Sheldon F Reese Foundation
Sioux Falls, SD · EIN 46-0358682. Reported 102 grants totalling $1,090,000 to 52 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Sheldon F Reese Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,500 and $12,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $54,070. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sioux Falls Public Schools Education Foundation Dba Laura B Anderson Elemen | Sioux Falls, SD | $56,245 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sd Symphony Orchestra | Sioux Falls, SD | $51,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sculpture Walk | Sioux Falls, SD | $50,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Family Visitation Center | Sioux Falls, SD | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bishop Dudley Hospitality House | Sioux Falls, SD | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Black Hills Playhouse | Rapid City, SD | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Levitt at the Falls | Sioux Falls, SD | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Reach Literacy | Sioux Falls, SD | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Community Outreach | Sioux Falls, SD | $39,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Family Connection | Sioux Falls, SD | $38,325 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Call to Freedom Inc | Sioux Falls, SD | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls, SD | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Youth and Family Services Inc | Rapid City, SD | $32,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Children's Inn | Sioux Falls, SD | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dakotabilities | Sioux Falls, SD | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sioux Falls Hope Coalition | Sioux Falls, SD | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lutheran Social Services of Sd | Sioux Falls, SD | $29,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Washington Pavilion | Sioux Falls, SD | $27,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St Dysmas of South Dakota | Sioux Falls, SD | $26,680 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Sioux Empire | Sioux Falls, SD | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Promising Futures Fund (sioux Falls Area Community Foundation) | Sioux Falls, SD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Volunteers of America | Sioux Falls, SD | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Black Hills Community Theatre | Rapid City, SD | $21,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Avera Mckennan | Sioux Falls, SD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cheyenne River Youth Project | Eagle Butte, SD | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Harmony South Dakota | Sioux Falls, SD | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lost and Found Association | Sioux Falls, SD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Compass Center | Sioux Falls, SD | $13,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girl Scouts-Dakota Horizons | Sioux Falls, SD | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Augustana University Associaion | Sioux Falls, SD | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Prehistoric Indian Village | Mitchell, SD | $10,700 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bethany Lutheran Home | Sioux Falls, SD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Childrens Home Society | Sioux Falls, SD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Feeding South Dakota | Sioux Falls, SD | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Glory House of Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls, SD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Junior Achievement of Sd | Sioux Falls, SD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Missouri Shores Domestic Violence Center | Pierre, SD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Orthopedic Institute Foundation | Sioux Falls, SD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southeast Technical Institute Foundation | Sioux Falls, SD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Teen Challenge of the Dakotas | Brookings, SD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Mammoth Site | Hot Springs, SD | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation | Crazy Horse, SD | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sioux Falls Lutheran School | Sioux Falls, SD | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village Preservation Society | Mitchell, SD | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Sd | Sioux Falls, SD | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| South Dakota Youth Foundation Inc | Brookings, SD | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Red Cross Eastern South Dakota | Sioux Falls, SD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Great Plains Native Plant Society | Hermosa, SD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mccrossan Boys Ranch | Sioux Falls, SD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sioux Falls School Dist Co | Sioux Falls, SD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Woody Williams Foundation | Louisville, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Buddies and Co | Brandon, SD | $4,550 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
27 of 52 (52%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 56%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Woody Williams Foundation
SIOUX FALLS AREA GOLD STAR FAMILIES MEMORIAL MONUMENT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 64 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | $235,075 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 27 | $261,750 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 27 | $292,175 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 25 | $301,000 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 100% of this one's giving went to organizations in South Dakota. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in South Dakota.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Sheldon F Reese Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 89704, Sioux Falls, SD, 57109. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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