South Dakota · Nonprofit
He Sapa Otipi Inc
He Sapa Otipi Inc (South Dakota) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,464,000 to it, the largest being NDN COLLECTIVE INC ($1,200,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $172k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $683k
What He Sapa Otipi Inc does
Mission
He Sapa Otipi restores hope, healing, and sovereignty by reclaiming Indigenous lifeways and uplifting the mind, body, and spirit of our people through cultural strength and community care.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
In Lakota, He Sapa translates to "Sacred Black Hills." Otipi translates to "The Center." He Sapa Otipi is organized and operated exclusively to revitalize traditional kinships and foster a sense of belonging within cultural wellness and community. The purpose of He Sapa Otipi is: A. To build a community center that provides a safe place for reconnecting Lakota well-being to character, ceremony, community, cultural awareness, and identity. B. To work as a hub of resources to educate and engage native populations, as well as to celebrate the richness of our shared values and heritage. C. To encourage a broader culture of unity and respect within the international indigenous community, and promote healing between native and non-native peoples for the betterment of the present and future generations. D. To be a dedicated and evolving voice, and we advocate for the best interest of all people, and welcome peoples from all nations. E. To promote workforce development for transitioning community members by overcoming obstacles to employment. He Sapa Otipi is actively working toward bringing an indigenous-hosted community center to Rapid City (Miniluzahan Otunwahe). The organization is…
$202,989 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $202,989.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $589k to $898k (+53%).
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.
92% of He Sapa Otipi Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 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
Cante Heart
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $200k → $1.1M.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 He Sapa Otipi Inc’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
He Sapa Otipi Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% 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
83% 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 He Sapa Otipi Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 88% — 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.
Where its funders are
82% of He Sapa Otipi Inc'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. $9k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
He Sapa Otipi Inc holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like He Sapa Otipi Inc
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
53% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for He Sapa Otipi Inc: 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 He Sapa Otipi Inc?
- He Sapa Otipi Inc (South Dakota) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,464,000 to it, the largest being NDN COLLECTIVE INC ($1,200,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does He Sapa Otipi Inc have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $1,464,000 in grants to He Sapa Otipi Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of He Sapa Otipi Inc?
- NDN COLLECTIVE INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like He Sapa Otipi Inc 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 2023–2025), and the filings of 4 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