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, South Dakota Community Foundation, Great Plains Education Foundation Inc. 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, $56M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to education in South Dakota?

$332M reached 206 education organizations in South Dakota, from 637 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

$332M reached 206 education organizations in South Dakota, from 637 funders, with no single one dominating.

$332M

granted

206

organizations

66%

from in-state

The short version

637 funders gave $332M to 206 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 $56M.
The education organization drawing the most is Augustana University Association, at $61M.

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$56M 2South Dakota Community Foundation$39M 3Great Plains Education Foundation Inc$28M 4Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc$27M 5National Philanthropic Trust$15M 6Avera Health$14M 7Yellow Jacket Foundation$13M 8Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$11M 9Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$8M 10Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$7M

Education organizations in South Dakota that draw the most

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

196 other education organizations$92M

Augustana University Association$61M Northern State University Foundation$37M University of South Dakota Foundation$34M South Dakota State University Foundation$32M SDSM&T Center for Alumni Relations & Advancement$18M

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, South Dakota Community Foundation, Great Plains Education Foundation Inc. 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, South Dakota Community Foundation, Great Plains Education Foundation Inc. 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, $56M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in South Dakota?: $332M reached 206 education organizations in South Dakota, from 637 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 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.