#428of 1,000 in 2025

The Lakota Fund Incorporated

Location
Kyle, South Dakota
Sector
Community improvement
Founded
1987
Website
lakotafunds.org
424%Three-year growth, FY2022 to FY2025
$8.3MFY2025 revenue
13Employees, FY2025
#21of 56 in Community improvement
#3of 3 in South Dakota

Revenue by fiscal year

FY2022: $1,576,781 $1.6M FY22 FY2023: $5,590,392 $5.6M FY23 FY2024: $11,039,173 $11.0M FY24 FY2025: $8,263,252 $8.3M FY25

We count pledges when the cash is received, not when they’re promised, so these numbers differ from The Lakota Fund Incorporated’s 990. How we count pledges

Where revenue came from, FY2025

Government grants
$4.7M · 56%
Gifts and grants
$2.2M · 26%
Program revenue
$1.3M · 16%
Other revenue
$92K · 1%
Total revenue on the 990
$8,006,642
Investment income
− $124,739
Pledge payments received this year, promised in an earlier year
+ $381,349
Revenue we count
$8,263,252

What it does

Promote economic sustainability and break the cycle of poverty by providing native people with access to the capital and financial services healthy communities need to flourish.

Lakota funds provides economic development through business loans, technical assistance, workforce development, and financial education on the pine ridge and rosebud reservations and surrounding area. Their lending has increased substantially in the last 7 years as evidenced by a 850% increase in loan portfolio growth, from 2.5m in 2018 to 23.8m in 2025.

Leadership

Tawney BrunschExecutive Di
Ellen White ThunderDeputy Direc
Lavonne RandallFinance Dire
Warren CrossVice Chair
Marla Thunder BullSecretary/TR

EIN 46-0421416 · Full filings on ProPublica

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