Funders

Foundations in South Dakota That Accept Grant Applications

Every one of these 24 foundations is based in South Dakota, gave to at least ten organizations we could identify, filed a return covering 2023 or later, and did not tell the IRS it funds only organizations it picks itself. Roughly three in four private foundations do tell the IRS exactly that; those are not listed here.

24foundations accepting requests
$141.7Mgranted between them
1,946funding relationships mapped

Ordered by number of organizations funded, not by dollars. Funding more organizations means more turnover in who gets a grant each year, which is a reasonable proxy for how often a list like this one changes -- it is not a signal that any specific foundation is open to a new, unsolicited applicant.

FoundationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
Ch Robinson Worldwide FoundationSioux Falls$2571,361$13.2M
Valley Queen Charitable FoundationMilbank$1,500109$4.4M
Larson FoundationSioux Falls$30,00058$21.9M
Sheldon F Reese FoundationSioux Falls$10,00046$1.4M
Levo Cares FoundationSioux Falls$1,00043$159K
Pipestone Give IncBrandon$2,55035$386K
Edward L Schwab Memorial FoundationAberdeen$2,90033$1.1M
Tom & Danielle Aman FoundationAberdeen$25027$70K
Greg and Pam Sands FoundationSioux Falls$7,01125$749K
Orrion and Edith Barger MemorialChamberlain$5,00023$2.1M
Tennyson Family Foundation IncCuster$1,00019$141K
Gwendolyn L Stearns Foundation IncRapid City$14,00018$1.6M
Esther and Harold Mertz FoundationSioux Falls$25,00015$67.6M
Jane Bekins Meginnis FoundationDakota Dunes$4,00015$450K
The Hatterscheidt Foundation IncAberdeen$7,50015$844K
Sfs FoundationSioux Falls$100,00015$19.4M
Welk Family FoundationAberdeen$1,00014$896K
Evah C Cray Residuary Charitable TrustSioux Falls$13,75014$1.6M
Salt of the Earth FoundationSioux Falls$17,50011$1.9M
The James W PickleSioux Falls$17,00010$898K
Yasha FoundationDakota Dunes$5,00010$201K
William J Holland and Alyce ISisseton$1,00010$143K
Rau Family TrustAberdeen$50010$112K
Walter and Virginia HagerMobridge$9,00010$401K

South Dakota foundations that fund only organizations they pick

Each of these told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests, so none is in the list above. Each has a page because a real share of its giving went to community foundations and other organizations that make grants themselves, and the page names them. Ordered by number of organizations funded.

FoundationBased inOrganizations fundedGrantmakers among them
Aditi FoundationSioux Falls, SD224
Blythe Brenden-Mann FoundationSioux Falls, SD123

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