South Dakota Humanities Council

Analysis

South Dakota Humanities Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Brookings, SD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending October 2023, South Dakota Humanities Council reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.4m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2019 to October 2023, income grew from $728k to $1.4m (+94%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, South Dakota Humanities Council sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within SD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Monthly Review Foundation ($1.4m), The Sawtooth School for Visual Art ($1.4m) and Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending October 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% and program service revenue 1.3% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $443k. At year end it held assets of $2.8m against liabilities of $37k, net assets of $2.8m. It reported 11 employees.