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

Start with the funders already giving to medical research in South Dakota, currently The Rockefeller Foundation, Community Foundation For, Grantham Foundation for the Protection. Then look at who funds the medical research 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 medical research in South Dakota?

$6M reached 5 medical research organizations in South Dakota, from 29 funders. 6% 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 · Medical research

Who funds medical research in South Dakota

Funding is concentrated: Ecdysis Foundation alone draws 85% of every medical research grant dollar in South Dakota. Most of it comes from outside South Dakota: only 6% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$6M

granted

organizations

from in-state

The short version

29 funders gave $6M to 5 medical research organizations in South Dakota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
6% of that came from funders also based in South Dakota; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of medical research in South Dakota is The Rockefeller Foundation, at $810k.
The medical research organization drawing the most is Ecdysis Foundation, at $5M.

Largest funders of medical research in South Dakota

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

1The Rockefeller Foundation$810k 2Community Foundation For$780k 3Grantham Foundation for the Protection$750k 4Paypal Charitable Giving Fund$568k 5The Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham$500k 6Walton Family Foundation Inc$390k 7Marion Bradley via Memorial Foundation$336k 8Tortuga Charitable Foundation$300k 9Impactassetsinc$201k 10Stranahan Foundation$150k

Medical research organizations in South Dakota that draw the most

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

Ecdysis Foundation$5M

How to find medical research funders in South Dakota

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Start with the funders already active in South Dakota
The funders giving the most to medical research in South Dakota are The Rockefeller Foundation, Community Foundation For, Grantham Foundation for the Protection. A funder already writing medical research checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the medical research 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
94% of medical research money in South Dakota comes from funders elsewhere, so national medical research funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in South Dakota.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a medical research nonprofit in South Dakota?: Start with the funders already giving to medical research in South Dakota, currently The Rockefeller Foundation, Community Foundation For, Grantham Foundation for the Protection. Then look at who funds the medical research organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into South Dakota from out of state.
Who is the largest medical research funder in South Dakota?: The Rockefeller Foundation gives the most to medical research organizations in South Dakota, $810k across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to medical research in South Dakota?: $6M reached 5 medical research organizations in South Dakota, from 29 funders. 6% 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.