South Dakota · Nonprofit
GREAT PLAINS TRIBAL LEADERS HEALTH
GREAT PLAINS TRIBAL LEADERS HEALTH (South Dakota) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,619,257 to it, the largest being THE BUSH FOUNDATION ($500,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $159M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $184M
What Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health does
Mission
Advancing excellence in tribal health through culturally guided service, innovation, and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Health centers: the oyate health center is a tribally-owned and operated walk-in primary care clinic located in rapid city, south dakota. The facility is under the management of the Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health board.
$71,939,407 spent$47,814,530 earned by the program82% of program spendingEpidemiology: the great plains tribal epidemiology center (gptec) is one of 12 epidemiology centers across the nation funded by the indian health service division of epidemiology and disease prevention. Gptec's mission is to provide leadership, technical assistance, support, and advocacy to tribal nations and communities in the great plains in order to eliminate the disparities in health that currently exist for tribal people in the area.
$4,714,719 spent5% of program spendingCommunity health programs: serving as a liaison between the great plains tribes and the various health and human services divisions, including the great plains area indian health service, the Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health board works to reduce public health disparities and improve the health and wellness of the american indian peoples who are members of the 18 great plains tribal nations and communities.
$3,966,648 spentof which $491,715 as grants5% of program spendingBehavioral health & recovery: the behavioral health programs focus on reducing behaviors that lead to adverse outcomes through education, outreach, and support. The vision is to integrate behavioral health within the structure of health services, foster collaborative support between tribes for health and wellness that is holistic, and meet the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual needs of tribal communities, families and individuals.
$3,060,689 spentof which $25,800 as grants3% of program spendingOther program services that continue in fye ended 09/30/25 include: maternal and child health. Maternal and child health (mch) department is committed to serving the needs of mothers, children, and fathers in the great plains region. The department's mission is to promote the health and well-being of the american indian families in great plains tribal communities through direct service, research, epidemiology, and technical assistance. Mch provides breastfeeding support, home visits, and the promotion of male involvement for mothers and infants, including during the prenatal stage. Training and education: the training and education department (ed) is designed to work with the representative tribes and collaborative partners to identify training and resource needs as requested. Programs provide training, education, and support services designed to encourage self-sufficiency and improve healthcare. Covid-19 response and testing.
$3,962,172 spentof which $254,838 as grants5% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $87,643,635.
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 2024 to 2025, from $195M to $265M (+35%).
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 97% · 2018 79% · 2019 31% · 2020 36% · 2021 73% · 2022 75% · 2023 76% · 2024 68% · 2025 65%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
65% of GREAT PLAINS TRIBAL LEADERS HEALTH’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (1% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Jerilyn Church
CEO
Board chair
Ryman Lebeau
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $228k → $393k.
3 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of GREAT PLAINS TRIBAL LEADERS HEALTH’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 17 of 18 funders by total. 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
GREAT PLAINS TRIBAL LEADERS HEALTH has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
80% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund GREAT PLAINS TRIBAL LEADERS HEALTH.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 48% · 2021 75% · 2022 87% · 2023 45% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
17% of GREAT PLAINS TRIBAL LEADERS HEALTH's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
GREAT PLAINS TRIBAL LEADERS HEALTH draws 92% of its grant income from funders outside South Dakota, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $530k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
GREAT PLAINS TRIBAL LEADERS HEALTH runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,241 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,241 health nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding GREAT PLAINS TRIBAL LEADERS HEALTH receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $115.9M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$115.9M
- Department of Agriculture$48k
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 GREAT PLAINS TRIBAL LEADERS HEALTH
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GREAT PLAINS TRIBAL LEADERS HEALTH?
- GREAT PLAINS TRIBAL LEADERS HEALTH (South Dakota) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,619,257 to it, the largest being THE BUSH FOUNDATION ($500,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GREAT PLAINS TRIBAL LEADERS HEALTH have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $2,619,257 in grants to GREAT PLAINS TRIBAL LEADERS HEALTH, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GREAT PLAINS TRIBAL LEADERS HEALTH?
- THE BUSH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GREAT PLAINS TRIBAL LEADERS HEALTH 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 18 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