Private foundations · 990-PF data

Foundations accepting grant applications in South Dakota

57
foundations
$49.8M
grants paid, FY2023–FY2025
$3,500
median grant

Grantlas lists 57 private foundations based in South Dakota whose latest 990-PF says they accept unsolicited requests, from filings for FY2023–FY2025. Together they paid out $49.8 million in grants in their latest filing year. The most common cities are Sioux Falls (26), Aberdeen (6) and Rapid City (6).

“Accepts unsolicited requests” is a box the foundation ticked on its 990-PF — not a promise to read your letter. Check the foundation’s own site before you write.

See all 196 foundations in South Dakota, including the ones that give by invitation only.

Top 25 of 57 foundations

Ranked by how many grants they made last year, most first. Another 32 are not shown.

Foundations accepting grant applications in South Dakota
Ch Robinson Worldwide FoundationSioux Falls, SD87$5,000$4M$750–$2.7MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Valley Queen Charitable FoundationMilbank, SD79$1,500$556,339$100–$107,750FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Levo Cares FoundationSioux Falls, SD54$1,000$71,806$10–$19,760FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Orrion and Edith Barger MemorialChamberlain, SD46$3,750$425,100$250–$100,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Hatterscheidt Foundation IncAberdeen, SD44$2,500$237,000$500–$57,500FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Pipestone Give IncBrandon, SD43$2,550$386,262$500–$124,875FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Welk Family FoundationAberdeen, SD32$1,000$193,721$500–$93,203FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Tennyson Family Foundation IncCuster, SD32$1,000$46,400$100–$11,600FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Waitt FoundationNorth Sioux City, SD30$19,994$10.2M$100–$6.2MFY2023Locked: fit score and contacts
Larson FoundationSioux Falls, SD29$30,000$1.4M$4,500–$260,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Sheldon F Reese FoundationSioux Falls, SD28$10,000$345,900$1,000–$54,070FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
William J Holland and Alyce ISisseton, SD25$1,000$30,360$500–$4,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Evah C Cray Residuary Charitable TrustSioux Falls, SD22$13,000$423,000$3,000–$120,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Sfs FoundationSioux Falls, SD20$137,000$8.4M$1,500–$3MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Olive Rice Reierson FoundationRapid City, SD20$3,500$80,000$1,000–$21,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Ty Eschenbaum FoundationSioux Falls, SD19$2,000$200,965$500–$104,330FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Sturgis Rally Charities FoundationSturgis, SD19$1,000$38,890$149–$10,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Rau Family TrustAberdeen, SD17$500$23,556$100–$14,700FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Meade School District 46-1 CharitabSturgis, SD16$1,125$22,500$750–$3,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Walter and Virginia HagerMobridge, SD15$9,500$195,000$1,000–$50,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Don and Marcella McCormick ScholarshipSioux Falls, SD15$1,000$15,000One amountFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Tom & Danielle Aman FoundationAberdeen, SD13$500$10,695$85–$5,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Yasha FoundationDakota Dunes, SD13$5,000$84,152$500–$40,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
John E Solem Scholarship Trust #31034700Sioux Falls, SD12$500$7,500$250–$1,500FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Ar Wood Educational TrustSioux Falls, SD11$350$7,100$350–$1,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
  • Median grant and grant range come from the 990-PF grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report.
  • “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.

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Data from 990-PF filings, FY2023–FY2025. Updated September 27, 2026.