South Dakota Stories and Data

Building a Stronger Community
Chasing Dandelions brings Play Therapy to Aberdeen
A New Lease on Life
Makoche Clothing Company

Thank you to our partners at Inclusive and CDBA for sharing data on CDFI Bank and CDFI Credit Union branch locations. In addition, about 100 of our CDFI Stories come from OFN’s story database.

CDFI Investment Map

Mapped CDFI investment data (2005-2023), via the CDFI Coalition's partnership with CDFI Friendly America.

CDFI Advocacy App

Want more state data? Check out CDFI Friendly America's mobile-friendly CDFI Advocacy App for impacts from 2005-2023.

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CDFI are critical in our outline areas. The focus areas and collaborative efforts with tribal members continue to be a success.

Eric Shepherd, Sisseton Wahpeton Housing Authority, Sisseton, SD

We are a nonprofit Chamber of Commerce that does microlending for small businesses. We work with a CDFI bank and are trying to get CDFI certification.

Immanuel Bassey, South Dakota Black Chamber of Commerce, Sioux Falls, SD

[The CDFI Fund] provides a vital funding source which enables our organization to sustain and start-up businesses in our rural SD communities. Without that support, our rural communities would die because there would be nothing to keep our young families in the communities. The opportunities they need for their careers would be gone.

Craig J. Carson, GrowSD, Sisseton, SD

CDFIs provide much-needed assistance to individuals and businesses in the state of South Dakota.

Maureen Nelson, GROW South Dakota, Sisseton, SD