Open Foundations · South Dakota

Salt of the Earth

Sioux Falls, South Dakota · EIN 460434804. 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 $420K across 8 grants in 2024, a median of $35K each.

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$420K
paid in 2024
8
grants paid
$35K
median grant
0%
to first-time recipients
$4.6M
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
LORRIE SCHWAN-OKERLUND
Address
48035 RIVERSIDE PLACE, SIOUX FALLS, SD, 57108
Phone
6053661998
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
LETTER
Submission deadline
TO BE ESTABLISHED.
Restrictions on awards
TO BE ESTABLISHED.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202600139349101100. 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 words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

christian

Biggest grants in 2024

All 8 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1World Hope International IncGA$150,000WORLD HOPE INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN WITNESS FUND
2Linwood Wesleyan ChurchSD$100,000SUPPORT AFRICA WESLEYAN CHURCH
3Christian Solidarity International IncCA$50,000CHRISTIAN SLAVE RELEASE PROGRAM
4Hillsdale CollegeMI$50,000K-12 EDUCATION
5Amazing DiscoveriesWA$20,000CHRISTIAN EDUCATION IN CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS
6Kingdom Workers Foster Support ProgramWI$20,000FOSTER CARE PROGRAMS
7Voice of the Martyrs IncOK$20,000CHRISTIAN RESCUE AND SUPPORT SERVICES
8University of Northwestern-st PaulMN$10,000CONTEMPORARY MUSIC AND TALK SHOW PROGRAMMING

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
201917$219K
202015$400K
202110$355K
202211$330K
20235$380K
20248$420K

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Georgia13%
South Dakota13%
California13%
Michigan13%
Washington13%

Who decides

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

Elizabeth RezekSEC/DIRECTOR · 2024
Lorrie Schwan-okerlundPRES/DIRECTOR · 2024
Megan OkerlundTREAS/DIRECTOR · 2024
Molly OkerlundVP/DIRECTOR · 2024

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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