Grants awarded
Who does Larson Foundation fund?
Larson Foundation has awarded $22 million across 158 grants to 97 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in human services. Its typical grant is $30,000, with most between $10,000 and $75,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $37,500 versus $27,500 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$21.9M
Typical grant
$30K
Grantees
97
Grants
158
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S South Dakota State University | $12.8M | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$1.1M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SD | |
| C Childrens Home Society | $1.0M | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| R Red Cloud Indian School | $775K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | SD | |
Boys & Girls Club of the Northern Plains INC
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$440K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | SD | |
| T Teach for America - South Dakota | $300K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Oneheart
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$300K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | SD | |
South Dakota Network Against Family Violence & Sexual Assault
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$260K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | SD | |
| W Working Against Violence INC | $260K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $250K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Brookings Area United Way
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$232K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | SD | |
Boys and Girls Club of Rosebud
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$225K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | SD | |
| L Lakota Waldorf School | $220K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T Teach for America - SD | $200K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| S SD Network Against Family Violence & Sexual Assault | $145K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Native American Community Board
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$138K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | SD | |
| B Boys and Girls Club N Plains | $130K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| S South Dakota Humanities Council | $130K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | SD | |
| Y Youth & Family Services INC | $125K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$115K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SD | |
| M Mitchell Area Safehouse | $115K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | SD | — |
| E East Central Casa Program | $110K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Rural America Initiatives
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$100K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | SD | |
| B Brookings Behavioral Health & Wellness | $100K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Rapid City Club for Boys INC
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$95K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SD | |
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$90K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SD | |
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$75K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | SD | |
| T The Banquet | $75K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
First Peoples Fund
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$70K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SD | |
| I Individual recipient | $65K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| Y Yankton Contact Center | $60K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Dakotabilities
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$60K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | SD | |
| W Wholeness Center | $55K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SD | |
Volunteer Service Bank
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$55K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SD | |
The Black Hills Playhouse INC
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$50K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | SD | |
Feeding South Dakota
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$50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | SD | |
| M Multi-Cultural Center | $50K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Aberdeen Family YMCA
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$50K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | SD | |
Center for Disaster Philanthropy INC
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$50K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | DC | |
| O Onespirit | $50K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S Sioux Falls Multicultural Center | $50K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| F Friends of the Brookins Public Library | $49K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| Y Youth & Family Services | $43K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| S SD Humanities Council | $40K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $40K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$40K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | SD | |
Call to Freedom INC
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$40K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | SD | |
| S Southeast Pierre Community Center | $40K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| M Multi-Cultural Center of Sioux Falls | $38K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Harmony South Dakota INC
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$35K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SD | |
| B Brookings Backpack Project | $35K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$35K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | SD | |
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$34K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | SD | |
| I Individual recipient | $31K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| A Avera Behavioral Health of Brookings | $30K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| N Native Am Community Board | $30K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| B Brookings Salvation Army | $30K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| W Wavi | $30K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CT | |
| S Sotera Youth & Family Services Collaborative | $25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | SD | |
| I Individual recipient | $21K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| D Domestic Violence Network INC | $20K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | SD | |
| A American Red Cross | $20K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$20K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | SD | |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Oceti Sakowin Community Academy
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$20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | SD | |
| S South Dakota Nonprofit Network | $20K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | SD | |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| A Accelerate | $19K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Teddy Bear Den
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$18K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | SD | |
| T The Community Outreach | $15K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| F Furniture Mission of SD | $14K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| A American Cancer Society | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| S Special Olympics South Dakata INC | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A American National Red Cross | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| V Veterans Community Project of Sious Falls | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Sioux Falls Public Schools | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| A American Red Cross Serving Eastern South Dakota | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| V Vermillion Food Pantry | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Black Hills Works INC
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$9K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | SD | |
| A Avera Medical Group | $8K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$8K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | SD | |
| S Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues | $8K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| L Lower Brule Research Institute | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| P Pine Rodge Girls School | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | SD | |
| H Horsepower | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | SD | |
| K Kelly McGeough Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | SD | |
| C Campbell County Christian | $3K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | SD | |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| L Lake Mills Community School | $1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| L Lake Mills School | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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