South Dakota · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Human Services in South Dakota

Imperigo has identified 192 funders that made 1,438 grants totaling $179.0M 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 $179.0M
Funders 192
Grants 1,438
Organizations funded 157

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

54. Elks National Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $52K · through 2024
$148K
55. Impact Investing Charitable Foundation Inc
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024
$209K
56. Veterans United Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2025
$66K
61. American Gift Fund
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024
$97K
62. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $140K · through 2024
$160K
63. Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/a Greater Des Moines Community Fdn
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2019
$100K
65. Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Group Return)
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $64K · through 2021
$102K
69. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $263K · through 2024
$487K
71. Charities Aid Foundation America
14 grants to 11 organizations · largest $32K · through 2024
$186K
73. Seattle Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024
$105K
75. Impactassetsinc
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $42K · through 2024
$128K
76. Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing
8 grants to 6 organizations · largest $13K · through 2024
$62K
79. Boston Foundation Inc
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $30K · through 2024
$78K
82. The US Charitable Gift Trust
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $36K · through 2024
$64K
84. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
6 grants to 6 organizations · largest $21K · through 2022
$67K
100. Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncDonor-advised
53 grants to 22 organizations · largest $615K · through 2024
$3.3M
101. Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramDonor-advised
36 grants to 16 organizations · largest $257K · through 2024
$1.1M
102. Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
85 grants to 37 organizations · largest $90K · through 2024
$1.8M
104. Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundDonor-advised
10 grants to 6 organizations · largest $47K · through 2024
$169K
105. American Online Giving Foundation IncDonor-advised
38 grants to 12 organizations · largest $24K · through 2024
$410K
106. American Endowment FoundationDonor-advised
14 grants to 5 organizations · largest $40K · through 2024
$231K
107. National Philanthropic TrustDonor-advised
14 grants to 8 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024
$275K
108. Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncDonor-advised
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2024
$95K
110. Sioux Empire United Way IncRegrantor
72 grants to 16 organizations · largest $916K · through 2024 · 37.6% of their giving
$13.9M
111. Prairie Lakes Health Care System IncRegrantor
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $4.0M · through 2024 · 52.1% of their giving
$4.2M

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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