Funding · South Dakota · Human services
Who funds human services in South Dakota
It is overwhelmingly local money: 81% comes from funders based in South Dakota.
The short version
- 471 funders gave $229M to 292 human services organizations in South Dakota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
- 81% of that came from funders also based in South Dakota; the rest reached in from out of state.
- The largest funder of human services in South Dakota is Children's Home Foundation, at $51M.
- The human services organization drawing the most is Children's Home Society of South Dakota, at $64M.
Largest funders of human services in South Dakota
The funders giving the most to human services organizations in South Dakota, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.
Human services organizations in South Dakota that draw the most
Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.
How to find human services funders in South Dakota
- 1Start with the funders already active in South Dakota
The funders giving the most to human services in South Dakota are Children's Home Foundation, Sioux Empire United Way Inc, Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc. A funder already writing human services checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
- 2See who funds organizations like yours
Open the human services 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.
- 3Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
19% of human services money in South Dakota comes from funders elsewhere, so national human services funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in South Dakota.
Questions and answers
- How do I find funders for a human services nonprofit in South Dakota?
- Start with the funders already giving to human services in South Dakota, currently Children's Home Foundation, Sioux Empire United Way Inc, Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the human services organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into South Dakota from out of state.
- Who is the largest human services funder in South Dakota?
- Children's Home Foundation gives the most to human services organizations in South Dakota, $51M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
- How much grant money goes to human services in South Dakota?
- $229M reached 292 human services organizations in South Dakota, from 471 funders. 81% 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
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.