South Dakota · Nonprofit
SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED
SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED (South Dakota) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $107,957 to it, the largest being ASCENDIUM EDUCATION SOLUTIONS INC ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $192k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $108k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What South Dakota Foundation for the Blind and Visually Impaired does
Mission
To fund social, recreational, and educational opportunities for students at the South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired as well as other visually impaired students throughout the state.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Scholarship Fund: We assisted in funding a scholarship at Northern State University to train special education teachers with emphasis in visual impairment. Since the University is right in the same location as our school we think this will open more potential teachers for our school.
$15,000 spentof which $15,000 as grants60% of program spendingStudent trips: We paid for two trips for students to attend athletic events. Two students went to the Swim and Forensics meet in Illinois and one student went to the Track And Field meet held in Nashville.
$5,011 spent20% of program spendingFamily Weekend: We funded the annual family weekend for parents and students to visit the school in the summer, get to know teachers and staff, and have a good time getting to know each other and sharing the challenges of having a visually handicapped child.
$2,986 spent12% of program spendingOther smaller service accomplishments for 2025 include several small items such as a stocked suitcase for students to use for travel home with things they need, also games for the Nintendo used inn the student lounge.
$1,944 spentof which $1,944 as grants8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $24,941.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2024 to 2025, from $890k to $1.1M (+18%).
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.
69% of SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $19 → $8k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 3 of 4 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
SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% 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
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 SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 98% — broadly stable.
“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
SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED draws 93% of its grant income from funders outside South Dakota, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $457 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
SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 8,464 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,464 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED
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
71% 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 SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED?
- SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED (South Dakota) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $107,957 to it, the largest being ASCENDIUM EDUCATION SOLUTIONS INC ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $107,957 in grants to SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED?
- ASCENDIUM EDUCATION SOLUTIONS INC is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED 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 2021–2025), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing