Why Work With Us

Why the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation?

For more than 40 years, the Community Foundation has been a catalyst for good. We have deep community roots, and a compassionate understanding of our community's strengths and challenges. 

We offer a variety of options to help people, families and businesses who want to be active, purposeful philanthropists. 

Let us help you shape the future of Sioux Falls through generosity. 

Making giving simple

• Our philanthropic experts bring strategy, insight and structure to your giving.
• We learn about your passions and interests, and we offer a suite of fund options so you can invest where you care the most. 

Deep community knowledge

• We understand our local nonprofit landscape, ensuring your grants/fund distributions are made to well-run nonprofits doing important work in our community.  
• Our Community Investment team is dedicated to working with local nonprofits, schools and important causes to assess critical needs and explore areas of opportunity.
• Read stories about our donors and local nonprofits.

Smarter ways to give

• We partner with professional advisors to help create the most effective charitable giving strategy for you.
• We invest and steward your gift to amplify your generosity and create an even greater impact.
• We offer maximum tax advantages for most gifts under state and federal law.

Flexible giving options

• Our Donor Advised Funds are easy, low-cost alternatives to private foundations, offering advantages like no annual payout requirement and no administrative burdens, while providing greater tax benefits and valuable protections thanks to our rigorous compliance oversight and donor privacy provisions.
• Our funds allow you to be personally involved in your grant-making.
• Leverage the benefits that come from investing with more than 1,000 other component funds, in the company of more than $350 million in assets.
• You can donate diverse types of assets such as appreciated stock or other securities, real estate, grain or other commodities, qualified retirement plans, life insurance policies and more.
• See our Charitable Fund Options.

Customized services for families and businesses

Our Customized Philanthropic Services include a suite of enhanced services supporting generous people like you in your giving. We work with individuals, families and companies to have meaningful conversations, clarify mission and values and develop a clear strategy to achieve charitable goals. 

The Community Foundation is uniquely positioned to offer:

• Expert guidance
• Deep engagement
• Local nonprofit expertise

Our philanthropic team members are Chartered Advisors in Philanthropy, maintaining an in-depth knowledge of the philanthropic process, and are 21/64 Certified Advisors, committed to multi-generational philanthropy with an emphasis on facilitating conversations around values, vision, identity and legacy.

Call Mary Kolsrud at 605-336-7055 to learn about our customized services.