South Dakota · Nonprofit
SERGEANT COLTON LEVI DERR FOUNDATION
SERGEANT COLTON LEVI DERR FOUNDATION (South Dakota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $794 to it, the largest being SYNCHRONY FOUNDATION ($649). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $191k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $794
- Net assets
- $170k
What Sergeant Colton Levi Derr Foundation does
Mission
Veteran advocacy, assistance, and public awareness of the battles our heroes face when they come home.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Assistance to us armed service veterans concerning physical, mental, and financial problems caused by deployment, combat, military experience, and separation from military service; to provide advocacy, education, public awareness, and assistance in dealing with military service and government agencies concerning the same and related physical, mental, & financial issues caused by any of the same. This is accomplished by:- assisting veterans and their families in navigating the proper channels to get benefits they've earned, connecting them with veteran service officers in their local area, and helping provide direction during their difficult time. - assisting with a multitude of different financial obligations our veterans face. Scldf has assisted with mortgage payments, car payments, utility bills, car repairs, bus tickets, plane tickets, hotels, rental cars, daycare, home repairs, groceries, and many other requests since our inception. - holding many public events, working with community partners to raise awareness around military suicide and prevention.during 2024, 32 veterans received financial assistance, 2 veterans received service dogs, and 120 veterans were assisted with…
$98,125 spentof which $26,171 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $98,125.
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 2023 to 2024, from $100k to $170k (+71%).
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.
96% of SERGEANT COLTON LEVI DERR FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $286 → $39.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 SERGEANT COLTON LEVI DERR FOUNDATION’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
SERGEANT COLTON LEVI DERR FOUNDATION 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 91% · 2021 91% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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
SERGEANT COLTON LEVI DERR FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside South Dakota, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $145 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
SERGEANT COLTON LEVI DERR FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,130 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,130 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like SERGEANT COLTON LEVI DERR FOUNDATION
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SERGEANT COLTON LEVI DERR FOUNDATION?
- SERGEANT COLTON LEVI DERR FOUNDATION (South Dakota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $794 to it, the largest being SYNCHRONY FOUNDATION ($649). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SERGEANT COLTON LEVI DERR FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $794 in grants to SERGEANT COLTON LEVI DERR FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SERGEANT COLTON LEVI DERR FOUNDATION?
- SYNCHRONY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $649 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SERGEANT COLTON LEVI DERR FOUNDATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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