Experience Sioux Falls
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What it says it does
EXPERIENCE SIOUX FALLS WORKS WITH STRATEGIC PARTNERS TO MARKET SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, DEVELOP TOURISM, AND STRENGTHEN EVENTS PROVIDING POSITIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE SIOUX FALLS COMMUNITY.
- Income
- $3.9 million
- Spending
- $3.6 million
- Employees
- 41
- Volunteers
- 76
- Highest pay
- $191,039, ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 December 31, 2024, 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 December 31, 2024, 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)
- EXPERIENCE SIOUX FALLS, FORMERLY THE SIOUX FALLS CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU, IS FUNDED BY TWO SOURCES. WHEN THE ORGANIZATION WAS CREATED IN THE EARLY 70'S, THE CITY AGREED TO FUND THE GROUP THROUGH A 1% ROOM TAX PLUS 500,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND. THIS ROOM RAX WAS COLLECTED FROM ALL SIOUX FALLS HOTELS AND DIRECTED TO THE ORGANIZATION. IN 2011, A BID (BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT) WAS FORMED BY SIOUX FALLS HOTELS, IN COOPERATION WITH THE CITY OF SIOUX FALLS, TO FURTHER FUND EXPERIENCE SIOUX FALLS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REMAINING COMPETITIVE IN SALES AND MARKETING. THE BID BECAME EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY 1, 2011, VIA CITY ORDINANCE AND IS COLLECTED FROM ALL HOTELS WITH 40+ ROOMS IN THE CITY LIMITS OF SIOUX FALLS. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT THE 500,000 WAS NO LONGER PROVIDED TO EXPERIENCE SIOUX FALLS. EXPERIENCE SIOUX FALLS (ESF) - FORMERLY KNOWN AS CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU (CVB), EXISTS TO BRING VISITORS TO SIOUX FALLS TO CREATE ECONOMIC IMPACT THROUGHOUT THE CITY, I.E.: HOTEL ROOM TAX, SALES TAX, AND JOBS. IN 2024, ESF BOOKED 111 CONVENTIONS, MEETINGS, AND EVENTS INVOLVING 55,633 PEOPLE. ESF DISTRIBUTED 76,489 VISITOR GUIDES VIA MAIL, DIRECT MAIL, READER RESPONSE, DOWNLOADS, AND ONLINE VIEWS TO LEISURE TRAVELERS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, AS WELL AS DISTRIBUTED LOCALLY TO APPROXIMATELY 200 LOCATIONS IN SIOUX FALLS. IN 2024, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VISITORS TO SIOUX FALLS ESTIMATED BY ESF IS 1,117,647. ESF SERVICED 56 CONVENTIONS, MEETINGS AND EVENTS INVOLVING 187,767 PEOPLE. ESF PRINTS PUBLICATIONS SUCH AS SIOUX FALLS VISITOR GUIDE (130,000). ESF TRAVELS NATIONWIDE MAKING SALES CALLS AND BID PRESENTATIONS TO BRING NEW BUSINESS TO THE CITY. DIGITAL AND PRINT SALES AND MARKETING PROGRAMS ARE COMPLETED TO ADVERTISE THE CITY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THE VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER AT FALLS PARK IS ALSO MANAGED BY ESF. EXPERIENCE SIOUX FALLS, FORMERLY THE SIOUX FALLS CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU, IS FUNDED BY TWO SOURCES. WHEN THE ORGANIZATION WAS CREATED IN THE EARLY 70'S, THE CITY AGREED TO FUND THE GROUP THROUGH A 1% ROOM TAX PLUS 500,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND. THIS ROOM RAX WAS COLLECTED FROM ALL SIOUX FALLS HOTELS AND DIRECTED TO THE ORGANIZATION. IN 2011, A BID (BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT) WAS FORMED BY SIOUX FALLS HOTELS, IN COOPERATION WITH THE CITY OF SIOUX FALLS, TO FURTHER FUND EXPERIENCE SIOUX FALLS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REMAINING COMPETITIVE IN SALES AND MARKETING. THE BID BECAME EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY 1, 2011, VIA CITY ORDINANCE AND IS COLLECTED FROM ALL HOTELS WITH 40+ ROOMS IN THE CITY LIMITS OF SIOUX FALLS. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT THE 500,000 WAS NO LONGER PROVIDED TO EXPERIENCE SIOUX FALLS. EXPERIENCE SIOUX FALLS (ESF) - FORMERLY KNOWN AS CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU (CVB), EXISTS TO BRING VISITORS TO SIOUX FALLS TO CREATE ECONOMIC IMPACT THROUGHOUT THE CITY, I.E.: HOTEL ROOM TAX, SALES TAX, AND JOBS. IN 2024, ESF BOOKED 111 CONVENTIONS, MEETINGS, AND EVENTS INVOLVING 55,633 PEOPLE. ESF DISTRIBUTED 76,489 VISITOR GUIDES VIA MAIL, DIRECT MAIL, READER RESPONSE, DOWNLOADS, AND ONLINE VIEWS TO LEISURE TRAVELERS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, AS WELL AS DISTRIBUTED LOCALLY TO APPROXIMATELY 200 LOCATIONS IN SIOUX FALLS. IN 2024, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VISITORS TO SIOUX FALLS ESTIMATED BY ESF IS 1,117,647. ESF SERVICED 56 CONVENTIONS, MEETINGS AND EVENTS INVOLVING 187,767 PEOPLE. ESF PRINTS PUBLICATIONS SUCH AS SIOUX FALLS VISITOR GUIDE (130,000). ESF TRAVELS NATIONWIDE MAKING SALES CALLS AND BID PRESENTATIONS TO BRING NEW BUSINESS TO THE CITY. DIGITAL AND PRINT SALES AND MARKETING PROGRAMS ARE COMPLETED TO ADVERTISE THE CITY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THE VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER AT FALLS PARK IS ALSO MANAGED BY ESF.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 December 2024.
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 June 2022.
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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