South Dakota · Nonprofit
ACTION FOR BETTERMENT OF COMMUNITY
ACTION FOR BETTERMENT OF COMMUNITY (South Dakota) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $131,638 to it, the largest being JOHN T VUCUREVICH FOUNDATION ($110,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $132k
- Net assets
- $2.6M
What Action for Betterment of Community does
Mission
Community betterment through a strong and involved coalition where all have equal access to resources and opportunities resulting in the ability to achieve the highest quality of life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Hundreds of people with chemical dependancies were assisted this year with our counseling and residential programs.
$1,773,512 spent$2,410,971 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,773,512.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.3M to $1.9M (+51%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 31% · 2018 16% · 2019 65% · 2020 44% · 2021 45% · 2022 48% · 2023 29% · 2025 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
19% of ACTION FOR BETTERMENT OF COMMUNITY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (93% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Kara Graveman
Executive director
Board chair
Geody Vandewater
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2020: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $112k → $5k.
From the IRS filings of ACTION FOR BETTERMENT OF COMMUNITY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ACTION FOR BETTERMENT OF COMMUNITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 99% · 2018 93% · 2020 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of ACTION FOR BETTERMENT OF COMMUNITY's grant income comes from South Dakota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ACTION FOR BETTERMENT OF COMMUNITY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 793 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 793 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding ACTION FOR BETTERMENT OF COMMUNITY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.2M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.2M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ACTION FOR BETTERMENT OF COMMUNITY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In South Dakota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ACTION FOR BETTERMENT OF COMMUNITY: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ACTION FOR BETTERMENT OF COMMUNITY?
- ACTION FOR BETTERMENT OF COMMUNITY (South Dakota) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $131,638 to it, the largest being JOHN T VUCUREVICH FOUNDATION ($110,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ACTION FOR BETTERMENT OF COMMUNITY have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $131,638 in grants to ACTION FOR BETTERMENT OF COMMUNITY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ACTION FOR BETTERMENT OF COMMUNITY?
- JOHN T VUCUREVICH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $110,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ACTION FOR BETTERMENT OF COMMUNITY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Dakota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing