South Dakota · Nonprofit
SIOUX EMPIRE UNITED WAY INC
SIOUX EMPIRE UNITED WAY INC (South Dakota) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,626,721 to it, the largest being SIOUX FALLS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($4,145,050). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 40
- Grants received
- $8.6M
- Net assets
- $14M
What Sioux Empire United Way Inc does
Mission
To lead, sustain, and nurture a unified, effective response to community needs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
During the year, sioux empire united way's marketing efforts focused on brand implementation, campaign development, community engagement, and donor communications.key accomplishments: - completed training through worldwide resources on united way's updated brand standards. - successfully implemented the new united way brand across print materials, digital platforms, and organizational collateral. - developed and executed marketing materials to support the 2026 campaign, incorporating the new "united is the way" theme while continuing to highlight the organization's core impact areas: children, vulnerable adults, and people in crisis. - created campaign messaging, print materials, digital content, social media assets, and video resources to support fundraising and community awareness efforts.major events supported:campaign kickoff - hosted a nonprofit showcase featuring local partner agencies. - announced the annual campaign fundraising goal. - debuted the annual campaign video. - engaged donors, volunteers, business partners, and community members in the launch of the campaign season.thank you event - welcomed approximately 350 attendees, including volunteers, donors, business…
$169,393 spent2% of program spendingThe community impact division engaged approximately 60 dedicated volunteers serving across six focus committees: at-risk individuals & families, at-risk youth/youth outreach, children & youth education, disabilities & seniors, mental health/individuals & families in crisis, and out of school time. Ongoing funding process- conducted in-person review meetings for all programs that completed the full application process. Volunteers carefully evaluated each application, met directly with program representatives, requested additional information as needed, and developed funding recommendations.- following a comprehensive assessment of community needs, volunteers recommended approximately $7.4 million in funding across 74 programs and 38 nonprofit organizations.- collectively, volunteers contributed over 1,000 hours to support this rigorous and impactful process. Additional funding opportunitiesin addition to the standard ongoing funding process, targeted funding opportunities were made available to address specific community needs:- translation & interpreter services: grant funding was provided to 24 organizations to enhance accessibility through translation and interpreter services.-…
$228,966 spent3% of program spendingThe impact noted below reflects outcomes reported by sioux empire united way partner programs through the annual funding application process. In 2025, sioux empire united way funding helped to ensure this type of impact is possible within the sioux empire. Helping childrenquality childcare & early childhood education:- 1,296 children attended quality childcare and early education programs. 12,564 children aged 0-5 received 119,304 books though dolly parton's imagination library program.support for parents:- 6,071 individuals received information and resources to support their parenting journey and enrich the lives of their children.out of school time care andopportunities:- 2,501 youth were provided with access to services to fill out of school time with safe and educational programming.youth outreach & development opportunities:- 13,212 youth were provided with mentoring and enrichment opportunities through community programming.physical & mental wellbeing:- 6,492 children and youth were provided access to mental and physical health services like counseling, advocacy, food, dental, and speech and language therapy.helping vulnerable adultscommunity connections & quality of life…
$7,232,500 spentof which $6,818,371 as grants95% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,630,859.
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.
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 $14M to $12M (−15%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Lisa Romkema
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 23 funders, grant income rose $672k → $1.2M.
13 of 40 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $854k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Avera Health). These are real filings, and they are not money SIOUX EMPIRE UNITED WAY INC raised.
From the IRS filings of SIOUX EMPIRE UNITED WAY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 40 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
SIOUX EMPIRE UNITED WAY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% 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 SIOUX EMPIRE UNITED WAY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 45% · 2019 44% · 2020 46% · 2021 38% · 2022 50% · 2023 41% — 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
64% of SIOUX EMPIRE UNITED WAY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% 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
75% of SIOUX EMPIRE UNITED WAY 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 $2.1M that is directly attributable, 89% of it comes from South Dakota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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.
Organizations like SIOUX EMPIRE UNITED WAY 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
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 SIOUX EMPIRE UNITED WAY INC?
- SIOUX EMPIRE UNITED WAY INC (South Dakota) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,626,721 to it, the largest being SIOUX FALLS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($4,145,050). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SIOUX EMPIRE UNITED WAY INC have?
- IRS filings report 40 organizations giving $8,626,721 in grants to SIOUX EMPIRE UNITED WAY INC, 31 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SIOUX EMPIRE UNITED WAY INC?
- SIOUX FALLS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,145,050 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SIOUX EMPIRE UNITED WAY 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 40 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing