South Dakota Health Care Association
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What it says it does
TO PROVIDE EXCELLENCE IN SUPPORT SERVICES TO ALL SOUTH DAKOTA LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES. TO FULFILL THIS MISSION, THE SOUTH DAKOTA HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION PROVIDES DEMONSTRATED LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATION, INFORMATION, NETWORKING PARTNERSHIPS, AND INFLUENCES SOUND REGULATORY POLICIES AND LEGISLATION. THE ASSOCIATION IS COMMITTED TO THE WELL-BEING OF THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED, AND SERVES AS AN ADVOCATE FOR SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES, ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES, AND SENIOR LIVING.
- Income
- $1.4 million
- Spending
- $1.2 million
- Employees
- 4
- Volunteers
- 25
- Highest pay
- $301,705, executive di
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- THE SOUTH DAKOTA HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION (SDHCA) IS THE LEADING TRADE ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING LONG TERM CARE ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING SKILLED NURSING CARE, ASSISTED LIVING, AND CONGREGATE LIVING THROUGHOUT SOUTH DAKOTA. MEMBERS INCLUDE BOTH NOT-FOR-PROFIT AND PROPRIETARY PROVIDERS. OUR MEMBERSHIP ALSO ENCOMPASSES MULTI-FACILITY CHAINS AND INDEPENDENTLY OWNED FACILITIES. THE SOUTH DAKOTA HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION WAS FOUNDED IN 1951 AS A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION BRINGING TOGETHER CONCERNED PROVIDERS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LONG TERM CARE. THE SDHCA IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ASSISTED LIVING (NCAL) AND THE AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION (AHCA), WHICH IS THE LARGEST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING LONG TERM CARE PROVIDERS. ADVOCACY - SDHCA SERVES AS A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR LONG TERM CARE PROVIDERS IN SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS ADVOCACY INCLUDES EFFECTIVE LOBBYING AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE, REPRESENTATION OF OUR MEMBERS BEFORE REGULATORS, AND MAINTAINING A STRONG PRESENCE IN WASHINGTON THROUGH AHCA. BECAUSE WE ONLY REPRESENT LONG TERM CARE ORGANIZATIONS, OUR ADVOCACY IS CREDIBLE AND EFFECTIVE. COMMUNICATION - LONG TERM CARE IS AN INCREASINGLY REGULATED AND FAST CHANGING INDUSTRY. FEW PROVIDERS HAVE THE TIME TO KEEP UP WITH THESE CHANGES. SDHCA MEMBERS RECEIVE CONCISE AND TIMELY REPORTS OF IMPORTANT INFORMATION AFFECTING THEIR INDUSTRY. MEMBERS RECEIVE WEEKLY SUMMARIES OF EVENTS DURING THE SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATIVE SESSION. IN ADDITION, THEY RECEIVE MONTHLY NEWSLETTERS AND UPDATES ON FAST BREAKING CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS. PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION - SDHCA SPONSORS THREE MAJOR EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS ANNUALLY ALONG WITH OTHER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS OFFERED BY THE SDHCA ARE TARGETED SPECIFICALLY FOR LONG TERM CARE PROVIDERS AND FEATURE NATIONALLY KNOWN SPEAKERS AND UP TO THE MINUTE TOPICS. SPECIAL PROGRAMS ARE ALSO OFFERED FOR THE VARIOUS PROFESSIONAL CARE PROVIDERS AND ARE DESIGNED WITH THEIR INPUT. AS AN SDHCA MEMBER, YOUR FACILITY STAFF RECEIVES DISCOUNTED REGISTRATION AND PRIORITY ADMISSION. INNOVATION - SDHCA IS PROUD OF ITS SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC RELATION CAMPAIGN THAT HAS IMPROVED BOTH THE IMAGE OF AGING AND PARTICULARLY LONG TERM CARE PROVIDERS. AS PART OF THIS CAMPAIGN, A CLUB WAS DEVELOPED TO HONOR THE STATE'S CENTENARIANS THROUGH A PROGRAM CALLED THE CENTURY CLUB. IN ADDITION, A DAKOTA MASTERWORKS ART SHOW IS AVAILABLE TO ALL SOUTH DAKOTA SENIORS. THESE PROGRAMS HAVE GENERATED VERY POSITIVE RESULTS IN COMMUNITIES STATEWIDE. THE SOUTH DAKOTA HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION (SDHCA) IS THE LEADING TRADE ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING LONG TERM CARE ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING SKILLED NURSING CARE, ASSISTED LIVING, AND CONGREGATE LIVING THROUGHOUT SOUTH DAKOTA. MEMBERS INCLUDE BOTH NOT-FOR-PROFIT AND PROPRIETARY PROVIDERS. OUR MEMBERSHIP ALSO ENCOMPASSES MULTI-FACILITY CHAINS AND INDEPENDENTLY OWNED FACILITIES. THE SOUTH DAKOTA HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION WAS FOUNDED IN 1951 AS A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION BRINGING TOGETHER CONCERNED PROVIDERS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LONG TERM CARE. THE SDHCA IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ASSISTED LIVING (NCAL) AND THE AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION (AHCA), WHICH IS THE LARGEST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING LONG TERM CARE PROVIDERS. ADVOCACY - SDHCA SERVES AS A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR LONG TERM CARE PROVIDERS IN SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS ADVOCACY INCLUDES EFFECTIVE LOBBYING AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE, REPRESENTATION OF OUR MEMBERS BEFORE REGULATORS, AND MAINTAINING A STRONG PRESENCE IN WASHINGTON THROUGH AHCA. BECAUSE WE ONLY REPRESENT LONG TERM CARE ORGANIZATIONS, OUR ADVOCACY IS CREDIBLE AND EFFECTIVE. COMMUNICATION - LONG TERM CARE IS AN INCREASINGLY REGULATED AND FAST CHANGING INDUSTRY. FEW PROVIDERS HAVE THE TIME TO KEEP UP WITH THESE CHANGES. SDHCA MEMBERS RECEIVE CONCISE AND TIMELY REPORTS OF IMPORTANT INFORMATION AFFECTING THEIR INDUSTRY. MEMBERS RECEIVE WEEKLY SUMMARIES OF EVENTS DURING THE SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATIVE SESSION. IN ADDITION, THEY RECEIVE MONTHLY NEWSLETTERS AND UPDATES ON FAST BREAKING CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS. PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION - SDHCA SPONSORS THREE MAJOR EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS ANNUALLY ALONG WITH OTHER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS OFFERED BY THE SDHCA ARE TARGETED SPECIFICALLY FOR LONG TERM CARE PROVIDERS AND FEATURE NATIONALLY KNOWN SPEAKERS AND UP TO THE MINUTE TOPICS. SPECIAL PROGRAMS ARE ALSO OFFERED FOR THE VARIOUS PROFESSIONAL CARE PROVIDERS AND ARE DESIGNED WITH THEIR INPUT. AS AN SDHCA MEMBER, YOUR FACILITY STAFF RECEIVES DISCOUNTED REGISTRATION AND PRIORITY ADMISSION. INNOVATION - SDHCA IS PROUD OF ITS SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC RELATION CAMPAIGN THAT HAS IMPROVED BOTH THE IMAGE OF AGING AND PARTICULARLY LONG TERM CARE PROVIDERS. AS PART OF THIS CAMPAIGN, A CLUB WAS DEVELOPED TO HONOR THE STATE'S CENTENARIANS THROUGH A PROGRAM CALLED THE CENTURY CLUB. IN ADDITION, A DAKOTA MASTERWORKS ART SHOW IS AVAILABLE TO ALL SOUTH DAKOTA SENIORS. THESE PROGRAMS HAVE GENERATED VERY POSITIVE RESULTS IN COMMUNITIES STATEWIDE.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(6) business league.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(6) business league as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since October 1972.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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