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Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in South Dakota

Imperigo has identified 149 funders that made 576 grants totaling $104.6M to 76 community improvement organizations in South Dakota, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Community Improvement Funding in South Dakota

Total granted $104.6M
Funders 149
Grants 576
Organizations funded 76

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Watertown Area Community Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $261K · through 2024 · 23.4% of their giving
$701K
2. Black Hills Area Community Foundation
8 grants to 5 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 5.5% of their giving
$1.2M
3. South Dakota Community Foundation
50 grants to 25 organizations · largest $333K · through 2024 · 2.1% of their giving
$2.7M
4. Dakota Business Finance
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $120K · through 2024 · 64.7% of their giving
$280K
5. The Clara Lionel Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$1.1M
6. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024
$3.8M
7. Great Plains Education Foundation Inc C/O Dacotah Bank Trust
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $600K · through 2020 · 3.2% of their giving
$600K
8. Lake Region Electric Association Inc
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $15K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$78K
9. Homeownership Education Resource Organization
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $36K · through 2024 · 9.1% of their giving
$117K
10. Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc
14 grants to 9 organizations · largest $953K · through 2024
$1.2M
11. East River Electric Power Cooperative Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023 · 24.7% of their giving
$40K
12. Impactassetsinc
10 grants to 4 organizations · largest $597K · through 2024
$2.7M
13. United Way of the Black Hills
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $51K · through 2025 · 2.6% of their giving
$177K
14. Redfield Area Development Corporation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2020 · 28.6% of their giving
$20K
15. Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
10 grants to 3 organizations · largest $360K · through 2023
$1.4M
16. Solidaire Network Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2024
$388K
17. Visit Rapid City
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $17K · through 2024 · 6.6% of their giving
$36K
18. The Chicago Community Trust
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $4.0M · through 2023
$4.0M
19. Clark Industrial Development Corporation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$10K
20. Avera Health
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $192K · through 2023
$312K
21. Southeastern Electric Cooperative Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2021 · 15.7% of their giving
$8K
22. Tides Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $550K · through 2024
$1.3M
23. Rockefeller Family Fund Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $224K · through 2020
$224K
24. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $561K · through 2024
$2.3M
25. Anondo Fund Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $19K · through 2023 · 1.6% of their giving
$19K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to community improvement work in South Dakota, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 10 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering community improvement work, with an address in South Dakota. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable community improvement funding in South Dakota, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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