Investing in South Dakota’s Future

The goal of SDCF is to make giving simple and effective by providing trustworthy guidance and investment management.

How The Giving Process Works

When you establish a fund at SDCF, the principal of your charitable donation is invested. Each year, a percentage of your fund’s value is made available for distribution through grants to charitable causes. As investment returns accumulate, the fund will continue to impact South Dakota forever. We put the power of endowment to work for good.

Where Your Donations Go

We work with you, your family and/or your financial advisor to make giving to causes you care about a seamless process. We offer a variety of fund types to meet your charitable goals. For example, you can designate specific charitable organizations, set up a scholarship for local students, support your local Community Savings Account or make a broad impact on culture, economic development, education or health and human services.

Who We Serve In Addition To Donors

Nonprofit Organizations

SDCF offers grant and endowment fund partnerships to our state’s nonprofits. Agency endowment funds create a long term funding source for the nonprofit’s mission. SDCF also offers grants to nonprofits supporting culture, economic development, education, financial literacy, health, human services and community based programs.

Communities

SDCF offers a fund type specifically for communities called Community Savings Accounts (CSA). A CSA will help support basic needs and enhance the quality of life within a community through grant awards to local nonprofits for years to come. Today, SDCF partners with 87 South Dakota communities and provides a sustainable funding source for charitable causes in their area.

Advisors

SDCF partners with professional advisors to help clients accomplish their charitable goals through planned giving.