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 Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc, South Dakota Community Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust. 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?

Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc gives the most to arts and culture organizations in South Dakota, $14M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

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

$102M reached 170 arts and culture organizations in South Dakota, from 356 funders. 35% 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

$102M reached 170 arts and culture organizations in South Dakota, from 356 funders, with no single one dominating.

$102M

granted

170

organizations

35%

from in-state

The short version

356 funders gave $102M to 170 arts and culture organizations in South Dakota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
35% 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 Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc, at $14M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is First Peoples Fund, at $35M.

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.

1Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc$14M 2South Dakota Community Foundation$8M 3National Philanthropic Trust$7M 4Margaret a Cargill Foundation$7M 5The Ford Foundation$4M 6Corporation for Public Broadcasting$3M 7The Wallace Foundation$3M 8The Andrew W Mellon Foundation$3M 9Hrk Foundation$2M 10Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc$2M

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$35M

160 other arts and culture organizations$30M

Washington Pavilion Management Inc$6M Racing Magpie$5M Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation$5M South Dakota Symphony Orchestra$5M

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 Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc, South Dakota Community Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust. 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
65% 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 Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc, South Dakota Community Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust. 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?: Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc gives the most to arts and culture organizations in South Dakota, $14M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in South Dakota?: $102M reached 170 arts and culture organizations in South Dakota, from 356 funders. 35% 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.

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The endowment market

who holds foundation money, and what just moved

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.