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Grantmaking foundations in South Dakota

442 grantmaking foundations in South Dakota, ranked by recent giving reported to the IRS (about $1.2B combined).

Top foundations by giving

  1. Signatry Charitable Trust
    Sioux Falls, SD · Community Improvement and Capacity Building
    $570M (2024)
  2. Sanford Health Foundation
    Sioux Falls, SD · Animal-Related
    $55M (2024)
  3. South Dakota State University Foundation
    Brookings, SD · Science and Technology
    $52M (2024)
  4. South Dakota Community Foundation
    Pierre, SD · Civil Rights, Social Action and Advocacy
    $41M (2024)
  5. Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc
    Sioux Falls, SD · Community Improvement and Capacity Building
    $39M (2025)
  6. University of South Dakota Foundation
    Vermillion, SD · Human Services
    $27M (2024)
  7. Ndn Collective Inc
    Rapid City, SD · Education
    $24M (2024)
  8. Lifescape Foundation
    Sioux Falls, SD · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $19M (2025)
  9. Avera Health
    Sioux Falls, SD · Human Services
    $17M (2024)
  10. Sioux Falls Development Foundation Inc
    Sioux Falls, SD · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $16M (2024)
  11. Sdsm&T Center for Alumni Relations & Advancement
    Rapid City, SD · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $15M (2025)
  12. Mount Marty University
    Yankton, SD · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $13M (2025)
  13. Childrens Home Foundation
    Sioux Falls, SD · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $13M (2025)
  14. Casey Peterson Ltd
    Rapid City, SD · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $12M (2023)
  15. Denny Sanford Foundation
    Sioux Falls, SD · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $10M (2023)
  16. Waitt Foundation
    North Sioux City, SD · Education
    $10M (2023)
  17. Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Foundation
    Sioux Falls, SD · Animal-Related
    $9.5M (2024)
  18. Seeds of Change Foundation
    Sioux Falls, SD · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $8.7M (2023)
  19. Northern State University Foundation
    Aberdeen, SD · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $7M (2025)
  20. Sioux Empire United Way Inc
    Sioux Falls, SD · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $7M (2024)
  21. Dakota State University Foundation
    Madison, SD · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $6.6M (2025)
  22. Lake Area Technical College Foundation
    Watertown, SD · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $6.2M (2025)
  23. John T Vucurevich Foundation
    Rapid City, SD · Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations
    $6.1M (2023)
  24. Inter-Lakes Community Action Partnership Inc
    Madison, SD · Youth Development
    $6.1M (2024)
  25. Roth & Letch Family Charitable Foundation
    Dakota Dunes, SD · Environment
    $6M (2024)

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