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

Start with the funders already giving to environment in South Dakota, currently National Rural Water Association, American Endowment Foundation, Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the environment 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 environment in South Dakota?

$26M reached 56 environment organizations in South Dakota, from 116 funders. 22% 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 · Environment

Who funds environment in South Dakota

Most of it comes from outside South Dakota: only 22% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$26M

granted

organizations

22%

from in-state

The short version

116 funders gave $26M to 56 environment organizations in South Dakota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
22% of that came from funders also based in South Dakota; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of environment in South Dakota is National Rural Water Association, at $6M.
The environment organization drawing the most is South Dakota Association of Rural Water Systems, at $6M.

Largest funders of environment in South Dakota

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

1National Rural Water Association$6M 2American Endowment Foundation$4M 3Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc$2M 4National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$2M 5South Dakota Community Foundation$1M 6The Clara Lionel Foundation$1M 7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$869k 8World Wildlife Fund Inc$867k 9Ndn Collective Inc$675k 10Friends of South Dakota Public Broadcasting$621k

Environment organizations in South Dakota that draw the most

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

South Dakota Association of Rural Water Systems$6M

46 other environment organizations$5M

Waitt Institute$4M Red Cloud Renewable$3M Buffalo Nations Grasslands Alliance$2M Second Century Habitat Fund Inc$2M Butterfly House & Aquarium Inc$2M Ndn Collective Inc$1M

How to find environment funders in South Dakota

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Start with the funders already active in South Dakota
The funders giving the most to environment in South Dakota are National Rural Water Association, American Endowment Foundation, Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc. A funder already writing environment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the environment 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
78% of environment money in South Dakota comes from funders elsewhere, so national environment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in South Dakota.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in South Dakota?: Start with the funders already giving to environment in South Dakota, currently National Rural Water Association, American Endowment Foundation, Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into South Dakota from out of state.
Who is the largest environment funder in South Dakota?: National Rural Water Association gives the most to environment organizations in South Dakota, $6M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in South Dakota?: $26M reached 56 environment organizations in South Dakota, from 116 funders. 22% 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.