Funding search · EIN 460412311 · Sioux Falls, SD

Larson Foundation

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

115
grants reported
$20.0M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$35,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. 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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Top recipients

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  • South Dakota State University1 grant · $12.8M
  • Childrens Home Society2 grants · $1.0M
  • Brookings Area Habitat for Humanity4 grants · $980,000
  • Red Cloud Indian School2 grants · $675,000
  • Boys & Girls Club of the Northern Plains3 grants · $440,000
  • Teach for America - South Dakota3 grants · $300,000
  • Oneheart3 grants · $300,000
  • Working Against Violence4 grants · $260,000
  • South Dakota Network Against Family Violence & Sexual Assault3 grants · $260,000
  • Abbott House1 grant · $250,000

Giving over time

$14.1M
2021
$2.1M
2022
$2.3M
2023
$1.4M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 115 grants.

  • $12.8M

    South Dakota State University · Brookings, SD · 2021

    Larson foundation scholarship.

  • $600,000

    Red Cloud Indian School · Pine Ridge, SD · 2022

    Program expenses

  • $500,000

    Childrens Home Society · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $500,000

    Childrens Home Society · Sioux Falls, SD · 2021

    Program expenses

  • $290,000

    Brookings Area Habitat for Humanity · Brookings, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $290,000

    Brookings Area Habitat for Humanity · Brookings, SD · 2022

    Program expenses

  • $260,000

    Brookings Area Habitat for Humanity · Brookings, SD · 2024

    Program expenses

  • $250,000

    Abbott House · Mitchell, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $180,000

    Boys & Girls Club of the Northern Plains · Brookings, SD · 2024

    Program expenses

  • $150,000

    Oneheart · Rapid City, SD · 2021

    Program expenses

  • $140,000

    Brookings Area Habitat for Humanity · Brookings, SD · 2021

    Program expenses

  • $130,000

    Boys & Girls Club of the Northern Plains · Brookings, SD · 2022

    Program expenses

  • $130,000

    Boys & Girls Club of the Northern Plains · Brookings, SD · 2021

    Program expenses

  • $100,000

    Teach for America - South Dakota · Mission, SD · 2024

    Program expenses

  • $100,000

    Brookings Area United Way · Brookings, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $100,000

    Brookings Behavioral Health & Wellness · Brookings, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $100,000

    Rural America Initiatives · Rapid City, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $100,000

    Teach for America - South Dakota · Mission, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $100,000

    Lakota Waldorf School · Kyle, SD · 2022

    Program expenses

  • $100,000

    Teach for America - South Dakota · Mission, SD · 2022

    Program expenses

  • $90,000

    South Dakota Network Against Family Violence & Sexual Assault · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024

    Program expenses

  • $90,000

    South Dakota Network Against Family Violence & Sexual Assault · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $80,000

    Working Against Violence · Rapid City, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $80,000

    South Dakota Network Against Family Violence & Sexual Assault · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022

    Program expenses

  • $78,000

    One Spirit · Rapid City, SD · 2024

    Program expenses

  • $75,000

    Oneheart · Rapid City, SD · 2024

    Program expenses

  • $75,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Rosebud · Mission, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $75,000

    Red Cloud Indian School · Pine Ridge, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $75,000

    Mitchell Area Safehouse · Mitchell, SD · 2022

    Program expenses

  • $75,000

    Oneheart · Rapid City, SD · 2022

    Program expenses

  • $75,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Rosebud · Mission, SD · 2021

    Program expenses

  • $60,000

    Dakotabilities · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024

    Program expenses

  • $60,000

    Working Against Violence · Rapid City, SD · 2024

    Program expenses

  • $60,000

    Working Against Violence · Rapid City, SD · 2022

    Program expenses

  • $60,000

    Working Against Violence · Rapid City, SD · 2021

    Program expenses

  • $50,000

    South Dakota Humanities Council · Brookings, SD · 2024

    Program expenses

  • $50,000

    Bishop Dudley Hospitality House · Flandreau, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $50,000

    Feeding South Dakota · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $50,000

    Aberdeen Family Ymca · Aberdeen, SD · 2022

    Program expenses

  • $50,000

    Center for Disaster Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2022

    Program expenses

  • $50,000

    Onespirit · Rapid City, SD · 2022

    Program expenses

  • $50,000

    Black Hills Playhouse · Custer, SD · 2021

    Program expenses

  • $49,000

    Friends of the Brookins Public Library · Brookings, SD · 2021

    Program expenses

  • $45,000

    Youth & Family Services · Rapid City, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $42,000

