· Private foundation
Sander Family Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2020.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k11 grants · $17k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $45k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $78k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LUTHER SEMINARY | $77,500 |
| SD MINES CENTER FOR ALUMNI RELATIONS AND ADVANCEMENT (CARA) | $35,000 |
| ALZHEIMERS DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION | $10,000 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS | $5,000 |
| FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH | $4,732 |
| ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE | $2,500 |
| CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY | $1,000 |
| ST JOHN LUTHERAN CHURCH | $1,000 |
| SOUTH DAKOTA HALL OF FAME | $1,000 |
| FRIENDS OF SOUTH DAKOTA PUBLIC BROADCASTING | $700 |
| BROOKINGS HEALTH SYSTEMS FOUNDATION | $500 |
| BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA | $500 |
| SOUTH DAKOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION | $125 |
| SOUTH DAKOTA ART MUSEUM | $100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.
6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2020, 0 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 7% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $130k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BHBROOKINGS HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION2× · 2019–2020 · $53k · revenue +68%
- BGBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS INC2× · 2019–2020 · $10k · revenue +174%
- SDSOUTH DAKOTA HALL OF FAME2× · 2019–2020 · $6k · revenue +31%
Funded once
- SDSOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $128k · revenue +26%
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.
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.
Foster loyalty and fellowship among South Dakota State University Alumni, Faculty, Students and Former Students.
Advancing healthy communities through a unified voice across the health care continuum.
To eliminate hunger in south dakota.
Downtown Sioux Falls boldly leads the downtown community by championing diverse experiences, economic growth, and a healthy environment.
A south dakota alliance dedicated to the development of biotechnology industries through expansion of bio-based research, investment, education, advocacy, funding, education, infrastructure development, and promotion.
Representing the interest of retail businesses who sell retail products and services throughout the state of south dakota.
Building enduring relationships that maximize advocacy and philanthropy to support North Dakota State University.
To serve the rural electric cooperatives in south dakota, to promote the effective development of rural electrification in south dakota on a cooperative, non-profit basis.
To promote and protect quality education and all education employees.
The south dakota state medical association is devoted to promoting the art and science of medicine; protecting and improving the health of the public; and providing leadership and advocacy in the filed of quality healthcare.
It is the mission of the south dakota dental association to promote the art and science of dentistry and the oral health of the public; educate the public on the benefits of quality preventative and restorative dentistry as provided by the…
As the voice for real estate, the south dakota association of realtors serves its local boards and all members by providing timely information, quality education, political advocacy and promoting the realtor image and code of ethics.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 15 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BROOKINGS HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SDSM&T CENTER FOR ALUMNI RELATIONS & ADVANCEMENT ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS INC ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTH DAKOTA HALL OF FAME ↗
- Who funds Enterprise Institute ↗
- Who funds SIOUX COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTH DAKOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF SOUTH DAKOTA ↗
- Who funds Friends of South Dakota Public Broadcasting ↗
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: South Dakota Community Foundation · Sanford Group Return · Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · The Robert and Rita Elmen Foundation · Black Hills Area Community Foundation · Avera Health · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Sander Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sander Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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