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Greg and Pam Sands Foundation at a glance

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Greg and Pam Sands Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$652kFood & Nutrition$194kHuman Services$165kPhilanthropy$146kPublic Safety & Disaster$73kYouth Development$36kRecreation & Sports$30kArts & Culture$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$15k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EMILY'S HOPE INC$2,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $77k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 7% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%EMILY'S HOPE INC: $10k → 5%TALLGRASS RECOVERY & SOBER LIVING HOMES: $7k → 9%PASSAGES WOMENS TRANSITIONAL LIVING INC: $5k → 14%EMILY'S HOPE: $3k → 5%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF SOUTH DAKOTA: $25k → 9%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF SOUTH DAKOTA: $5k → 9%DOW RUMMEL VILLAGE: $10k → 9%FURNITURE MISSION: $10k → 9%EMILY'S HOPE INC: $3k → 9%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $375 → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$839k · 15 repeat orgs$418k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
33

Total granted

$839k
$418k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+18%

Still filing today

53%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesPhilanthropyHealthArts & CultureFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SH
    SANFORD HEALTH FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2023 · $135k · revenue +385%
  • SD
    SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2023 · $45k · revenue +52%
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF SOUTH DAKOTA
    2× · 2022–2023 · $30k · revenue +52%

Funded once

  • AF
    AVERA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $105k
  • AH
    AVERA HEALTH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $105k
  • CC
    CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR EASTERN SD
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Face It Together - Bismarck-Mandan

To get people with addiction and their loved ones well.

Human Services
2
Face It Together Sioux Falls Inc

The mission of face it together sioux falls is to get drug and alcohol addiction sufferers well.

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3
Ywca of Fort Dodge Ia

We are a state licensed substance abuse facility which functions to provide a clinically managed residence treatment center for women and women with children.

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4
Feeding South Dakota

To eliminate hunger in south dakota.

Food & Nutrition
5
Sioux Falls Environmental Access Inc
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6
Sioux Empire Triage Center

Empowering individuals to seek care and providing a link to services that will help them thrive as they address the challenges of living with mental health and/or substance use disorder issues.

Health
7
Corporate Care of the Sioux Empire

Corporate Care strategizes with workplace leadership to foster an environment of mutual care and service both inside and outside the workplace. Corporate Care provides short-term, on-site pastoral counseling to employees who wish to use…

Religion
8
Compassion Child Care

We exist to strengthen working-poor families so they can experience the fullness of god's love through jesus christ. with your help we can make a difference.

Human Services
9
St Luke's Home Foundation

None

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10
Downtown Sioux Falls

Downtown Sioux Falls boldly leads the downtown community by championing diverse experiences, economic growth, and a healthy environment.

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11
St Annes Guest Home

St. Anne's Guest Home, a Catholic Health Care Facility, embraces residents of all faiths, genders, and races in creating an environment of living the gospel message through providing services, regardless of financial status, to maintain…

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12
Sanford Group Return

Sanford health is committed to the healthcare needs of communities throughout the upper midwest. sanford health provides a full range of primary and specialty healthcare services and strives to be the premier rural health system in the…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dow Rummel Village; the most unlike its peers is Wegner Arboretum Society. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