    Native American Community Board · Lake Andes, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $41,525

    Native American Community Board · Lake Andes, SD · 2022

    Program expenses

  • $40,000

    Call To Freedom · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024

    Program expenses

  • $40,000

    Native American Community Board · Lake Andes, SD · 2024

    Program expenses

  • $40,000

    Youth & Family Services · Rapid City, SD · 2024

    Program expenses

  • $40,000

    South Dakota Humanities Council · Brookings, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $40,000

    Southeast Pierre Community Center · Pierre, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $40,000

    Passages Women'S Transitional Living · Rapid City, SD · 2022

    Program expenses

  • $40,000

    South Dakota Humanities Council · Brookings, SD · 2022

    Program expenses

  • $40,000

    Youth & Family Services · Rapid City, SD · 2021

    Program expenses

  • $37,500

    Multi-Cultural Center of Sioux Falls · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022

    Program expenses

  • $35,000

    Cheyenne River Youth Project · Eagle Butte, SD · 2024

    Program expenses

  • $35,000

    Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024

    Program expenses

  • $35,000

    Rapid City Club for Boys · Rapid City, SD · 2022

    Program expenses

  • $33,500

    Red Cloud Renewable · Pine Ridge, SD · 2022

    Program expenses

  • $30,000

    East Central Casa Program · Brookings, SD · 2024

    Program expenses

  • $30,000

    Rapid City Club for Boys · Rapid City, SD · 2024

    Program expenses

  • $30,000

    The Banquet · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024

    Program expenses

  • $30,000

    Yankton Contact Center · Yankton, SD · 2024

    Program expenses

  • $30,000

    Cheyenne River Youth Project · Eagle Butte, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $30,000

    East Central Casa Program · Brookings, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $30,000

    First Peoples Fund · Rapid City, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $30,000

    Yankton Contact Center · Yankton, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $30,000

    Avera Behavioral Health of Brookings · Brookings, SD · 2022

    Program expenses

  • $25,000

    Brookings Backpack Project · Brookings, SD · 2024

    Program expenses

  • $25,000

    Volunteer Service Bank · Brookings, SD · 2024

    Program expenses

  • $25,000

    Sotera Youth & Family Services Collaborative · Pierre, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $25,000

    The Banquet · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $25,000

    East Central Casa Program · Brookings, SD · 2022

    Program expenses

  • $25,000

    Simply Smiles · Westport, CT · 2022

    Program expenses

  • $25,000

    Cheyenne River Youth Project · Eagle Butte, SD · 2021

    Program expenses

  • $25,000

    East Central Casa Program · Brookings, SD · 2021

    Program expenses

  • $20,590

    Furniture Mission · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022

    Program expenses

  • $20,000

    First Peoples Fund · Rapid City, SD · 2024

    Program expenses

  • $20,000

    Oceti Sakowin Community Academy · Rapid City, SD · 2024

    Program expenses

  • $20,000

    Brookings Domestic Abuse Shelter · Brookings, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $20,000

    Emily'S Hope · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $20,000

    Lakota Waldorf School · Kyle, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $20,000

    South Dakota Nonprofit Network · Fort Pierre, SD · 2022

    Program expenses

  • $20,000

    The Banquet · Sioux Falls, SD · 2021

    Program expenses

  • $20,000

    Volunteer Service Bank · Brookings, SD · 2021

    Program expenses

  • $18,000

    The Teddy Bear Den · Sioux Falls, SD · 2021

    Program expenses

  • $15,000

    Harmony South Dakota · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024

    Program expenses

  • $15,000

    The Wholeness Center · Flandreau, SD · 2024

    Program expenses

  • $15,000

    The Community Outreach · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $15,000

    Bishop Dudley Hospitality House · Flandreau, SD · 2021

    Program expenses

  • $14,000

    Native American Community Board · Lake Andes, SD · 2021

    Program expenses

  • $10,000

    American Cancer Society · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024

    Program expenses

  • $10,000

    American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2024

    Program expenses

  • $10,000

    The Domestic Violence Network · Madison, SD · 2024

    Program expenses

  • $10,000

    Veterans Community Project of Sious Falls · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    Program expenses

  • $10,000

    American Red Cross Serving Eastern South Dakota · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $10,000

    Brookings County Youth Mentoring Program · Brookings, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $10,000

    The Domestic Violence Network · Madison, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $10,000

    The Wholeness Center · Flandreau, SD · 2023

    Program expenses

  • $10,000

    American National Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2022

    Program expenses

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.