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 29 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 – 2021
2022
2023

From 2014-2021, 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.

2021

Agua Fria Food Bank
Billings Food Bank
Edible Prairie Project
Feeding South Dakota
Food Bank for the Heartland
Food Bank of Iowa
Food Bank of Lincoln
Food Bank of Siouxland
Great Falls Community Food Bank
Great Plains Food Bank
Greater Chicago Food Depository
Hunger Solutions
Hunger Task Force
Linn Community Food Bank
Meals on Wheels of NW IN
Montana Food Bank Network
River Bend Food Bank
Rock River Valley Pantry
Rocori Area Food Shelf
Second Harvest
Soup or Socks
The Hope Market
Western Upper Peninsula Food Bank

2020

Billings Family Services
Feeding South Dakota
Food Bank for the Heartland
Food Bank of Iowa
Food Bank of Lincoln
Food Bank of Siouxland
Great Falls Community Food Bank
Great Plains Book Bank
Greater Chicago Food Depository
Linn Community Food Bank
Meals on Wheels of NW IN
Montana Food Bank Network
Neighbors, Inc.
Nourish KC
Nutrition on Weekends
River Bend Food Bank
Rock River Valley Pantry
Rocori Area Food Shelf
The River Food Pantry
Western Upper Peninsula Food Bank
Wyoming Food Bank of the Rockies

2019

McCrossan Boys Ranch

2018

The Hunger Project

2017

Summit Academy OIC

2016

Honor Flight Twin Cities

2015

Children’s Inn

2014

Faith’s Lodge

In 2022, 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.

Arizona

Surprise IPS & IES
St. Mary’s Food Bank

Kansas

Kansas City IAS
The Hope Market

Michigan

Iron Mountain IPS
Dickinson County Salvation Army Mobile Food Pantry

Minnesota

Waite Park IBS
Avon Food Shelf (St. Cloud, MN)

Blaine ITC, Corporate Office-Minneapolis, Inver Grove Heights ITC, Lakeville IPS & IBS
Second Harvest Heartland

Montana

Billings IPS & IBS, ITC
Family Services of Billings

Great Falls ITC
Great Falls Community Food Bank

Missoula ITC
Montana Food Bank Network

In Memory of Gordy Galarneau
Carbon County Food Bank (Joliet, MT)

In Memory of Gordy Galarneau
Project Hope (Columbus, MT)

Nebraska

Lincoln IPS
Food Bank of Lincoln

Omaha IPS
Food Bank of the Heartland

North Dakota

Bismarck IPS & IBS, ITC
Great Plains Food Bank

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

Grand Forks IPS
Great Plains Food Bank

Williston IPS
Great Plains Food Bank

South Dakota

Sioux Falls ITC & IPS, Watertown ITC
Feeding South Dakota

Wisconsin

Madison ITC
Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern WI

Marshfield ITC & IAS
Soup or Socks

Butler IPS
Hunger Task Force

Wyoming

Gillette IPS & IBS
Council of Community Services; Community Soup Kitchen

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.