South Dakota · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Human Services in South Dakota

Imperigo has identified 196 funders that made 1,495 grants totaling $185.6M to 157 human services organizations in South Dakota, with a median grant of $21K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Human Services Funding in South Dakota

Total granted $185.6M
Funders 196
Grants 1,495
Organizations funded 157

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Delta Dental of South Dakota
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $203K · through 2024 · 2.9% of their giving
$508K
27. Brookings Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 34.3% of their giving
$60K
28. Watertown Area Community Foundation Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $46K · through 2024 · 32.1% of their giving
$53K
29. Tides Foundation
19 grants to 8 organizations · largest $900K · through 2024
$4.8M
30. All Girls Allowed Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2020 · 8.3% of their giving
$100K
31. Mitchell Area Charitable Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024 · 15.5% of their giving
$46K
32. Sanford Group Return
38 grants to 14 organizations · largest $78K · through 2024
$988K
33. Youth Evangelism Strategies Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $24K · through 2019 · 78.3% of their giving
$24K
34. Knights of Columbus Seattle Council No 676
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$200K
35. Community Health Advocates Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $166K · through 2024 · 2.7% of their giving
$166K
36. Ronald McDonald House Global
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $473K · through 2025
$923K
37. Groundswell Fund
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $85K · through 2025
$430K
38. Solidaire Network Inc
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024
$310K
39. Association of University Centers on Disabilities
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $86K · through 2022
$181K
40. 4 US
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $49K · through 2023 · 2.7% of their giving
$49K
41. Consumer Credit Counseling Service of San Francisco DBA Balance
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $101K · through 2024
$191K
42. Southeastern Electric Cooperative Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2024 · 14.7% of their giving
$7K
43. Wisconsin Family Assistance Center for Education Training and Support Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $11K · through 2024 · 5.9% of their giving
$11K
44. Mary Kay Ash Foundation
5 grants to 4 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024
$100K
45. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
9 grants to 1 organization · largest $221K · through 2025
$1.4M
46. Community Action Partnership of North Dakota Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $68K · through 2020
$68K
47. Pledgeling Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $160K · through 2023
$171K
48. Elks National Veterans Service Commission
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2024
$53K
50. The Denver Foundation
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $216K · through 2024
$351K
54. Elks National Foundation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $52K · through 2025
$192K

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

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