South Dakota · Private foundation
Dakota Charitable Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2024
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 32
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $20M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations Dakota Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 19 | $1.2M | 42% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $2.4M | 13% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $2.4M | 19% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $3.8M | 34% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $7.1M | 42% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $3.6M | 30% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $4.6M | 31% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $8.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oneheart | $3,722,732 | 4 | 24% |
| Main Street Square | $2,841,250 | 8 | 45% |
| National Buffalo Foundation | $1,136,000 | 4 | 79% |
| Monument Health Rapid City Hospital Inc | $1,000,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Catholic Social Services | $663,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Feeding South Dakota | $402,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Behavior Management Systems Inc Dba West River Mental Health | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Savory Instituteorg Inc | $390,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Journey On Inc | $209,000 | 1 | 32% |
| Culver Educational Foundation | $203,228 | 7 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oneheart | $3,722,732 | 4 | 24% |
| Main Street Square | $2,841,250 | 8 | 45% |
| National Buffalo Foundation | $1,136,000 | 4 | 79% |
| Monument Health Rapid City Hospital Inc | $1,000,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Catholic Social Services | $663,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Feeding South Dakota | $402,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Behavior Management Systems Inc Dba West River Mental Health | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Savory Instituteorg Inc | $390,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Journey On Inc | $209,000 | 1 | 32% |
| Culver Educational Foundation | $203,228 | 7 | 0% |
| Idea Wild Inc | $200,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Akicita Lakota Veterans | $177,856 | 2 | n/a |
| Rural America Initiatives | $155,300 | 2 | 2% |
| Working Against Violence Inc | $115,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Lni | $100,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Remembering the Children Memorial Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Black Hills Powwow Association | $90,000 | 6 | 8% |
| San Domenico School | $85,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Putney School Inc | $85,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Greenwood School | $80,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Bay School of San Francisco | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Drew School | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Buffalo Gap Blow Out | $50,000 | 1 | 53% |
| Elevate Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 9% |
| The Berkshire School Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Plume Inc | $49,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado State University Foundation | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Catching the Dream | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Bolinas Museum | $20,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Warren Wilson College | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Institute of the Range & the American Mustang | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Allied Arts Fund Drive Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Abbott House Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wild Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cloud Horse Art Institute | $8,600 | 2 | n/a |
| South Dakota Symphony Orchestra | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sioux YMCA | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Medicine Wheel Ride | $5,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Knights of Columbus Council 1489 | $4,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Shamus Project Inc | $3,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Cheyenne River Youth Project Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Native Pop People of the Plains | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hermosa Arts & History Association | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornerstone Rescue Mission | $1,270 | 1 | 0% |
| Rescue Network Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tusweca Tiospaye | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Knights of Columbus | $350 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($21M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Dakota Charitable Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 35 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Black Hills Area Community Foundation · South Dakota Community Foundation · Gwendolyn L Stearns Foundation Inc · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · United Way of the Black Hills · Larson Foundation · Midcontinent Foundation · Synchrony Foundation · Assurant Foundation · Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Marin Community Foundation
How this is measured
About Dakota Charitable Foundation Inc
- How much does Dakota Charitable Foundation Inc give?
- Dakota Charitable Foundation Inc reported 19 grants totaling $1,194,765 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 32 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Dakota Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (46%), Housing & Shelter (13%), Community Improvement (9%).
- Who are Dakota Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Oneheart ($3.7M), Main Street Square ($2.8M), National Buffalo Foundation ($1.1M).
- Does Dakota Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dakota Charitable Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Dakota Charitable Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Black Hills Area Community Foundation, South Dakota Community Foundation, Gwendolyn L Stearns Foundation Inc.
- Where is Dakota Charitable Foundation Inc based?
- Dakota Charitable Foundation Inc is based in SD.
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