South Dakota · Public charity
Tanka Fund
To return buffalo to Native American lands, lives, and economies.
- $275k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $97k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $66,958
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 3
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $744k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Tanka Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $97k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $75k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $15k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hochoka Kin Holdings LLC | $66,958 | 1 | n/a |
| Knife Chief Buffalo Nation Society | $40,000 | 5 | 50% |
| Native Wise LLC | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| One Spirit | $35,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Ekvnv Yefolecvlke | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rosebud Economic Development Corporation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
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: First Nations Development Institute · Ndn Collective Inc · Common Counsel Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Tanka Fund
- How much does Tanka Fund give?
- Tanka Fund reported 4 itemized grants totaling $96,958, out of $275,458 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 3 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Tanka Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (49%), Environment (24%), Community Improvement (21%).
- Who are Tanka Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Hochoka Kin Holdings LLC ($67k), Knife Chief Buffalo Nation Society ($40k), Native Wise LLC ($35k).
- Does Tanka Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Tanka Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include First Nations Development Institute, Ndn Collective Inc, Common Counsel Foundation.
- Where is Tanka Fund based?
- Tanka Fund is based in SD.
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