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Foundations That Fund Public & Societal Benefit in South Dakota

Imperigo has identified 42 funders that made 139 grants totaling $16.4M to 23 public & societal benefit organizations in South Dakota, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Public & Societal Benefit Funding in South Dakota

Total granted $16.4M
Funders 42
Grants 139
Organizations funded 23

Top Funders — page 1 of 2

1. Stanley Post 20 of the American Legion
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $435K · through 2024 · 80.5% of their giving
$1.7M
2. Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US VFW -SD
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.5M · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.5M
3. Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc
19 grants to 6 organizations · largest $971K · through 2024 · 2.1% of their giving
$3.6M
4. Sanford Group Return
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024
$1.5M
5. Neponset Valley Tma Co Transaction Associates Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $82K · through 2022 · 6.9% of their giving
$100K
6. East River Electric Power Cooperative Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2023 · 18.5% of their giving
$30K
7. Disabled American Veterans
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $22K · through 2023 · 11.6% of their giving
$35K
8. Field to Market
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $79K · through 2024 · 3.8% of their giving
$79K
9. Points of Light Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $305K · through 2023
$305K
10. Fermi Forward Discovery Group LLC
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$10K
11. Avera Health
13 grants to 3 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024
$212K
12. South Dakota Community Foundation
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024
$331K
13. Watertown Area Community Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $24K · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$30K
14. Impactassetsinc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2024
$500K
15. Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2025 · 1.2% of their giving
$10K
16. Black Hills Area Community Foundation
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $12K · through 2025
$51K
17. Lyon County Riverboat Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $24K · through 2025
$24K
18. Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2025
$65K
19. The Foundation for Youth Firearms Safety Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $2K · through 2020
$2K
20. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2020
$25K
21. Ascendium Education Solutions Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024
$25K
22. Columbus Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024
$20K
23. Impact Investing Charitable Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023
$10K
24. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2025
$20K
25. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2024
$5K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to public & societal benefit 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. 5 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 public & societal benefit 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 public & societal benefit funding in South Dakota, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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