Sheldon F Reese Foundation
Sioux Falls, SD · EIN 46-0358682. Reported 132 grants totalling $1,435,900 to 61 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Sheldon F Reese Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $6,000 and $13,500; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $54,070. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Visitation Center | Sioux Falls, SD | $60,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Call to Freedom Inc | Sioux Falls, SD | $59,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Sioux Falls Public Schools Education Foundation Dba Laura B Anderson Elemen | Sioux Falls, SD | $56,245 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Dysmas of South Dakota | Sioux Falls, SD | $51,680 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Sd Symphony Orchestra | Sioux Falls, SD | $51,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sculpture Walk | Sioux Falls, SD | $50,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Black Hills Playhouse | Rapid City, SD | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls, SD | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Community Outreach | Sioux Falls, SD | $49,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Family Connection | Sioux Falls, SD | $48,325 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Reach Literacy | Sioux Falls, SD | $46,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Youth and Family Services Inc | Rapid City, SD | $42,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Lutheran Social Services of Sd | Sioux Falls, SD | $41,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Bishop Dudley Hospitality House | Sioux Falls, SD | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Levitt at the Falls | Sioux Falls, SD | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Washington Pavilion | Sioux Falls, SD | $36,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Sioux Empire | Sioux Falls, SD | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Volunteers of America | Sioux Falls, SD | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Augustana University Associaion | Sioux Falls, SD | $32,400 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Children's Inn | Sioux Falls, SD | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dakotabilities | Sioux Falls, SD | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sioux Falls Hope Coalition | Sioux Falls, SD | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Promising Futures Fund (sioux Falls Area Community Foundation) | Sioux Falls, SD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hope Coalition | Red Wing, MN | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Black Hills Community Theatre | Rapid City, SD | $21,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cheyenne River Youth Project | Eagle Butte, SD | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Childrens Home Society | Sioux Falls, SD | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Friends of the Levitt Shell Sioux Falls Inc | Sioux Falls, SD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Great Plains Zoo and Aquarium | Sioux Falls, SD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Harmony South Dakota | Sioux Falls, SD | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| South Dakota Voices for Peace | Sioux Falls, SD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Teen Challenge of the Dakotas | Brookings, SD | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Avera Mckennan | Sioux Falls, SD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lost and Found Association | Sioux Falls, SD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Compass Center | Sioux Falls, SD | $13,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girl Scouts-Dakota Horizons | Sioux Falls, SD | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Prehistoric Indian Village | Mitchell, SD | $10,700 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Buddies and Co | Brandon, SD | $10,550 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Beacon Center | Watertown, SD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bethany Lutheran Home | Sioux Falls, SD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dakota Wesleyan University | Mitchell, SD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Feeding South Dakota | Sioux Falls, SD | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Glory House of Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls, SD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Junior Achievement of Sd | Sioux Falls, SD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Missouri Shores Domestic Violence Center | Pierre, SD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Orthopedic Institute Foundation | Sioux Falls, SD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sioux Falls School Dist Co | Sioux Falls, SD | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| South Dakota Symphony Orchestra | Sioux Falls, SD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Southeast Technical Institute Foundation | Sioux Falls, SD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Mammoth Site | Hot Springs, SD | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Red Cross Eastern South Dakota | Sioux Falls, SD | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation | Crazy Horse, SD | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sioux Falls Lutheran School | Sioux Falls, SD | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village Preservation Society | Mitchell, SD | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Sd | Sioux Falls, SD | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| South Dakota Youth Foundation Inc | Brookings, SD | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Great Plains Native Plant Society | Hermosa, SD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mccrossan Boys Ranch | Sioux Falls, SD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House of South Dakota | Sioux Falls, SD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Woody Williams Foundation | Louisville, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Black Hills Works Inc | Rapid City, SD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
33 of 61 (54%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 58%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Woody Williams Foundation
SIOUX FALLS AREA GOLD STAR FAMILIES MEMORIAL MONUMENT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 82 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | $235,075 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 27 | $261,750 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 27 | $292,175 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 25 | $301,000 | $10,000 |
| 2025 | 30 | $345,900 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
98% of its giving went to organizations in South Dakota. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in South Dakota.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Sheldon F Reese Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 89704, Sioux Falls, SD, 57109. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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