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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 2 of 4

26. Watertown Area United Way Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $14K · through 2020 · 1.0% of their giving
$26K
27. Greater Washington Community Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $75K · through 2024
$375K
28. Nebraska Community Foundation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $36K · through 2024
$128K
29. Rf Catalytic Capital Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2024
$200K
30. Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $141K · through 2024
$353K
31. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $254K · through 2022
$521K
32. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $425K · through 2024
$425K
33. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $152K · through 2023
$449K
34. The Minneapolis Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2024
$260K
35. The New World Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $47K · through 2020
$47K
36. Community Foundation of Burke County
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2025
$25K
37. Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024
$40K
38. Seattle Foundation
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024
$175K
39. American Gift Fund
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024
$100K
40. Lyon County Riverboat Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2023
$25K
41. Liberty Hill Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2020
$50K
43. Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024
$50K
44. Sanford Group Return
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $15K · through 2024
$70K
47. Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $45K · through 2022
$75K
48. Brooklyn Community Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2020
$30K
51. Marin Community Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024
$90K
53. East Bay Community Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2022
$60K
54. The New York Community Trust
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $68K · through 2023
$68K
56. Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $70K · through 2019
$70K
57. Charities Aid Foundation America
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024
$71K

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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