Funding search · EIN 205767706 · Sioux Falls, SD

The James and Eloise Elmen Foundation

Name: The James and Eloise Elmen Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

61
grants reported: $2.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

park special state building center custer bison earthstate

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

4 grants matching “custer” · $297,000

$90,000
South Dakoata Parks Wildlife Fdn · Pierre, SD · 2024
Custer state park bison center
$60,000
South Dakoata Parks Wildlife Fdn · Pierre, SD · 2023
Custer state park bison center
$87,000
Sothd Dakota Parks Wildlife Fdn · Pierre, SD · 2022
Custer state parkvistor center
$60,000
South Dakoata Parks Wildlife Fdn · Pierre, SD · 2022
Custer state park bison center

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Avera1 grant · $350,000
South Dakota Parks & Wildlife2 grants · $320,000
Zoological Society of Sioux Falls3 grants · $310,000
Sanford Health Fdn1 grant · $250,000
South Dakoata Parks Wildlife Fdn3 grants · $210,000
South Dakota Parks Wildlife Fdn3 grants · $202,000
Augustana College3 grants · $198,000
Sothd Dakota Parks Wildlife Fdn1 grant · $87,000
Volunteers of America2 grants · $75,000
Children'S Home Society3 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$741,805

2022

$828,200

2023

$844,000

2024

Grant history

All 61 reported grants, largest first.

$350,000
Avera · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Building fund
$250,000
Sanford Health Fdn · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Child life
$200,000
South Dakota Parks & Wildlife · Pierre, SD · 2022
Outdoor campus
$120,000
South Dakota Parks & Wildlife · Pierre, SD · 2023
Special projects
$120,000
Zoological Society of Sioux Falls · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Special project
$100,000
Zoological Society of Sioux Falls · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022
Special project
$90,000
South Dakoata Parks Wildlife Fdn · Pierre, SD · 2024
Custer state park bison center
$90,000
Zoological Society of Sioux Falls · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Special project
$87,000
Sothd Dakota Parks Wildlife Fdn · Pierre, SD · 2022
Custer state parkvistor center
$70,000
South Dakota Parks Wildlife Fdn · Pierre, SD · 2022
Good earthstate park
$66,000
Augustana College · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Building fund
$66,000
South Dakota Parks Wildlife Fdn · Pierre, SD · 2024
Good earthstate park
$66,000
Augustana College · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Building fund
$66,000
South Dakota Parks Wildlife Fdn · Pierre, SD · 2023
Good earthstate park
$66,000
Augustana College · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022
Building fund
$60,000
South Dakoata Parks Wildlife Fdn · Pierre, SD · 2023
Custer state park bison center
$60,000
South Dakoata Parks Wildlife Fdn · Pierre, SD · 2022
Custer state park bison center
$50,000
Volunteers of America · Street, SD · 2023
Operating
$40,000
South Dakota Parks&Wildlife · Pierre, SD · 2022
Palidades state parkland purchase
$30,000
Sfps Education Fdn · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Operations
$25,000
Volunteers of America · Street, SD · 2022
Operating
$24,900
Great Plains Zoo · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022
Special project
$20,000
American Legion Charities · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Operations
$20,000
Children'S Home Society · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Operations
$20,000
Midwest Honor Flight · Sioux Center, IA · 2024
Operating
$20,000
Sioux Falls Cares · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Operations
$20,000
Children'S Home Society · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Operations
$15,000
Banquet · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Operations
$14,700
Midwest Honor Flight · Sioux Center, IA · 2023
Operating
$10,000
Fisher House Foundation · Rockville, MD · 2024
Operations
$10,000
Make a Wish of Sd · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Operations
$10,000
Tunnel To Towers Fdn · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Operations
$10,000
Fisher House Foundation · Rockville, MD · 2023
Operations
$10,000
Sioux Falls Cares · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Operations
$10,000
Tunnel To Towers Fdn · Staten Island, NY · 2023
Operations
$10,000
Children'S Home Society · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022
Operations
$10,000
Fisher House Foundation · Rockville, MD · 2022
Operations
$10,000
Sioux Falls Cares · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022
Operations
$10,000
Tunnel To Towers Fdn · Staten Island, NY · 2022
Operations
$9,000
Make a Wish of Sd · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Operations
$8,500
Make a Wish of Sd · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022
Operations
$5,000
Apro Charitable Fdn · Austin, TX · 2024
Operations
$5,000
Center for Active Generations · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Operations
$5,000
Family Visitation Center · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Operations
$5,000
Levitt at the Falls · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Operating
$5,000
Mission Msa · McLean, VA · 2024
Operations
$5,000
Family Visitation Center · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Operations
$5,000
Levitt at the Falls · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Operating
$5,000
Multiple System Atrophy · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Operations
$5,000
Family Visitation Center · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022
Operations
$5,000
Multiple System Atrophy · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Operations
$4,905
Levitt at the Falls · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022
Operating
$3,500
Apro Charitable Fdn · Cedar Park, TX · 2022
Disaster relief
$3,000
Emily'S Hope · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Operating
$2,500
Young America'S Fdn · Reston, VA · 2023
Operating
$1,000
United Way · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Operations
$1,000
Washington Pavilion · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Operating
$1,000
United Way · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Operations
$1,000
Washington Pavilion · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Operating
$1,000
United Way · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022
Operations
$1,000
Washington Pavilion · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022
Operating

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