25 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 50 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
18/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GLORY HOUSESANDS FREEDOM CENTER: $172,771 · OtherGLORY HOUSESANDS FREEDOM CENTERIndividual grant recipient: $130,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientAVERA FOUNDATION: $105,000 · OtherAVERA FOUNDATIONAVERA MCKENNAN FOUNDATION: $105,000 · OtherAVERA MCKENNAN FOUNDATIONAVERA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $105,000 · OtherAVERA HEALTH FOUNDATIONCATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR EASTERN SD: $50,000 · OtherCATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR EASTERN SDTHE CLUB FOR BOYS - RAPID CITY: $45,000 · OtherVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA DAKOTA: $44,811 · Other+23 more: $148,976 · Other+23 moreSANFORD HEALTH FOUNDATION: $135,000 · PhilanthropySANFORD HEALTH FOUN…SIOUX FALLS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · PhilanthropySIOUX FALLS AREA CO…GreatLife Cares Foundation: $30,000 · PhilanthropyGreatLife Cares Fou…+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyCHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF SOUTH DAKOTA: $30,000 · Human ServicesEmilys Hope: $15,000 · Human ServicesDOW RUMMEL VILLAGE: $10,000 · Human ServicesFURNITURE MISSION OF SOUTH DAKOTA: $10,000 · Human ServicesTALLGRASS RECOVERY & SOBER LIVING HOMES: $6,523 · Human ServicesPASSAGES WOMEN'S TRANSITIONAL LIVING INC: $5,000 · Human Services+1 more: $375 · Human ServicesFACE IT TOGETHER INC: $27,500 · HealthMAYO CLINIC: $25,000 · HealthMCCROSSAN BOYS RANCH: $10,000 · HealthWashed Clean Addiction & Recovery Ministries: $5,000 · HealthSOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $45,000 · EducationSTOCKYARDS PLAZA INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureWegner Arboretum Society: $5,000 · Arts & CultureHelping Kids Round First: $5,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$906,558Philanthropy$226,000Human Services$76,898Health$67,500Education$45,000Arts & Culture$15,000Recreation & Sports$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSANFORD HEALTH FOUNDATION: $135,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSIOUX FALLS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF SOUTH DAKOTA: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGreatLife Cares Foundation: $30,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetFACE IT TOGETHER INC: $27,500 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY VISITATION CENTER: $25,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetEmilys Hope: $15,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetMCCROSSAN BOYS RANCH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDOW RUMMEL VILLAGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFURNITURE MISSION OF SOUTH DAKOTA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSTOCKYARDS PLAZA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTALLGRASS RECOVERY & SOBER LIVING HOMES: $6,523 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetST FRANCIS HOUSE OF SIOUX FALLS: $5,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPASSAGES WOMEN'S TRANSITIONAL LIVING INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetWashed Clean Addiction & Recovery Ministries: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetHelping Kids Round First: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWegner Arboretum Society: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHurdle Life Coach Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetTEEN CHALLENGE OF THE DAKOTAS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BANQUET: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COACHELLA VALLEY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSIOUX FALLS CARES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTH DAKOTA INC: $375 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds SANFORD HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SIOUX FALLS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF SOUTH DAKOTA ↗
  • Who funds GreatLife Cares Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FACE IT TOGETHER INC ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY VISITATION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Emilys Hope ↗
  • Who funds MCCROSSAN BOYS RANCH ↗
  • Who funds DOW RUMMEL VILLAGE ↗
  • Who funds FURNITURE MISSION OF SOUTH DAKOTA ↗
  • Who funds STOCKYARDS PLAZA INC ↗
  • Who funds TALLGRASS RECOVERY & SOBER LIVING HOMES ↗
  • Who funds ST FRANCIS HOUSE OF SIOUX FALLS ↗
  • Who funds PASSAGES WOMEN'S TRANSITIONAL LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds Washed Clean Addiction & Recovery Ministries ↗
  • Who funds Helping Kids Round First ↗
  • Who funds Wegner Arboretum Society ↗
  • Who funds Hurdle Life Coach Foundation ↗
  • Who funds TEEN CHALLENGE OF THE DAKOTAS ↗
  • Who funds THE BANQUET ↗

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.

Sioux Falls Area Comm…South Dakota Communit…Avera HealthSanford Group ReturnMidcontinent Foundati…The Mike Cindy and Ky…Sheldon F Reese Found…The Robert and Rita E…First Interstate Banc…Larson FoundationThe James and Eloise …Tenfold Foundation Inc
Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation IncSD50.2× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc · South Dakota Community Foundation · Avera Health · Sanford Group Return · Midcontinent Foundation · The Mike Cindy and Kylie Huether Family Foundation · Sheldon F Reese Foundation · The Robert and Rita Elmen Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Larson Foundation · The James and Eloise Elmen Foundation · Tenfold Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Greg and Pam Sands Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Greg and Pam Sands Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Greg and Pam Sands Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Greg and Pam Sands Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 50 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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