South Dakota · Nonprofit
LOVE INC OF THE BLACK HILLS
LOVE INC OF THE BLACK HILLS (South Dakota) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $347,298 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($103,200). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $347k
- Net assets
- $3.6M
What Love Inc of the Black Hills does
Mission
Mobilizing churches to transform lives and communities in the name of christ
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Thrive & risethrive: is an outdoor adventure gear resale store that provides a safe, supportive environment where youth can discover the joys of productivity. Thrives' mission is to mobilize local churches to transform the lives of youth through training and mentoring in a work setting. In 2025, fifteen students participated in bike repairs and learned marketing and retail skills at the outdoor gear store program called trak.a key aspect of thrive is vision bikes earned by participants who don't have other transportation options. These bikes help them get to jobs, the grocery store, or around town more efficiently than walking. In 2025, thrive distributed 168 bikes, valued at $25,350. Thrive also has e-bikes. Trak youth participants assemble the e-bikes, and ther are special pathways for people in need to earn e-bikes.rise: this ministry allows participants from our connection center, who are seeking help with furniture needs, to earn furniture by joining a team of volunteers. Together, they refurbish donated furniture and update or repurpose decor items. The inventory includes items that wereeither too large or impractical for our clients' needs. These pieces are refurbished and…
$343,898 spent36% of program spendingLove inc connection center: the love inc connection center processes calls for help by first having phone volunteers listen, encourage, pray for, and problem-solve with each caller. Then, individuals are connected with church volunteers and resources to assist with furniture, bedding, kitchen items. Our gap ministry mend delivers home medical devices such as wheelchairs, knee scooters and shower chairs to help people tranisitioning out of the hospital to home get along easier. The total value of items given was $315,675. Volunteers contributed 3,962 hours to support these programs. There were 710 requests for help made this year, with 1027 of those needs met.
$210,160 spent22% of program spendingLife inc: life inc is a safe, supportive environment where individuals can learn, grow, and chart a new course for their lives. Through classes and mentoring, life inc provides essential support. Local churches offer free meals, and free childcare programming is available. In 2025 200 children, ages 0-12 attended programing. One hundred eighty one adults participated in classes, and volunteers contributed 2,320 hours of service. Thirty-five families received clothing assistance for 70 children, valued at $7,000. Life inc was offered quarterly at 10 different church campuses, providing 22 course offerings in areas such as finances, parenting, marriage, ddiction, employment, health, bible study, and life skills.
$114,633 spent12% of program spendingHill city/keystone branch: they hosted a life inc series, with 24 participants attending various classes. Two individuals successfully completed budget mentoring sessions. Five local churches are supporting and actively involved with love inc hill city/keystone. They hosted a life inc series, with 24 participants attending various classes. Two individuals successfully completedbudget mentoring sessions. Five local churches are supporting and actively involved with love inc hill city/keystone. During the summer, the community kids closet organized a clothing swap, serving 135 kids and 50 families. A total of 167 bags of clothing were distributed.sturgis: the sturgis location hosted life inc, where 19 adults attended classes, and volunteers contributed 190 hours of their time. Additionally, the location served families through theclothes-a-kid for school program, providing new clothing for 14 children. A total of 7 volunteers contributed 28 hours to this effort. The changed diaper ministry also made an impact by helping moms with diapers for their children, distributing over 300 diapers in 2025.after school: the after-school program is designed for middle school-aged kids, offering…
$171,949 spent18% of program spendingSturgis affiliate: the sturgis location hosted life inc., where 19 adults attended classes, and volunteers contributed 190 hours of their time. Additionally, the location served families through the clothes-a-kid for school program, providing new clothing for 14 children. A total of 7 volunteers contributed 28 hours to this effort.the changed diaper ministry also made an impact by helping moms with diapers for their children, distributing over 300 diapers in 2025.
$95,527 spent10% of program spendingAfter school: the after-school program is designed for middle school-aged kids, offering mentorship and life skills training led by church volunteers and high school juniors and seniors who have graduated from the program. Currently hosted at two churches in rapid city, the program provides a safe, supportive environment where kids can build confidence, develop essential skills like time management and communication, and form meaningful connections with caring mentors. The focus is on personal growth, leadership, and preparing students for future success, while fostering a sense of community and belonging.in 2025, the program served 555 unique students, with 32 volunteers contributing 1,974 volunteer hours. The total number of individual visits was 5,359
$19,105 spent2% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $955,272.
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 2017 to 2018, from $504k to $2.3M (+356%).
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.
78% of LOVE INC OF THE BLACK HILLS’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (90% 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
John Ligtenberg
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $54k → $18k.
5 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 83% 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 LOVE INC OF THE BLACK HILLS’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
LOVE INC OF THE BLACK HILLS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
85% 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 LOVE INC OF THE BLACK HILLS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 80% · 2019 85% · 2020 70% · 2021 74% · 2022 51% · 2023 99% — growing more concentrated.
“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
14% of LOVE INC OF THE BLACK HILLS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
83% of LOVE INC OF THE BLACK HILLS's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $59k that is directly attributable, 88% of it comes from South Dakota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $288k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
LOVE INC OF THE BLACK HILLS holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,211 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,211 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like LOVE INC OF THE BLACK HILLS
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
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LOVE INC OF THE BLACK HILLS?
- LOVE INC OF THE BLACK HILLS (South Dakota) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $347,298 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($103,200). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LOVE INC OF THE BLACK HILLS have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $347,298 in grants to LOVE INC OF THE BLACK HILLS, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LOVE INC OF THE BLACK HILLS?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $103,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LOVE INC OF THE BLACK HILLS 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 10 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