How much does Sioux Empire United Way Inc give?

Sioux Empire United Way Inc reported 52 grants totaling $6,818,371 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 48 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does Sioux Empire United Way Inc fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (56%), Youth Development (10%), Health (6%).

Who are Sioux Empire United Way Inc's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota ($9.2M), Children's Home Society of South Dakota ($7.4M), Sioux Falls School District #49-5 ($5.2M).

Does Sioux Empire United Way Inc fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Sioux Empire United Way Inc?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc, Avera Health, South Dakota Community Foundation.

Where is Sioux Empire United Way Inc based?

Sioux Empire United Way Inc is based in SD.

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South Dakota · Public charity

Sioux Empire United Way Inc

To lead, sustain, and nurture a unified, effective response to community needs.

$6.8M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 52
Grants FY2025: 37
Organizations funded FY2024: 8%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $80,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $818,910
Organizations funded a year: 37 to 48; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $14M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 8% of the organizations Sioux Empire United Way Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $92k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesHealthEducationOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	41	$6.8M	5%
FY2024	37	$7.0M	8%
FY2023	43	$7.2M	9%
FY2022	41	$7.4M	0%
FY2021	44	$7.0M	5%
FY2020	42	$7.6M	0%
FY2019	45	$7.7M	4%
FY2018	48	$7.7M	6%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$33MYouth Development$5.7MHealth$3.9MPublic Safety & Disaster$3.6MEducation$3.2MCrime & Legal$2.0MReligion$2.0MArts & Culture$1.7MOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota	$9,216,990	9	5%
Children's Home Society of South Dakota	$7,429,440	9	5%
Sioux Falls School District #49-5	$5,236,803	9	n/a
Volunteers of America Inc	$3,995,566	9	n/a
Senior Citizen Services Inc Dba Active Generations	$3,523,880	9	11%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Sioux Empire	$3,414,139	9	7%
Community Outreach	$2,811,531	9	58%
Helpline Center Inc	$2,541,528	9	15%
Sioux Council Boy Scouts of America Inc	$2,060,287	9	14%
Young Men's Christian Association	$1,747,355	9	10%

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All grantees of Sioux Empire United Way Inc by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota	$9,216,990	9	5%
Children's Home Society of South Dakota	$7,429,440	9	5%
Sioux Falls School District #49-5	$5,236,803	9	n/a
Volunteers of America Inc	$3,995,566	9	n/a
Senior Citizen Services Inc Dba Active Generations	$3,523,880	9	11%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Sioux Empire	$3,414,139	9	7%
Community Outreach	$2,811,531	9	58%
Helpline Center Inc	$2,541,528	9	15%
Sioux Council Boy Scouts of America Inc	$2,060,287	9	14%
Young Men's Christian Association	$1,747,355	9	10%
Avera Health	$1,689,789	7	0%
Inter-Lakes Community Action Partnership Inc	$1,626,394	9	2%
Family Service Inc	$1,569,339	9	17%
The Compass Center	$1,364,364	9	27%
Sanford	$1,349,800	9	n/a
Embe	$1,335,417	7	6%
South Dakota State University	$1,255,400	9	n/a
St Francis House of Sioux Falls	$1,145,874	9	6%
Feeding South Dakota	$1,030,358	6	1%
Multi-Cultural Center of Sioux Falls	$960,088	5	24%
First United Methodist Church	$857,601	9	n/a
Sioux Falls Area Casa Program	$840,336	9	17%
The Sioux Falls Ministry Center	$787,500	9	11%
Dakotabilities Inc	$745,000	9	1%
Avera McKennan	$710,487	9	0%
Harmony South Dakota Inc	$698,031	7	80%
Furniture Mission of South Dakota	$611,000	9	10%
Handi Riders Inc	$559,289	9	32%
United Childcare and Preschool Inc	$491,979	6	21%
Reach Literacy	$440,960	9	54%
Our Saviors Lutheran Church of Sioux Falls South Dakota	$405,396	8	n/a
Delta Dental of South Dakota Foundation	$392,500	9	2%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sioux Empire	$380,260	3	37%
South Dakota Youth Heritage Inc	$333,805	7	n/a
Family Connection	$293,911	9	27%
Lutheran Social Services	$289,000	1	n/a
Sioux Falls Housing	$263,001	7	n/a
Southeastern Behavioral Health Care	$206,620	3	1%
Harrisburg School District 41-2	$189,661	9	n/a
Tea Area School District Association	$163,294	9	31%
Sioux Falls Thrive Inc	$154,000	7	10%
Toy Lending Library of SD	$127,800	2	26%
South Dakota Dental Foundation	$125,640	7	13%
Project Car	$105,000	3	19%
Augustana College - Pathways	$96,769	9	n/a
Bethany Christian Services	$78,000	5	0%
Emilys Hope	$75,830	2	15%
East River Legal Services Corporation	$75,000	1	4%
The Glory House of Sioux Falls	$69,000	3	1%
The Carroll Institute	$51,000	1	1%
Family Visitation Center	$40,000	1	5%
The Lost and Found Association	$33,320	2	1%
Tallgrass Recovery & Sober Living Homes	$32,000	2	2%
Society of St Vincent de Paul of Sioux Falls	$30,000	2	2%
Girl Scouts - Dakota Horizons	$28,468	1	1%
United Way Worldwide-Hurricanes	$20,000	1	n/a
Conscious Youth Solutions Inc	$15,000	1	n/a
University of South Dakota Foundation	$14,800	2	0%
Dress for Success	$14,000	1	n/a
Ready to Start McCook Central School District	$13,308	2	n/a
Lunch is Served Inc	$13,104	1	n/a
Transformation Project Inc	$12,445	1	2%
City of Sioux Falls	$10,000	1	n/a
Phillip's Home	$7,350	1	n/a
Sioux Falls Soccer Academy	$7,200	1	n/a

Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($86k), not named here.

Sioux Empire United Way Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 9 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 46 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 46.

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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.

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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.

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About Sioux Empire United Way Inc

How much does Sioux Empire United Way Inc give?: Sioux Empire United Way Inc reported 52 grants totaling $6,818,371 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 48 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Sioux Empire United Way Inc fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (56%), Youth Development (10%), Health (6%).
Who are Sioux Empire United Way Inc's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota ($9.2M), Children's Home Society of South Dakota ($7.4M), Sioux Falls School District #49-5 ($5.2M).
Does Sioux Empire United Way Inc fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Sioux Empire United Way Inc?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc, Avera Health, South Dakota Community Foundation.
Where is Sioux Empire United Way Inc based?: Sioux Empire United Way Inc is based in SD.