South Dakota · Nonprofit
SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA INC
SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA INC (South Dakota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $297,267 to it, the largest being SIOUX FALLS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($152,943). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $304k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $297k
- Net assets
- $4.4M
What Scottish Rite Foundation of South Dakota Inc does
Mission
The scottish rite foundation of south dakota supports ritecare clinics in south dakota, provides fellowships to graduate students in south dakota, and works to preserve the heritage and future of the scottish rite in south dakota.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
In 2025, grants and other support were provided to the usd clinic in vermillion, the usd clinic in sioux falls, the lifescape clinic in rapid city, and the avera clinics in aberdeen and mitchell. Monies were used to offset operational expenses for these entities .in 2025 these clinics served several thousand children either with hearing, speech and/or dyslexia problems.
$241,101 spentof which $222,478 as grants86% of program spendingIn 2025, fellowships totaling $34,000 were given to 17 graduate students attending the university of south dakota dept. Of communication sciences and disorders.
$34,000 spentof which $34,000 as grants12% of program spendingIn 2025, 24 book grants of $250 each were awarded to graduating high school seniors.
$6,000 spentof which $6,000 as grants2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $281,101.
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 $4.2M to $3.3M (−21%).
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.
28% of SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Board chair
Dennis Nelson
Director & chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $29k → $24k.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% 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 SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA 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
SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 60% · 2019 55% · 2020 55% · 2021 41% · 2022 71% · 2023 65% — 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.
Where its funders are
55% of SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA INC'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 $134k that is directly attributable, 93% of it comes from South Dakota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $163k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA INC's revenue grew 27% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA 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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
28%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA INC?
- SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA INC (South Dakota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $297,267 to it, the largest being SIOUX FALLS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($152,943). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $297,267 in grants to SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA INC?
- SIOUX FALLS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $152,943 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA 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.
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 5 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