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

Start with the funders already giving to science in South Dakota, currently South Dakota State University Foundation, Marion Bradley via Memorial Foundation Sd C/O First Premier Bank Trust Dept, Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into South Dakota from out of state.

Who is the largest science funder in South Dakota?

South Dakota State University Foundation gives the most to science organizations in South Dakota, $7M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in South Dakota?

$16M reached 10 science organizations in South Dakota, from 41 funders. 59% 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 · Science

Who funds science in South Dakota

Funding is concentrated: Dakota Bioworx alone draws 46% of every science grant dollar in South Dakota. One funder dominates the giving, South Dakota State University Foundation, at 46% of the total.

$16M

granted

organizations

59%

from in-state

The short version

41 funders gave $16M to 10 science organizations in South Dakota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
59% of that came from funders also based in South Dakota; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in South Dakota is South Dakota State University Foundation, at $7M.
The science organization drawing the most is Dakota Bioworx, at $7M.

Largest funders of science in South Dakota

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

1South Dakota State University Foundation$7M 2Marion Bradley via Memorial Foundation Sd C/O First Premier Bank Trust Dept$2M 3Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment$1M 4Community Foundation for San Benito County$921k 5The Rockefeller Foundation$810k 6Impactassetsinc$401k 7Walton Family Foundation Inc$390k 8Tortuga Charitable Foundation$375k 9Turner Institute of Ecoagriculture Inc$325k 10Threshold Foundation$239k

Science organizations in South Dakota that draw the most

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

Dakota Bioworx$7M Ecdysis Foundation$6M Harvey W Peters Research Foundation$2M

How to find science funders in South Dakota

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Start with the funders already active in South Dakota
The funders giving the most to science in South Dakota are South Dakota State University Foundation, Marion Bradley via Memorial Foundation Sd C/O First Premier Bank Trust Dept, Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science 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.
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Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
41% of science money in South Dakota comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in South Dakota.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in South Dakota?: Start with the funders already giving to science in South Dakota, currently South Dakota State University Foundation, Marion Bradley via Memorial Foundation Sd C/O First Premier Bank Trust Dept, Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into South Dakota from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in South Dakota?: South Dakota State University Foundation gives the most to science organizations in South Dakota, $7M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in South Dakota?: $16M reached 10 science organizations in South Dakota, from 41 funders. 59% 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 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

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.