South Dakota · Public charity
Delta Dental of South Dakota
Delta Dental of South Dakota is dedicated to advancing and promoting the improvement of oral health.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,448,154
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $52M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Delta Dental of South Dakota funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $1.8M | 25% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $1.7M | 17% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $1.6M | 33% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $1.1M | 43% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $1.8M | 50% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $4.6M | 20% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $3.3M | 33% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $3.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Dental of South Dakota Foundation | $16,580,202 | 9 | 74% |
| Capital Area United Way | $625,820 | 9 | 15% |
| Oahe Young Men's Christian Association | $304,750 | 2 | 5% |
| Missouri Shores Domestic Violence Center | $203,019 | 2 | 13% |
| Oahe YMCA | $187,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Capital Area Counseling Serviceinc | $172,925 | 3 | 1% |
| Avera McKennan Foundation | $153,085 | 3 | n/a |
| Oahe Hockey Association | $152,110 | 2 | 9% |
| B&GC of the Capital Area | $136,914 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Pierre | $130,000 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Dental of South Dakota Foundation | $16,580,202 | 9 | 74% |
| Capital Area United Way | $625,820 | 9 | 15% |
| Oahe Young Men's Christian Association | $304,750 | 2 | 5% |
| Missouri Shores Domestic Violence Center | $203,019 | 2 | 13% |
| Oahe YMCA | $187,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Capital Area Counseling Serviceinc | $172,925 | 3 | 1% |
| Avera McKennan Foundation | $153,085 | 3 | n/a |
| Oahe Hockey Association | $152,110 | 2 | 9% |
| B&GC of the Capital Area | $136,914 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Pierre | $130,000 | 2 | n/a |
| South Dakota Discovery Center | $110,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Avera Health | $105,925 | 3 | 0% |
| Community & Youth Involved Inc | $90,180 | 3 | 24% |
| Avera St Mary's | $50,500 | 1 | 0% |
| South Dakota Dental Foundation | $10,550 | 2 | 3% |
| Pierre School District No 32-2 Educational Foundation | $10,300 | 1 | 7% |
| Oahe Habitat for Humanity Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of South Dakota Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Delta Dental of South Dakota supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Oahe Foundation · South Dakota Community Foundation · Avera Health · Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc · Capital Area United Way · Sioux Steel Company Foundation · Ram Foundation · Sanford Group Return · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Delta Dental of South Dakota
- How much does Delta Dental of South Dakota give?
- Delta Dental of South Dakota reported 9 grants totaling $2,048,641 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Delta Dental of South Dakota fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (84%), Philanthropy (8%), Youth Development (2%).
- Who are Delta Dental of South Dakota's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Delta Dental of South Dakota Foundation ($17M), Capital Area United Way ($626k), Oahe Young Men's Christian Association ($305k).
- Does Delta Dental of South Dakota fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Delta Dental of South Dakota?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Oahe Foundation, South Dakota Community Foundation, Avera Health.
- Where is Delta Dental of South Dakota based?
- Delta Dental of South Dakota is based in SD.
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