How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in South Dakota?

Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in South Dakota, currently Waitt Foundation, Sioux Falls Area Community, John D and Catherine T Macarthur. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into South Dakota from out of state.

How much grant money goes to arts and culture in South Dakota?

$57M reached 86 arts and culture organizations in South Dakota, from 186 funders. 41% came from funders also based in South Dakota.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · South Dakota · Arts and culture

Who funds arts and culture in South Dakota

$57M reached 86 arts and culture organizations in South Dakota, from 186 funders, with no single one dominating.

$57M

granted

organizations

41%

from in-state

The short version

186 funders gave $57M to 86 arts and culture organizations in South Dakota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
41% of that came from funders also based in South Dakota; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of arts and culture in South Dakota is Waitt Foundation, at $10M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is First Peoples Fund, at $15M.

Largest funders of arts and culture in South Dakota

The funders giving the most to arts and culture organizations in South Dakota, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Waitt Foundation$10M 2Sioux Falls Area Community$6M 3John D and Catherine T Macarthur$4M 4Margaret a Cargill Foundation$4M 5American Endowment Foundation$4M 6South Dakota Community Foundation$4M 7The Wallace Foundation$3M 8The Ford Foundation$1M 9Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc$1M 10The Andrew W Mellon Foundation$1M

Arts and culture organizations in South Dakota that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

First Peoples Fund$15M Waitt Institute$14M

76 other arts and culture organizations$10M

Native Biodata Consortium$5M Washington Pavilion Management Inc$3M

How to find arts and culture funders in South Dakota

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Start with the funders already active in South Dakota
The funders giving the most to arts and culture in South Dakota are Waitt Foundation, Sioux Falls Area Community, John D and Catherine T Macarthur. A funder already writing arts and culture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
59% of arts and culture money in South Dakota comes from funders elsewhere, so national arts and culture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in South Dakota.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in South Dakota?: Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in South Dakota, currently Waitt Foundation, Sioux Falls Area Community, John D and Catherine T Macarthur. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into South Dakota from out of state.
Who is the largest arts and culture funder in South Dakota?: Waitt Foundation gives the most to arts and culture organizations in South Dakota, $10M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in South Dakota?: $57M reached 86 arts and culture organizations in South Dakota, from 186 funders. 41% came from funders also based in South Dakota.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.