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

Start with the funders already giving to education in South Dakota, currently Sanford Group Return, Sioux Falls Area Community, South Dakota Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into South Dakota from out of state.

Who is the largest education funder in South Dakota?

Sanford Group Return gives the most to education organizations in South Dakota, $34M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to education in South Dakota?

$124M reached 114 education organizations in South Dakota, from 339 funders. 66% 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 · Education

Who funds education in South Dakota

$124M reached 114 education organizations in South Dakota, from 339 funders, with no single one dominating.

$124M

granted

114

organizations

66%

from in-state

The short version

339 funders gave $124M to 114 education organizations in South Dakota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
66% of that came from funders also based in South Dakota; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of education in South Dakota is Sanford Group Return, at $34M.
The education organization drawing the most is Augustana University Association, at $27M.

Largest funders of education in South Dakota

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

1Sanford Group Return$34M 2Sioux Falls Area Community$22M 3South Dakota Community Foundation$10M 4Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$7M 5Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$4M 6Avera Health$4M 7Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$3M 8Ndn Collective Inc$3M 9Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing$2M 10Seaview Lutheran Plaza Inc$2M

Education organizations in South Dakota that draw the most

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

Augustana University Association$27M

104 other education organizations$26M

South Dakota State University Foundation$20M University of South Dakota Foundation$15M Dakota State University Foundation$12M

How to find education funders in South Dakota

1
Start with the funders already active in South Dakota
The funders giving the most to education in South Dakota are Sanford Group Return, Sioux Falls Area Community, South Dakota Community Foundation. A funder already writing education checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the education 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
34% of education money in South Dakota comes from funders elsewhere, so national education funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in South Dakota.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in South Dakota?: Start with the funders already giving to education in South Dakota, currently Sanford Group Return, Sioux Falls Area Community, South Dakota Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into South Dakota from out of state.
Who is the largest education funder in South Dakota?: Sanford Group Return gives the most to education organizations in South Dakota, $34M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in South Dakota?: $124M reached 114 education organizations in South Dakota, from 339 funders. 66% 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.