How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in South Dakota?

Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in South Dakota, currently Legal Services Corporation, The Bush Foundation, Sioux Empire United Way Inc. Then look at who funds the crime and legal 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 crime and legal in South Dakota?

$4M reached 15 crime and legal organizations in South Dakota, from 30 funders. 28% 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 · Crime and legal

Who funds crime and legal in South Dakota

Most of it comes from outside South Dakota: only 28% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Funding is concentrated: East River Legal Services Corporation alone draws 48% of every crime and legal grant dollar in South Dakota.

$4M

granted

organizations

28%

from in-state

The short version

30 funders gave $4M to 15 crime and legal organizations in South Dakota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
28% of that came from funders also based in South Dakota; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of crime and legal in South Dakota is Legal Services Corporation, at $2M.
The crime and legal organization drawing the most is East River Legal Services Corporation, at $2M.

Largest funders of crime and legal in South Dakota

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

1Legal Services Corporation$2M 2The Bush Foundation$523k 3Sioux Empire United Way Inc$265k 4South Dakota Bar Foundation$205k 5South Dakota Community Foundation$165k 6National Association of Police$133k 7Sioux Falls Area Community$120k 8Larson Foundation$80k 9Watertown Area Community Foundation$63k 10Brookings Area United Way$58k

Crime and legal organizations in South Dakota that draw the most

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

East River Legal Services Corporation$2M The Compass Center$935k Access to Justice Inc$205k East-Central Court Appointed Specia$193k Restoration Generation Inc$169k

How to find crime and legal funders in South Dakota

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Start with the funders already active in South Dakota
The funders giving the most to crime and legal in South Dakota are Legal Services Corporation, The Bush Foundation, Sioux Empire United Way Inc. A funder already writing crime and legal checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the crime and legal 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
72% of crime and legal money in South Dakota comes from funders elsewhere, so national crime and legal funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in South Dakota.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in South Dakota?: Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in South Dakota, currently Legal Services Corporation, The Bush Foundation, Sioux Empire United Way Inc. Then look at who funds the crime and legal organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into South Dakota from out of state.
Who is the largest crime and legal funder in South Dakota?: Legal Services Corporation gives the most to crime and legal organizations in South Dakota, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to crime and legal in South Dakota?: $4M reached 15 crime and legal organizations in South Dakota, from 30 funders. 28% 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 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.