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Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation
Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation reported $50.6 million in revenue and $41.4 million in expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. Of every $100 it spent, $96.93 went to program services, $0.96 to management and general costs and $2.11 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was contributions and grants: 65.4% of the total. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $246,175 (PRESIDENT/CEO). 3 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation. Revenue rose 2% between FY2020 and FY2025. Source: Form 990, FY2025.
Where $100 of spending went
The fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $41MFor context, the median across 1,001 covered philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking charities: $91.65 programs, $6.50 management, $1.85 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).
Where $100 of revenue came from
The fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $51MOther revenue was negative: −$24,252. The bar shows the positive sources only.
The 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades
| Measure | FY2025 | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A) | 96.9% | 90.2% |
| Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A) | 1.0% | 6.4% |
| Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A) | 2.1% | 1.8% |
| Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h | $0.03 | $0.02 |
| Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12 | 65.4% | 79.9% |
| Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F | $246,175 | $325,675 |
| Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A) | 0.59% | 1.56% |
| People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses | 99.1 | 56.6 |
| Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b | 14 of 14 | 100.0% |
A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.
What the money paid for, in its own words
FY2025 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expenseSioux Falls Area Community Foundation is a publicly supported Community Foundation that attracts, manages, and distributes charitable capital. Its primary service area is the Sioux Falls msa, a four-county area with a population of approximately 275,000, and other communities within a 25-mile radius of the city of Sioux Falls, south dakota.sfacf's grantmaking is aimed at improving the quality of life in the service area, for good, for ever. In fiscal year 2025, nearly 3,900 grants were made. Students benefited from competitively awarded scholarships and competitively awarded grants were made…
Highest reported compensation
FY2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here| Role | From this org | From related orgs | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRESIDENT/CEO Officer, 50.00 hrs/week | $226,250 | $0 | $19,925 | $246,175 |
| CHIEF PHILANTHROPY OFFICER Officer, 50.00 hrs/week | $134,643 | $0 | $18,964 | $153,607 |
| CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Officer, 50.00 hrs/week | $136,387 | $0 | $17,159 | $153,546 |
3 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $627K (Part IX, line 5).
6 years of filings
Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linkedGovernance answers, as filed
FY2025 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means- Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b14 · 14 independent
- Audited financial statements Part XII 2bYes
- Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
- Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
- Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
- Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aYes
- Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aNo
- Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2No
- Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
- Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
- Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
- Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4Yes
- Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
- Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bYes
- Employees Part I, line 515
- Volunteers Part I, line 6200
Largest outside contractors
FY2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section B · businesses only| APX CONSTRUCTION GROUP Construction mngt. | $1,355,430 |
| CANFIELD BUSINESS INTERIORS Office equip. & install | $330,113 |
Individuals listed as contractors are left out. 2 contractors were paid more than $100,000 in all.
Private foundation grants it received
7 private foundations reported grants to Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation totaling $416K on their tax year 2023 Form 990-PF returns. See which foundations, on WHOFUNDS.
Source: WHOFUNDS open grant graph, matched from Form 990-PF Part XV.
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Every number above is copied from Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation's own Form 990. If one doesn't match the filing, that's our error and we'll fix it. If you work for Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation, you can publish a response that is linked from this page.
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Of every $100 Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation spent in FY2025, $96.93 went to programs. The full breakdown, from its IRS Form 990:
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Questions people ask
How much of Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation's spending goes to programs?
In the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation reported that 96.9% of its $41.4 million in expenses went to program services, 1.0% to management and general and 2.1% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).
How much does Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation pay its top executive?
The largest total compensation Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation reported for one person in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 was $246,175, for the role of PRESIDENT/CEO (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).
Where does Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation get its money?
Of $50.6 million in revenue in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, 65.4% came from contributions and grants and 0.0% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).
Is Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation a registered charity?
The IRS lists EIN 31-1748533 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.
Sources
- FY2025: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, object 202600919349300940 · read the filing · XML
- FY2024: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, object 202500939349300880 · read the filing
- FY2023: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, object 202410899349300031 · read the filing
- FY2022: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, object 202341329349306464 · read the filing
- FY2021: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, object 202241269349302924 · read the filing
- FY2020: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, object 202141379349302009 · read the filing
All filings for EIN 31-1748533: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.