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

Start with the funders already giving to health in South Dakota, currently The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Foundation, Lifescape Foundation, Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into South Dakota from out of state.

Who is the largest health funder in South Dakota?

The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Foundation gives the most to health organizations in South Dakota, $37M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to health in South Dakota?

$285M reached 296 health organizations in South Dakota, from 500 funders. 67% 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 · Health

Who funds health in South Dakota

$285M reached 296 health organizations in South Dakota, from 500 funders, with no single one dominating.

$285M

granted

296

organizations

67%

from in-state

The short version

500 funders gave $285M to 296 health organizations in South Dakota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
67% of that came from funders also based in South Dakota; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of health in South Dakota is The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Foundation, at $37M.
The health organization drawing the most is The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, at $42M.

Largest funders of health in South Dakota

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

1The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Foundation$37M 2Lifescape Foundation$27M 3Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc$26M 4Nri Medical Research Foundation$23M 5The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust$18M 6Delta Dental of South Dakota$17M 7Sanford Group Return$15M 8Avera Health$8M 9David H Billion Foundation$7M 10Prairie Lakes Health Care System Inc$6M

Health organizations in South Dakota that draw the most

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

286 other health organizations$95M

The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society$42M Children's Care Hospital and School$28M Sanford Health Foundation North$27M Sanford Health Foundation$24M Avera McKennan$23M Delta Dental of South Dakota Foundation$17M Face It Together Inc$9M Avera Health$8M

How to find health funders in South Dakota

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Start with the funders already active in South Dakota
The funders giving the most to health in South Dakota are The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Foundation, Lifescape Foundation, Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc. A funder already writing health checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the health 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
33% of health money in South Dakota comes from funders elsewhere, so national health funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in South Dakota.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a health nonprofit in South Dakota?: Start with the funders already giving to health in South Dakota, currently The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Foundation, Lifescape Foundation, Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into South Dakota from out of state.
Who is the largest health funder in South Dakota?: The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Foundation gives the most to health organizations in South Dakota, $37M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to health in South Dakota?: $285M reached 296 health organizations in South Dakota, from 500 funders. 67% 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.