How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in South Dakota?

Start with the funders already giving to community development in South Dakota, currently The Bush Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund, South Dakota State University Foundation. Then look at who funds the community development 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 community development in South Dakota?

$149M reached 70 community development organizations in South Dakota, from 209 funders. 10% 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 · Community development

Who funds community development in South Dakota

Most of it comes from outside South Dakota: only 10% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Funding is concentrated: Ndn Collective Inc alone draws 65% of every community development grant dollar in South Dakota.

$149M

granted

organizations

10%

from in-state

The short version

209 funders gave $149M to 70 community development organizations in South Dakota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
10% of that came from funders also based in South Dakota; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of community development in South Dakota is The Bush Foundation, at $54M.
The community development organization drawing the most is Ndn Collective Inc, at $98M.

Largest funders of community development in South Dakota

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

1The Bush Foundation$54M 2Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$11M 3South Dakota State University Foundation$7M 4Freedom Together Foundation$7M 5Blue Meridian Partners Inc$6M 6Novo Foundation$4M 7The Chicago Community Trust$4M 8Northwest Area Foundation$3M 9Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc$3M 10John D and Catherine T Macarthur$3M

Community development organizations in South Dakota that draw the most

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

Ndn Collective Inc$98M Four Bands Community Fund Inc$11M Dakota Bioworx$7M

60 other community development organizations$7M

How to find community development funders in South Dakota

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Start with the funders already active in South Dakota
The funders giving the most to community development in South Dakota are The Bush Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund, South Dakota State University Foundation. A funder already writing community development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the community development 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
90% of community development money in South Dakota comes from funders elsewhere, so national community development funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in South Dakota.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in South Dakota?: Start with the funders already giving to community development in South Dakota, currently The Bush Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund, South Dakota State University Foundation. Then look at who funds the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into South Dakota from out of state.
Who is the largest community development funder in South Dakota?: The Bush Foundation gives the most to community development organizations in South Dakota, $54M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to community development in South Dakota?: $149M reached 70 community development organizations in South Dakota, from 209 funders. 10% 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

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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.