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Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc

In partnership with donors, sioux falls area community foundation (sfacf) provides philanthropic leadership that assures the quality of life in our area, for good, for ever.the community foundation cultivates philanthropy by inspiring new generations of donors to nurture sioux falls' position as a nationally recognized charitable…

$39M
Granted FY2025still arriving
308
Grants FY2025still arriving
22
States reached
$7.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Education$40MRecreation & Sports$37MHealth$27MHuman Services$22MReligion$21MArts & Culture$18MPhilanthropy$12MYouth Development$9.9MOther$0
02FY2025 · 308 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 308 grants below total $37,969,740, the rows itemized in this filing. The $38,909,054 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $939,314 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k45 grants · $316k
  • $10k–50k158 grants · $3.3M
  • $50k–250k78 grants · $7.9M
  • $250k+27 grants · $26M
$25,000
Median grant
22
States reached
$391M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SIOUX FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT #49-5$7,010,169
AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY$3,517,321
CITY OF SIOUX FALLS$2,608,224
DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$1,210,000
BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$1,108,750
CENTRAL CHURCH$1,030,505
VETERANS COMMUNITY PROJECT$969,400
LIFESCAPE FOUNDATION$885,798
SIOUX EMPIRE UNITED WAY -$764,513
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR EASTERN SD$697,836
SANFORD HEALTH FOUNDATION$593,426
COMPASSION CHILD CARE$500,839
ALEXANDRIA TECHNICAL & COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$500,000
SIOUX FALLS ZOO & AQUARIUM$488,689
SIOUX FALLS THRIVE$454,610
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $18.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 5% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WAGNER COMMUNITY SWIMMING POOL: $200k → 22%INTER-LAKES COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP INC: $164k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $121k → 5%SIOUX FALLS THRIVE: $455k → 9%SIOUX FALLS THRIVE: $418k → 9%SIOUX FALLS THRIVE: $299k → 9%SIOUX FALLS THRIVE: $259k → 9%ACTIVE GENERATIONS: $245k → 9%SIOUX FALLS THRIVE: $146k → 9%SIOUX FALLS HOPE COALITION: $128k → 9%SIOUX FALLS THRIVE: $120k → 9%ACTIVE GENERATIONS: $99k → 9%ACTIVE GENERATIONS: $91k → 9%SIOUX FALLS HOPE COALITION: $91k → 9%SIOUX FALLS HOPE COALITION: $88k → 9%COMPASSION CHILD CARE: $1.1M → 9%COMPASSION CHILD CARE: $856k → 9%COMPASSION CHILD CARE: $663k → 9%SIOUX FALLS MINISTRY CENTER: $496k → 9%Compassion Child Care: $452k → 9%SIOUX FALLS FAMILY YMCA: $433k → 9%SIOUX FALLS FAMILY YMCA: $364k → 9%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE SIOUX EMPIRE: $201k → 9%SIOUX FALLS FAMILY YMCA: $164k → 9%SIOUX FALLS FAMILY YMCA: $151k → 9%Dow Rummel Village: $131k → 9%DOW RUMMEL VILLAGE: $127k → 9%SIOUX FALLS THRIVE: $123k → 9%SIOUX FALLS FAMILY YMCA: $108k → 9%SIOUX FALLS FAMILY YMCA: $102k → 9%DOW RUMMEL VILLAGE: $102k → 9%SIOUX FALLS FAMILY YMCA: $97k → 9%SIOUX FALLS FAMILY YMCA: $97k → 9%DOW RUMMEL VILLAGE: $93k → 9%Sioux Falls Family YMCA: $92k → 9%THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $2.1M → 9%COMPASSION CHILD CARE: $820k → 9%COMPASSION CHILD CARE: $816k → 9%COMPASSION CHILD CARE: $501k → 9%COMPASSION CHILD CARE: $486k → 9%COMPASSION CHILD CARE: $328k → 9%FURNITURE MISSION OF SOUTH DAKOTA: $183k → 9%FURNITURE MISSION OF SOUTH DAKOTA: $175k → 9%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE SIOUX EMPIRE: $129k → 9%SIOUX FALLS THRIVE: $122k → 9%Sioux Falls Thrive: $117k → 9%CALL TO FREEDOM: $96k → 9%EMPOWER SIOUX FALLS: $90k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

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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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 5% of Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 92% of the giving stays in SD; by stated purpose, 88%.

Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$206M · 362 repeat orgs$4.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

362 repeat relationships: 236 still active in FY2025, 126 since wound down; 63 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

362
196

Total granted

$206M
$3.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+14%

Still filing today

62%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M 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

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EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureRecreation & SportsReligionOther
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

  • DS
    DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2025 · $22M · revenue +200% · 91% of their budget
  • AU
    AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $11M · revenue +79%
  • SH
    SANFORD HEALTH FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $10M · revenue +262%

Funded once

  • IS
    IOWA STATE FAIR FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $250k · revenue +309%
  • RH
    RV-MH HERITAGE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $200k · revenue -19%
  • WC
    WAGNER COMMUNITY SWIMMING POOL INC
    one grant, 2024 · $200k · 91% of their budget
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.

