Funding search · EIN 460350016 · Aberdeen, SD
Great Plains Education Foundation
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 27
- grants reported
- $6.1M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $65,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Grant history
All 27 reported grants, largest first.
- $3.0M
South Dakota Board of Regents · Pierre, SD · 2022
Educational Impact Campaign and SDSBVI
- $700,000
South Dakota Board of Regents · Pierre, SD · 2024
Educational Impact Campaign and SDSBVI
- $350,000
Aberdeen Family Y Foundation · Aberdeen, SD · 2023
Educational Programming
- $325,000
South Dakota Board of Regents · Pierre, SD · 2023
Educational Impact Campaign and SDSBVI
- $250,000
Aberdeen Family Y Foundation · Aberdeen, SD · 2022
Educational Programming
- $200,000
South Dakota Historical Society Foundation · Pierre, SD · 2024
General Operations
- $174,418
South Dakota Board of Regents · Pierre, SD · 2021
Educational Impact Campaign and SDSBVI
- $150,000
South Dakota State Fair Foundation · Huron, SD · 2023
General Operations
- $115,000
Aberdeen School District · Aberdeen, SD · 2024
Tutoring Program
- $100,000
Aberdeen Insider Dba McQuillen Creative Group · Aberdeen, SD · 2023
Start-up costs to provide necessary local news coverage
- $100,000
McQuillen Creative Group · Aberdeen, SD · 2022
Support local news reporting
- $80,000
Aberdeen Catholic School System · Aberdeen, SD · 2021
Educational Programming
- $73,807
Aberdeen School District · Aberdeen, SD · 2021
Tutoring Program
- $65,000
Aberdeen Catholic School System · Aberdeen, SD · 2024
Educational Programming
- $50,000
Red Cloud Indian School · Pine Ridge, SD · 2023
Educational Programming
- $50,000
Red Cloud Indian School · Pine Ridge, SD · 2022
Tuition Assistance Program
- $40,000
Aberdeen Catholic School System · Aberdeen, SD · 2023
Educational Programming
- $40,000
Aberdeen School District · Aberdeen, SD · 2023
Tutoring Program
- $40,000
Aberdeen Catholic School System · Aberdeen, SD · 2022
Educational Impact Campaign and SDSBVI
- $40,000
Aberdeen School District · Aberdeen, SD · 2022
Scholarship Fund
- $40,000
Aberdeen Christian School · Aberdeen, SD · 2021
Tuition Assistance Program
- $20,000
Aberdeen Christian School · Aberdeen, SD · 2024
Tuition Assistance Program
- $20,000
Aberdeen Christian School · Aberdeen, SD · 2023
Tuition Assistance Program
- $20,000
Aberdeen Christian School · Aberdeen, SD · 2022
Tutoring Program
- $10,000
Spurs Therapeutic Riding · Aberdeen, SD · 2021
Scholarship Fund
- $5,000
Spurs Therapeutic Riding · Aberdeen, SD · 2024
Scholarship Fund
- $5,000
Spurs Therapeutic Riding · Aberdeen, SD · 2023
Scholarship Fund
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