Sioux Falls Thrive INC

Not tax-deductible

Sioux Falls, SD501(c)(4)Since 2017Human ServicesEIN 81-4491870Revenue $475K in FY2025

On file with the IRSsiouxfallsthrive.org2601 S Minnesota Ave Ste 105 Pmb170, 57105-4750 · Sioux Falls, SDTax-exempt since Aug 2017

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Sioux Falls Thrive was originally created as the community cradle-to-career workforce development initiative in 2017 by a group of local leaders. Thrive is identified as a proven collaborator in finding sustainable solutions that ensure Sioux Falls children succeed. As a volunteer-based organization, Thrive harnesses the power of Collective Impact by bringing existing community resources together to work collaboratively. Thrive facilitates the work of collaborative teams and encourages these community leaders to think innovatively to solve the issues that they are so passionate about.

88¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 50 volunteers and 5 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(4)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $61K a year · 13% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
88%
of spending
Looks good: 88% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Named funders
2
named funders · $475K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$475K
-33% vs prior year
Spent
$828K
To programs
88%
Net assets
$0
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$475K
FY2025▼ -33%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$392K
FY2022$307K
FY2023$522K
FY2024$710K
FY2025$475K
Expenses
$828K
FY2025▲ +21%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$357K
FY2022$344K
FY2023$498K
FY2024$686K
FY2025$828K
Net assets
$0
FY2025▼ -100%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$134K
FY2022$329K
FY2023$353K
FY2024$378K
FY2025$0

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending September 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 2017.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

88 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 88% · $726K Management & general 11% · $89K Fundraising 1% · $12K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

12 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Michelle Erpenbach’s $110K as Executive Director is at the 90th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Michelle Erpenbach$109,851$104,790$101,465$81,503

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Unites community leaders to remove barriers and create opportunities for children's success.

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2 programs · $726K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

SF Thrive has developed the Eat Well Sioux Falls Mobile Market - a grocery store on wheels taking healthy, affordable food into some of the most vulnerable neighborhoods in Sioux Falls. As the first of its kind in South Dakota, the Mobile Market has acted as a test case that will provide reliable foundational data and experience to…

$461Kprogram expense
02

SF Thrive's core functions are to provide technical support & solution-finding facilitation to collaborative groups working in three specific areas of need: affordable housing, out-of-school time, & food security.

$265Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$475K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$475K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$405K
Other incomeLn 4–11$70K
Money outPt IX
$828K
Ln 25
Programscol B$726K
Managementcol C$89K
Fundraisingcol D$12K
Owns and owesPt X
$0
net assets · Ln 32
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$405K
Government grantsLn 1e$20K
Other incomeLn 4–11$70K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$475K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$0
SavingsLn 2$0
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$0
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
VolunteersI 650
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$66K$0
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$184K$0
Total assetsLn 16$460K$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$82K$0
Net assetsLn 32$378K$0
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$291K$268K$12K$11K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$812$748$33$31
Payroll taxesLn 10$25K$23K$989$946
Management feesLn 11a$35K$35K
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$40K$4K$36K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$159K$159K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$4K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$9K$9K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$17K$17K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$2K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$33K$33K
InsuranceLn 23$10K$6K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$197K$197K
All other expensesLn 24e$7K$7K
Total functional expensesLn 25$828K$726K$89K$12K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $475K$828K−$352K$0 990 PDF
FY2024 $710K$686K$24K$378K 990 PDF
FY2023 $522K$498K$24K$353K 990 PDF
FY2022 $307K$344K−$37K$329K 990 PDF
FY2021 $392K$357K$35K$134K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $475,185 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $703,117$404,998
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $6,915$70,187
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $710,032$475,185
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $392,992$316,002
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $292,571$511,517
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $685,563$827,519
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $24,469−$352,334
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $475,185 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $3,551 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$20,500
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$384,498
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$404,998
VIII-3 Investment income$0
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $325 · Excluded from tax $66,311$66,636
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $3,876 · Excluded from tax $66,311$475,185
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $827,519 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $267,739 · Management $11,719 · Fundraising $11,207$290,665
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $748 · Management $33 · Fundraising $31$812
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $22,590 · Management $989 · Fundraising $946$24,525
IX-11a Management feesManagement $34,778$34,778
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $4,047 · Management $35,850$39,897
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $159,148$159,148
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,003$4,003
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $8,508$8,508
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $16,740$16,740
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $1,824$1,824
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $33,325$33,325
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $6,180 · Management $3,646$9,826
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $196,930$196,930
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $6,538$6,538
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $726,496 · Management $88,839 · Fundraising $12,184$827,519
Part X · Balance sheet $0 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $66,454$0
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $82,427$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $7,735$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $6,334$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $183,740$0
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $112,843$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $459,533$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $81,738$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $377,795$0
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $459,533$0
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $0 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$475,185
XI-2 Total expenses$827,519
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$352,334
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$377,795
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$25,461
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$0

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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