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Foundations That Fund Health & Medicine in South Dakota

Imperigo has identified 123 funders that made 659 grants totaling $280.1M to 91 health & medicine organizations in South Dakota, with a median grant of $22K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Health & Medicine Funding in South Dakota

Total granted $280.1M
Funders 123
Grants 659
Organizations funded 91

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Sanford Health Foundation
11 grants to 3 organizations · largest $53.4M · through 2024 · 97.8% of their giving
$205.7M
2. Delta Dental of South Dakota
11 grants to 4 organizations · largest $4.4M · through 2025 · 79.7% of their giving
$13.7M
3. South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations Healthcare Research Educ
35 grants to 28 organizations · largest $319K · through 2024 · 82.6% of their giving
$1.4M
4. Prairie Lakes Healthcare Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $316K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$969K
5. Community Health Advocates Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 16.0% of their giving
$1.0M
6. Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc
33 grants to 13 organizations · largest $886K · through 2024 · 2.9% of their giving
$5.0M
7. Northwest Iowa Health Center Founda
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$546K
8. Bethany Lutheran Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $185K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$448K
9. Sanford Group Return
11 grants to 8 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 2.2% of their giving
$4.0M
10. Scottish Rite Foundation of South Dakota Inc
14 grants to 2 organizations · largest $40K · through 2025 · 25.5% of their giving
$426K
11. Capital Area United Way
14 grants to 2 organizations · largest $40K · through 2025 · 15.1% of their giving
$380K
12. Madison Regional Health Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $124K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$245K
13. Sanford Bismarck Auxiliary
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $159K · through 2021 · 100.0% of their giving
$215K
14. Sanford Health Foundation Thief River Falls
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $197K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$197K
15. Northeast Health Services Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $147K · through 2022 · 33.3% of their giving
$147K
16. South Dakota Community Foundation
67 grants to 32 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$1.9M
17. Dell Rapids Community Hospital Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $64K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$97K
18. Oahe Foundation
15 grants to 7 organizations · largest $64K · through 2024 · 4.1% of their giving
$425K
19. Hayward Memorial Testamentary Trust
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $24K · through 2025 · 38.3% of their giving
$86K
20. Usaging
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $473K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$851K
21. Faulkton Area Medical Center Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $38K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$49K
22. Anticoagulation Forum Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $64K · through 2024 · 7.5% of their giving
$124K
23. Pioneer Memorial Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $32K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$45K
24. Avera Health
25 grants to 8 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$515K
25. The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $233K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$405K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to health & medicine 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. 8 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 health & medicine 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 health & medicine funding in South Dakota, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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