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Sd Association of Healthcare Organizations

Advancing healthy communities through a unified voice across the health care continuum.

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Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc

In partnership with donors, sioux falls area community foundation (sfacf) provides philanthropic leadership that assures the quality of life in our area, for good, for ever.the community foundation cultivates philanthropy by inspiring new…

Philanthropy
3
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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4
North Dakota State University Foundation

Building enduring relationships that maximize advocacy and philanthropy to support North Dakota State University.

Education
5
Southeastern North Dakota Community Action Agency

Southeastern north dakota community action agency (sendcaa) was formed in 1965 to provide a range of services and activities in a six county area designed to alleviate poverty and give low-income people the opportunity to improve their…

Human Services
6
Catholic Charities North Dakota

Guided by our values, Catholic Charities North Dakota serves people in need and advocates for the common good of all.

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7
Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota Residency Cor

Common paymaster for university of south dakota sanford school of medicine residents.

Education
8
Realtor Association of the Sioux Empire Inc

To offer leadership, involvement and support; encouraging the membership to professionally achieve their goals and serve all in the spirit of the golden rule.

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9
Credit Union Association of the Dakotas

The association works to promote member credit unions as being safe and sound institutions for insured deposits, responsible lending, and the best place for consumers to receive financial services.

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10
University of Iowa Facilities Corporation

The university of iowa facilities corporation acquires and holds property for the benefit and use of the university of iowa.

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11
South Dakota Rural Electric Association

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.

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12
Grand View University

Engages, equips and empowers learners to explore their vocations, fulfill their potential and serve the world.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lifelight Communications Inc; the most unlike its peers is Emo Ya Mmbembe Mmbondo Usa Or Emmus. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

413 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. 413 of the 638 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)
111
Early backer (in before they grew)
396/413
Grantees still filing
268/413
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF SIOUX FALLS: $13,749,688 · OtherCITY OF SIOUX FALLSSIOUX FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT #49-5: $10,695,689 · OtherSIOUX FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT #49-5SIOUX EMPIRE UNITED WAY INC: $4,145,050 · Other+115 more: $52,226,556 · Other+115 moreDAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $22,104,100 · EducationDAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUND…AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION: $10,756,948 · EducationAUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY ASSOCIAT…BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $4,050,450 · EducationBLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY …SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,995,406 · EducationSOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY…ALEXANDRIA TECHNICAL & COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $2,039,900 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION: $1,884,240 · Education+19 more: $9,171,119 · Education+19 moreCOMPASSION CHILD CARE: $5,989,098 · Human ServicesCOMPASSION …CHILDREN'S HOME FOUNDATION: $3,125,830 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S …COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $2,225,060 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY O…Sioux Falls Thrive Inc: $2,057,833 · Human ServicesSioux Falls…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $1,606,982 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S…THE SIOUX FALLS MINISTRY CENTER: $745,343 · Human ServicesBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE SIOUX EMPIRE: $735,027 · Human ServicesSENIOR CITIZEN SERVICES INC DBA ACTIVE GENERATIONS: $729,314 · Human Services+13 more: $4,313,099 · Human Services+13 moreSANFORD HEALTH FOUNDATION: $10,025,105 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN: $2,700,000 · PhilanthropySOUTH DAKOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,470,402 · Philanthropy+5 more: $1,332,104 · PhilanthropyWASHINGTON PAVILION MANAGEMENT INC: $4,696,802 · Arts & CultureSOUTH DAKOTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $2,287,858 · Arts & CultureFriends of South Dakota Public Broadcasting: $1,350,285 · Arts & CultureEARLY FORD V-8 FOUNDATION INC: $1,324,000 · Arts & CultureSCULPTUREWALK INC: $761,135 · Arts & CultureSTOCKYARDS PLAZA INC: $738,448 · Arts & CultureSOUTH DAKOTA HALL OF FAME: $718,450 · Arts & CultureSOUTH DAKOTA NEWS WATCH: $677,918 · Arts & CultureWegner Arboretum Society: $665,903 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $1,644,934 · Arts & CultureFACE IT TOGETHER INC: $6,685,360 · HealthAvera McKennan: $2,827,340 · HealthLIFESCAPE FOUNDATION: $1,807,133 · HealthSioux Empire Triage Center: $1,636,621 · HealthMCCROSSAN BOYS RANCH: $545,311 · Health+6 more: $1,238,124 · HealthSIOUX FALLS ZOO & AQUARIUM: $4,370,441 · AnimalsSIOUX FALLS AREA HUMANE SOCIETY: $567,096 · Animals
Other$80,816,983Education$53,002,163Human Services$21,527,586Philanthropy$15,527,611Arts & Culture$14,865,733Health$14,739,889Animals$4,937,537

