South Dakota State University Foundation

The South Dakota State University Foundation is an independent 501(c)3) non-profit organization committed to the advancement of South Dakota State University. The Foundation was created in 1946, largely inspired by the need to supply funding for an invention by Professor E. L. Erickson. The Foundation raises and administers scholarship funds that benefit more than 4, 500 students, and spearheads private fundraising campaigns for multimillion-dollar capital projects, including the state-of-the-art Avera Health and Science Center.