Our Giving

Company Success
Drives Charity Success

The charitable success of The Second Step Foundation is now partnered by the employees at Interstate Companies, Inc. Their hard work at dozens of branches in communities across 14 states fuels the success of our privately held company.

Each year, a portion of Interstate’s profits are donated to the foundation to help meet the needs of the communities where we operate. Our company’s ongoing success gives back to the places where our employees live.

The Second Step
Foundation has donated $

Recipients Meet Three Criteria

To be considered for a grant from The Second Step Foundation, the recipient organizations must pass three criteria requiring that they are:

Not attached to any religious organization
Not attached to any political organization
A registered not-for-profit organization

Donations Help
Our Communities

Each year, charities in 30 Interstate markets receive donations make on behalf of employees who work at branches from Interstate’s divisions – I-State Truck Centers, Interstate Power Systems, Interstate Energy Systems, Interstate Bearing Systems, and Interstate Assembly Systems.

Giving

Foundation board members welcomed suggestions from Interstate employees, some of whom have personal experiences with organizations that do such good work in their communities. The board did further research on nominated charities and made the selections.

Read Stories About Our Gifts

2014 – 2022
2023
2024

From 2014-2022, the foundation is proud to have been able to support the great organizations listed below impacting the lives of kids, supporting veterans, fighting hunger and supporting education.

Agua Fria Food Bank
Avon Food Shelf
Billings Family Services
Billings Food Bank
Carbon County Food Bank
Children’s Inn
Council of Community Services; Community Soup Kitchen
Dickinson County Salvation Army Mobile Food Pantry
Edible Prairie Project
Faith’s Lodge
Family Services of Billing
Feeding South Dakota
Food Bank for the Heartland
Food Bank of Iowa
Food Bank of Lincoln
Food Bank of Siouxland

Food Bank of the Heartland
Great Falls Community Food Bank
Great Plains Book Bank
Great Plains Food Bank
Greater Chicago Food Depository
HACAP – Health and Nutrition Services
Honor Flight Twin Cities
Hunger Solutions
Hunger Task Force
Linn Community Food Bank
McCrossan Boys Ranch
Meals on Wheels of NW IN
Meals on Wheels of NW Indiana
Montana Food Bank Network
Neighbors, Inc.
Northern IL Food Bank
Nourish KC
Nutrition on Weekends

Project Hope
River Bend Food Bank
River City Food Bank
Rock River Valley Pantry
Rocori Area Food Shelf
Second Harvest
Second Harvest Foodbank, Southern WI
Second Harvest Hartland
Soup or Socks
St. Mary’s Food Bank
Summit Academy OIC
The Hope Market
The Hunger Project
The River Food Pantry
Western Upper Peninsula Food Bank
Wyoming Food Bank of the Rockies

In 2023, the foundation proudly donated to 29 charities that work to make a difference in markets where Interstate branches operate.
To learn more about these organizations, click the links and visit their websites.

Altoona IPS, IES
Food Bank of Iowa

Davenport IPS, IES
River Bend Foodbank

Sioux City ITC
Food Bank of Siouxland

Kansas

Kansas City IAS
The Hope Market

Michigan

Iron Mountain IPS
Western Upper Peninsula Food Bank

Minnesota

Waite Park IBS
Rocori Area Food Shelf

Lakeville IPS, IBS, IES, IGH ITC, Blaine ITC, Farmington ITC, Corporate
Neighbors MN

Montana

Billings IPS, ITC, IBS, IES
Billings Food Bank

Great Falls ITC
Great Falls Community Food Bank

Missoula ITC
Montana Food Bank Network

Nebraska

Lincoln IPS
Food Bank of Lincoln

Omaha IPS, IES
Food Bank of the Heartland

North Dakota

Bismarck IPS, ITC, IBS, IES
Great Plains Food Bank

Fargo IPS, IES, IBS, West Fargo IAS
Great Plains Food Bank

Grand Forks IPS, IES
North Country Food Bank

Williston IPS, IES
Great Plains Food Bank

South Dakota

Sioux Falls ITC, IES, IPS, Watertown ITC
Feeding South Dakota

Wisconsin

Madison ITC
Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern WI

Marshfield ITC, IAS
NOW, Nutrition on Weekends

Butler IPS, IBS, IES
Hope Center in Waukesha

Wyoming

Gillette IPS, IBS, IES
Council of Community Services; Community Soup Kitchen

Cheyenne IPS
Friday Food Bag Foundation

In 2024, the foundation proudly donated to 30 charities that work to make a difference in markets where Interstate branches operate.
To learn more about these organizations, click the links and visit their websites.