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetDAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $22,104,100 over 7y, 91% of budgetAUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION: $10,756,948 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetSANFORD HEALTH FOUNDATION: $10,025,105 over 9y, 4.8% of budgetFACE IT TOGETHER INC: $6,685,360 over 9y, 92% of budgetCOMPASSION CHILD CARE: $5,989,098 over 9y, 68% of budgetWASHINGTON PAVILION MANAGEMENT INC: $4,696,802 over 9y, 15% of budgetSIOUX FALLS ZOO & AQUARIUM: $4,370,441 over 9y, 34% of budgetSIOUX EMPIRE UNITED WAY INC: $4,145,050 over 9y, 6.4% of budgetBLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $4,050,450 over 8y, 21% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOME FOUNDATION: $3,125,830 over 9y, 5.8% of budgetSOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,995,406 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetAvera McKennan: $2,827,340 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN: $2,700,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetSOUTH DAKOTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $2,287,858 over 9y, 14% of budgetCOMMUNITY OUTREACH: $2,225,060 over 6y, 75% of budgetVETERANS COMMUNITY PROJECT: $2,125,550 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetSioux Falls Thrive Inc: $2,057,833 over 9y, 96% of budgetALEXANDRIA TECHNICAL & COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $2,039,900 over 7y, 16% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION: $1,884,240 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetLIFESCAPE FOUNDATION: $1,807,133 over 9y, 3.9% of budgetSioux Empire Triage Center: $1,636,621 over 2y, 55% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $1,606,982 over 9y, 15% of budgetLET'S SKATE: $1,598,405 over 4y, 81% of budgetFEEDING SOUTH DAKOTA: $1,571,179 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetST FRANCIS HOUSE OF SIOUX FALLS: $1,492,556 over 9y, 13% of budgetSOUTH DAKOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,470,402 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetBUTTERFLY HOUSE & AQUARIUM INC: $1,464,470 over 7y, 50% of budgetSIOUX FALLS CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION: $1,439,460 over 9y, 7.2% of budgetFriends of South Dakota Public Broadcasting: $1,350,285 over 9y, 6.4% of budgetEARLY FORD V-8 FOUNDATION INC: $1,324,000 over 3y, 24% of budgetFRIENDS OF LEVITT SHELL SIOUX FALLS: $1,175,162 over 8y, 16% of budgetDORDT UNIVERSITY: $1,101,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetSTARTUP SIOUX FALLS: $1,084,089 over 3y, 45% of budgetCommunity Indoor Tennis Center dba Huether Family Match Pointe: $1,062,769 over 9y, 9.6% of budgetSamaritan's Feet International: $1,052,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetTHE BANQUET: $972,738 over 9y, 7.8% of budgetALPHA CENTER: $924,175 over 9y, 11% of budgetSOUTHEAST TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $851,534 over 9y, 20% of budgetWINGS OF VALOR INC: $815,625 over 5y, 50% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF SOUTH DAKOTA: $770,714 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SIOUX FALLS: $764,395 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetSCULPTUREWALK INC: $761,135 over 9y, 40% of budgetTHE SIOUX FALLS MINISTRY CENTER: $745,343 over 7y, 55% of budgetSTOCKYARDS PLAZA INC: $738,448 over 8y, 49% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE SIOUX EMPIRE: $735,027 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetSENIOR CITIZEN SERVICES INC DBA ACTIVE GENERATIONS: $729,314 over 9y, 2.8% of budgetSOUTH DAKOTA HALL OF FAME: $718,450 over 9y, 31% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $709,500 over 4y, 0.1% 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 DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SANFORD HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FACE IT TOGETHER INC ↗
  • Who funds COMPASSION CHILD CARE ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON PAVILION MANAGEMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds SIOUX FALLS ZOO & AQUARIUM ↗
  • Who funds SIOUX EMPIRE UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOME FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Avera McKennan ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH DAKOTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY OUTREACH ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS COMMUNITY PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds Sioux Falls Thrive Inc ↗
  • Who funds ALEXANDRIA TECHNICAL & COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LIFESCAPE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Sioux Empire Triage Center ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds LET'S SKATE ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING SOUTH DAKOTA ↗
  • Who funds ST FRANCIS HOUSE OF SIOUX FALLS ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH DAKOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BUTTERFLY HOUSE & AQUARIUM INC ↗
  • Who funds SIOUX FALLS CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Friends of South Dakota Public Broadcasting ↗
  • Who funds EARLY FORD V-8 FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF LEVITT SHELL SIOUX FALLS ↗
  • Who funds DORDT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds STARTUP SIOUX FALLS ↗
  • Who funds Community Indoor Tennis Center dba Huether Family Match Pointe ↗

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.

South Dakota Communit…Sanford Group ReturnAvera HealthSheldon F Reese Found…The Mike Cindy and Ky…Midcontinent Foundati…Sioux Empire United W…Larson FoundationThe Robert and Rita E…Levo Cares FoundationValley Queen Charitab…Tenfold Foundation Inc
South Dakota Community FoundationSD136.1× affinity124 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: South Dakota Community Foundation · Sanford Group Return · Avera Health · Sheldon F Reese Foundation · The Mike Cindy and Kylie Huether Family Foundation · Midcontinent Foundation · Sioux Empire United Way Inc · Larson Foundation · The Robert and Rita Elmen Foundation · Levo Cares Foundation · Valley Queen Charitable 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 Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    36report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.

    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 638 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 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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