South Dakota · Nonprofit
BENCHMARK DATA LABS
BENCHMARK DATA LABS (South Dakota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $314,240 to it, the largest being THE BUSH FOUNDATION ($250,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $66k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $314k
- Net assets
- $0
What Benchmark Data Labs does
Mission
Benchmark Data Labs helps improve communities and organizations by connecting them to the data and information they need to make strategic decisions. We aggregagte public data and make it more accessible to the general public in order to support decision makers in governments, nonprofits, and businesses so they can improve their respective communities and organizations. We communicate with governments, nonprofits, and businesses to identify data and information that will help them achieve their goals and then work to provide them with access to this information. We also work to educate the public and community leaders regarding the value of using quality data to guide decision-making and strategic planning with the goal of enhancing the long-term quality of life in their communities.Benchmark Data Labs discontinued operations effective october 27, 2022.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2021 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Benchmark Data Labs discontinued operations effective october 27, 2022. Remaining funds at dissolution were transferred to black hills community foundation and united way of the black hills, both 501(c)(3) organizations.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Benchmark Data Labs helps improve communities and organizations by connecting them to the data and information they need to make strategic decisions. We aggregagte public data and make it more accessible to the general public in order to support decision makers in governments, nonprofits, and businesses so they can improve their respective communities and organizations. We communicate with governments, nonprofits, and businesses to identify data and information that will help them achieve their goals and then work to provide them with access to this information. We also work to educate the public and community leaders regarding the value of using quality data to guide decision-making and strategic planning with the goal of enhancing the long-term quality of life in their communities.Benchmark Data Labs discontinued operations effective october 27, 2022.
$277,100 spentof which $189,942 as grants$65,207 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2021 Form 990. Program spending in total: $277,100.
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.
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 $429k to $0 (−100%).
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: 2021 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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
Michael J Mcentaffer
CEO
Board chair
Jamie Toennies
Chair
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $64k → $125k.
From the IRS filings of BENCHMARK DATA LABS’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
BENCHMARK DATA LABS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% 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 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 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
BENCHMARK DATA LABS draws 80% of its grant income from funders outside South Dakota, across 2 states in all.
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.
Organizations like BENCHMARK DATA LABS
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
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
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 BENCHMARK DATA LABS: 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 BENCHMARK DATA LABS?
- BENCHMARK DATA LABS (South Dakota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $314,240 to it, the largest being THE BUSH FOUNDATION ($250,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BENCHMARK DATA LABS have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $314,240 in grants to BENCHMARK DATA LABS, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BENCHMARK DATA LABS?
- THE BUSH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BENCHMARK DATA LABS 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), and the filings of 2 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