A museum gallery with a large landscape painting in a gilt frame

Grant recipient EIN 20-3274586Arts and culture

Who funds Waitt Institute?

1 private foundation gave Waitt Institute in N Sioux City, SD $26.8 million across 7 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2024.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2024, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

7 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Waitt FoundationNorth Sioux City, SD 2024

    Ocean conservation

    $7,141,280
  2. Waitt FoundationNorth Sioux City, SD 2023

    Ocean conservation

    $6,200,000
  3. Waitt FoundationNorth Sioux City, SD 2022

    Ocean conservation

    $4,000,000
  4. Waitt FoundationNorth Sioux City, SD 2021

    Ocean conservation

    $4,400,000
  5. Waitt FoundationNorth Sioux City, SD 2020

    Ocean conservation

    $2,000,000
  6. Waitt FoundationNorth Sioux City, SD 2019

    Ocean conservation

    $1,500,000
  7. Waitt FoundationNorth Sioux City, SD 2018

    Ocean conservation

    $1,600,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other arts and culture organizations in South Dakota and are not among Waitt Institute’s funders above.

  1. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 275 grants Preselected only $20,098 to similar organizations
  2. First Interstate BancSystem Foundation IncBillings, MT 20 grants Accepts applications $44,190 to similar organizations
  3. The Bush FoundationSt Paul, MN 22 grants Accepts applications $1,590,700 to similar organizations
  4. Synchrony FoundationStamford, CT 16 grants Preselected only $4,980 to similar organizations
  5. Sheldon F Reese FoundationSioux Falls, SD 24 grants Accepts applications $183,750 to similar organizations
  6. The Mike Cindy and Kylie Huether Family FoundationSioux Falls, SD 16 grants Preselected only $28,037 to similar organizations
  7. Midcontinent FoundationMinneapolis, MN 14 grants Accepts applications $6,006 to similar organizations
  8. BNSF Railway FoundationFort Worth, TX 7 grants Accepts applications $43,650 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 20-3274586 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.