South Dakota Symphony Orchestra

Arts and culture
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
EIN 46-6017026
Tax-exempt since 1967

Firms paid: 5
Fees reported, 2017–2024: $478K
Fees reported in 2024: $298K
Most Recent Reported Revenue: $4.1M

Fundraising fees by year

Per Form 990 Schedule G

Firms paid in 2024

$298,419 to 1 fundraiser

Fundraisers South Dakota Symphony Orchestra paid in 2024, from Form 990 Schedule G
Fundraiser	Filed as	Fee
Abbey GroupFeasibility study and campaign consulting	Feasibility study and campaign consulting	$298,419

Also among its largest contractors in 2024

From Part VII-B of the return, which lists its five best-paid contractors of any kind paid over $100,000. These can repeat the lines above.

The Abbey Group LLCCapital campaignsCampaign fundraising$214,528

All firms paid

Fundraisers South Dakota Symphony Orchestra reported paying, all years
Fundraiser	Years	Total fees
Abbey Group	2024	$298,419
THE ABBEY GROUPCapital campaigns	2023	$78,100
Jon Limbacher	2017–2020 · 4 years	$50,967
Grace Sipusic	2017–2020 · 4 years	$50,966

Form 990 Snapshot

South Dakota Symphony Orchestra's Form 990 figures by year
Tax year	Revenue	Contributions	Fundraising expenses	Professional fundraising fees
2023	$4.1M	$3.2M	$361K	$78K
2022	$4.0M	$3.4M	$204K	$1K
2021	$3.2M	$2.5M	$179K	$4K
2020	$2.5M	$2.0M	$183K	$25K
2019	$2.2M	$1.6M	$130K	$29K
2018	$2.3M	$1.4M	$99K	$27K
2017	$2.1M	$1.4M	$97K	$25K

Fees are what South Dakota Symphony Orchestra reported on IRS Form 990. Nonprofits list only fundraisers paid $5,000 or more, and many book consultants under other expenses, so a nonprofit can have worked with firms that don't appear here. Last checked 2026-11-14.