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

Start with the funders already giving to employment in South Dakota, currently Black Hills Works Foundation Inc, National Education Association of the United States, Sanford Group Return. Then look at who funds the employment 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 employment in South Dakota?

$24M reached 45 employment organizations in South Dakota, from 65 funders. 63% 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 · Employment

Who funds employment in South Dakota

Three organizations take 72% of all employment funding in South Dakota, led by Black Hills Works Inc.

$24M

granted

organizations

63%

from in-state

The short version

65 funders gave $24M to 45 employment organizations in South Dakota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
63% of that came from funders also based in South Dakota; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of employment in South Dakota is Black Hills Works Foundation Inc, at $7M.
The employment organization drawing the most is Black Hills Works Inc, at $9M.

Largest funders of employment in South Dakota

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

1Black Hills Works Foundation Inc$7M 2National Education Association of the United States$6M 3Sanford Group Return$3M 4Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc$2M 5Bh Services Inc$1M 6NACDC Financial Services Inc$844k 7South Dakota Community Foundation$565k 8Trusted Choice Inc$326k 9Black Hills Area Community Foundation$313k 10Capital Area United Way$284k

Employment organizations in South Dakota that draw the most

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

Black Hills Works Inc$9M South Dakota Education Association$6M

35 other employment organizations$3M

South Dakota Community Foundation$3M Sioux Falls Thrive Inc$2M

How to find employment funders in South Dakota

1
Start with the funders already active in South Dakota
The funders giving the most to employment in South Dakota are Black Hills Works Foundation Inc, National Education Association of the United States, Sanford Group Return. A funder already writing employment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the employment 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
37% of employment money in South Dakota comes from funders elsewhere, so national employment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in South Dakota.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a employment nonprofit in South Dakota?: Start with the funders already giving to employment in South Dakota, currently Black Hills Works Foundation Inc, National Education Association of the United States, Sanford Group Return. Then look at who funds the employment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into South Dakota from out of state.
Who is the largest employment funder in South Dakota?: Black Hills Works Foundation Inc gives the most to employment organizations in South Dakota, $7M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to employment in South Dakota?: $24M reached 45 employment organizations in South Dakota, from 65 funders. 63% 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.