charlene Foster – $18,000 Natalie Jensen – $18,000 Les Jensen – $18,000
14th Gov. Tom Berry (1933-1937)
First National Bank of Philip – $18,000 Family and friends of Governor Berry – $54,000
13th Gov. Warren Green (1931-1933)
Leroy and Charlene Foster – $25,000 Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren of Governor Warren Green – $18,000 Mansour and Ruth Karim – $25,000
12th Gov. William J. Bulow (1927-1931)
Friends of the Trail of Governors $36,000 Gary and Connie Grittner – $18,000 Tony and Sara Venhuizen – $18,000
11th Gov. Carl Gunderson (1925-1927)
The Gunderson Family, three generations honoring all that he valued. – $72,000
10th Gov. William McMaster (1921-1925)
Friends of the Trail of Governors – $36,000 Scott and Julia Jones – $18,000 South Dakota Bankers Association – $18,000
9th Gov. Peter Norbeck (1917-1921)
Dr. Karl and Margaret Cash Wegner – $34,000 David and Rebecca Scott – $34,000
8th Gov. Frank Byrne (1913-1917)
Dennis, Linda and Jana Batteen - $18,000 Scott and Julia Jones – $18,000 Gail and Delores Miller Charitable Fund – $36,000
7th Gov. Robert Vessey (1909-1913)
South Dakota Retailers Association – $34,000 Ron & Linda Olinger Honoring Jerry Wheeler – $17,000 Gus & Jan Ritchey – $17,000
6th Gov. Coe Crawford (1907-1909)
Jason and Michelle Glodt Family – $18,000 Scott and Julia Jones – $18,000 Curtis D. and Kimberley A. Mortenson - $18,000 Members and Friends of the State Bar of South Dakota - $18,000
5th Gov. Samuel Elrod (1905-1907)
Gary and Connie Grittner – $18,000 Gail and Delores Miller Charitable Fund – $36,000 Leroy Foster and April Smart – $18,000
4th Gov. Charles Herreid (1901-1905)
Friends of the Trail of Governors – $36,000 Governor’s Inn/Leroy Foster and John Poncelet, Manager – $17,000 Scott and Julia Jones – $18,000
3rd Gov. Andrew Lee (1897-1901)
Jay and Elizabeth Vogt – $18,000 Scott and Julia Jones – $18,000 The Gunderson Family – $18,000 South Dakota Retailers Association, Honoring Donna Leslie - $18,000
2nd Gov. Charles Sheldon (1893-1897)
Tom and Mary Tveit – $18,000 Run with the Govs Participants – $18,000 Friends of the Trail of Governors – $36,000
1st Gov. Arthur Mellette (1889-1893)
Curtis D. & Kimberley A. Mortenson – $17,000 Matthew and April Smart – $34,000 Tom and Mary Tveit – $17,000
Donate Today!
Preferred method mail to:
Trail of Governors
2310 Patron Parkway
PO Box 296
Pierre SD 57501
Click here to Donate Online!
Donations of any amount are welcome and will be posted on the Donors page.
Donated to Date:
$2,420,389.12
updated 6/5/2024
Endowment Balance:
$124,599.49
updated 6/5/2024