South Dakota · Nonprofit
United Way of Northeastern South Dakota Inc
United Way of Northeastern South Dakota Inc (South Dakota) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $543,714 to it, the largest being CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ($156,141). 12 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
- $943k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $544k
- Net assets
- $352k
What United Way of Northeastern South Dakota Inc does
Mission
The mission of the United Way of Northeastern South Dakota (United Way) is to improve our region by mobilizing the caring power of communities for every person in northeastern South Dakota.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Member Agency General Allocations: Financial support of 30 programs through 20 member agencies. Allocations are funded through individual, corporate, and grant donations. These charitable organizations work to solve health and human service needs in northeastern South Dakota.
$644,331 spentof which $540,871 as grants$573 earned by the program99% of program spendingIn May 2025, United Way of Northeastern SD partnered with their local Letter Carriers collecting and sorting over almost 16,000 lbs. of non-perishable foods. The foods were distributed to local food shelves.
$2,263 spent0% of program spendingIn May 2025, over 200 college athletes, coaches, and site leaders spent a labor intense day working for nonprofits, and community organizations, contributing over $25,000 worth of labor. United Way of Northeastern SD spearheaded the event, locating 24 projects based on need and merit.
$2,812 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $649,406.
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 2020 to 2021, from $345k to $435k (+26%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2019 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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.
Chief executive
Aaron Schultz
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $11k → $97k.
7 of 18 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.
Left out of every figure on this page: $252k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United Way of NE SD Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money United Way of Northeastern South Dakota Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of United Way of Northeastern South Dakota Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 17 of 18 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
United Way of Northeastern South Dakota Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% 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
91% 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 United Way of Northeastern South Dakota Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 64% · 2019 41% · 2020 39% · 2021 31% · 2022 28% · 2023 36% — 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
60% of United Way of Northeastern South Dakota Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
55% of United Way of Northeastern 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 $243k that is directly attributable, 75% of it comes from funders outside South Dakota, across 8 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $301k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 United Way of Northeastern 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
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- United Way of NE SD Foundation · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for United Way of Northeastern South Dakota Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds United Way of Northeastern South Dakota Inc?
- United Way of Northeastern South Dakota Inc (South Dakota) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $543,714 to it, the largest being CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ($156,141). 12 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 United Way of Northeastern South Dakota Inc have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $543,714 in grants to United Way of Northeastern South Dakota Inc, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of United Way of Northeastern South Dakota Inc?
- CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA is the largest funder on record, with $156,141 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like United Way of Northeastern 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 18 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