South Dakota · Nonprofit
VERMILLION PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
VERMILLION PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (South Dakota) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $517,506 to it, the largest being TUA CLAYTON&ODESSA L OFSTAD FDN ($476,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $503k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $518k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Vermillion Public Schools Foundation does
Mission
To Support Opportunities for Learners to Confidently Succeed in a Diverse World
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Capital Equipment for the Vermillion School District. Major Project of 2024 was an accessible Playground for the newly built Elementary School - Grades PK to 5th Grade.
$201,429 spentof which $201,429 as grants69% of program spendingStudent Support. Grades PK-12. Includes Scholarships for College to High School Seniors, Scholarships for the Middle Schoolers for Summer Learning Camps. Student Conferences and Class Trips. Also Included is Student Well Being and Dual Credit Support for underprivileged students,
$54,723 spentof which $54,723 as grants19% of program spendingFaculty Support and Faculty Professional Development
$35,421 spentof which $35,421 as grants12% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $291,573.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2020 to 2021, from $276k to $829k (+200%).
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.
83% of VERMILLION PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 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
Mary Giffin
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $38 → $200k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 VERMILLION PUBLIC SCHOOLS 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
VERMILLION PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% 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 100% · 2021 53% · 2022 93% · 2023 100% — 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
VERMILLION PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside South Dakota, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $32k 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
VERMILLION PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like VERMILLION PUBLIC SCHOOLS 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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 7 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Vermillion School District 13-1 · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for VERMILLION PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: 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 VERMILLION PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION?
- VERMILLION PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (South Dakota) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $517,506 to it, the largest being TUA CLAYTON&ODESSA L OFSTAD FDN ($476,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VERMILLION PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $517,506 in grants to VERMILLION PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VERMILLION PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION?
- TUA CLAYTON&ODESSA L OFSTAD FDN is the largest funder on record, with $476,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VERMILLION PUBLIC SCHOOLS 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing