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Foundations That Fund Education in South Dakota

Imperigo has identified 210 funders that made 1,366 grants totaling $214.3M to 124 education organizations in South Dakota, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in South Dakota

Total granted $214.3M
Funders 210
Grants 1,366
Organizations funded 124

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Brookings Area United Way
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $19K · through 2024 · 4.1% of their giving
$110K
27. Fund for Advancement of Medical Education and Research
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2023 · 14.5% of their giving
$30K
28. Visit Rapid City
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2020 · 7.3% of their giving
$40K
29. The Minneapolis Foundation
12 grants to 4 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024
$1.3M
30. Glasgow High School Educational Trust
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2024 · 5.6% of their giving
$48K
31. Black Hills Stock Show Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$12K
32. Capital Area United Way
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2025 · 3.0% of their giving
$75K
33. Farmers Educational & Cooperative
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2021 · 8.0% of their giving
$23K
34. South Dakota Trucking Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $9K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$9K
35. Siouxland Community Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $55K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$135K
36. The American Center for Philanthropy Inc
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $41K · through 2024
$189K
37. East River Electric Power Cooperative Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2023 · 9.0% of their giving
$15K
38. Watertown Area United Way Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $14K · through 2024 · 2.2% of their giving
$57K
39. E Joe Lundsgaard Educational Trust
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2023 · 21.1% of their giving
$5K
40. Alice C Jones Charitable Trust Uw
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $17K · through 2020 · 3.3% of their giving
$33K
41. T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc
17 grants to 4 organizations · largest $180K · through 2024
$647K
42. Protect Our Kids Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024 · 5.9% of their giving
$15K
43. Great Plains Education Foundation Inc C/O Dacotah Bank Trust
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2022
$120K
44. South Dakota Association of Conservations Districts Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2019 · 2.5% of their giving
$30K
45. The Foundation for Youth Firearms Safety Inc
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $15K · through 2023 · 2.7% of their giving
$26K
46. Tulsa Community Foundation
14 grants to 7 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024
$713K
47. Council of Independent Colleges
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $26K · through 2024
$130K
48. Mitchell Area Charitable Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2022 · 4.2% of their giving
$13K
49. Lutheran Educational Conference of North America
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $17K · through 2023 · 3.1% of their giving
$17K
51. Rochester Area Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024
$106K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to education 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. 13 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 education 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 education funding in South Dakota, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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