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Foundations That Fund Recreation & Sports in South Dakota

Imperigo has identified 52 funders that made 294 grants totaling $17.4M to 65 recreation & sports organizations in South Dakota, with a median grant of $13K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Recreation & Sports Funding in South Dakota

Total granted $17.4M
Funders 52
Grants 294
Organizations funded 65

Top Funders — page 2 of 3

26. Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023
$10K
27. Christian Community Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2022
$10K
28. Charities Aid Foundation America
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $8K · through 2023
$15K
29. Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/a Greater Des Moines Community Fdn
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2020
$6K
30. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2021
$7K
31. Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundDonor-advised
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024
$82K
32. Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
12 grants to 6 organizations · largest $183K · through 2024
$527K
33. Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncDonor-advised
5 grants to 5 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024
$118K
34. Network for GoodDonor-advised
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $15K · through 2022
$28K
35. American Online Giving Foundation IncDonor-advised
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $12K · through 2024
$37K
36. National Philanthropic TrustDonor-advised
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $25K · through 2022
$60K
37. Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramDonor-advised
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2022
$28K
38. Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncDonor-advised
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024
$15K
39. Aberdeen Family YMCARegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $182K · through 2021 · 100.0% of their giving
$182K
40. Watertown Hockey Association IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $117K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$117K
41. Special Olympics IncRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $412K · through 2024
$1.8M
42. Golf for Injured Veterans Everywhere FoundationRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$30K
43. Milbank Community FoundationRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2022 · 10.3% of their giving
$35K
44. USTA NorthernRegrantor
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2025 · 6.0% of their giving
$52K
45. Sioux Empire United Way IncRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $70K · through 2024
$319K
46. United Way of VermillionRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2023 · 5.5% of their giving
$31K
47. Mongol Ecology CenterRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$8K
48. South Dakota Knights of ColumbusRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $11K · through 2020 · 6.8% of their giving
$18K
49. American Academy of Dermatology IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $18K · through 2022
$18K
50. Monument Health Rapid City Hospital IncRegrantor
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $12K · through 2023
$18K

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

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