Open Foundations · South Dakota

Sheldon F Reese Foundation

Sioux Falls, South Dakota · EIN 460358682. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $346K across 30 grants in 2025, a median of $10K each.

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$346K
paid in 2025
30
grants paid
$10K
median grant
29%
to first-time recipients
$5.1M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
SHELDON F REESE FOUNDATION CO JOHN
Address
BOX 1428, SIOUX FALLS, SD, 571091010
Phone
6053361699
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
CONTACT ORGANIZATION FOR INFORMATION.
Submission deadline
NO SUBMISSION DEADLINES.
Restrictions on awards
NONE

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202640689349100724. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The filing states only a general purpose, with nothing specific enough to pull out as recurring language.

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 30 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1St Dysmas of South DakotaSD$25,000GENERAL ASSISTANCE
2Call to Freedom IncSD$24,000GENERAL ASSISTANCE
3Hope CoalitionMN$24,000GENERAL ASSISTANCE
4Augustana University AssociaionSD$21,400GENERAL ASSISTANCE
5Friends of the Levitt Shell Sioux Falls IncSD$20,000GENERAL ASSISTANCE
6Great Plains Zoo and AquariumSD$20,000GENERAL ASSISTANCE
7South Dakota Voices for PeaceSD$20,000GENERAL ASSISTANCE
8Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sioux FallsSD$15,000GENERAL ASSISTANCE
9Lutheran Social Services of SdSD$12,500GENERAL ASSISTANCE
10Beacon CenterSD$10,000GENERAL ASSISTANCE
11Black Hills PlayhouseSD$10,000GENERAL ASSISTANCE
12Boys and Girls Clubs of Sioux EmpireSD$10,000GENERAL ASSISTANCE
13Childrens Home SocietySD$10,000GENERAL ASSISTANCE
14Dakota Wesleyan UniversitySD$10,000GENERAL ASSISTANCE
15Family ConnectionSD$10,000GENERAL ASSISTANCE

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202025$301K
202123$235K
202227$262K
202327$292K
202425$301K
2025 (partial year)30$346K

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
South Dakota97%
Minnesota3%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Deborah OlsonSECRETARY · 2025
Gregg GohlDIRECTOR · 2025
John QuelloPRESIDENT · 2025
Vance GoldammerTREASURER · 2025
Virginia Pavelka LukeVICE-PRESIDENT · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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