Sammons Financial Group Donates $200,000 to Sioux Falls Charities for Giving Tuesday

Sioux Falls, S.D. – December 2, 2025 – Today, Sammons^® Financial Group, Inc. announces a special Giving Tuesday donation. Thirty nonprofits serving the greater Sioux Falls area will receive funding totaling $200,000.

This year’s selection focuses on organizations in the Sioux Falls community that employees are passionate about. The contributions are focused on emerging community needs, including food insecurity in the Sioux Falls area.

“At Sammons Financial Group, we believe neighbors help neighbors,” said Katie Bartling, Chief People Officer and Sioux Falls site leader at Sammons Financial Group. “We’re honored to stand with local organizations who make the holidays warmer for those facing a tough year.”

The following organizations will receive a portion of the $200,000 donation:

• Abbott House
• Alzheimer’s Association
• American Heart Association
• American Red Cross
• Banquet
• B-Squad
• CASA
• Center of Hope
• Dakota Relays- Howard Wood
• Downtown Sioux Falls
• EmBe
• Family Visitation Center
• Feeding South Dakota
• Great Plains Zoo
• Helpline Center
• Junior Achievement
• Leadership SD
• Leif Ericson/YMCA
• Lifescape
• Lunch is Served
• Moving Assistance Program
• Necessity for Neighbors
• Owen's Outfitters (part of The Legacy Foundation)
• REACH Literacy
• SD Special Olympics
• Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation
• St. Francis House
• The Community Outreach
• Veterans Community Project
• Volunteers of America

The Giving Tuesday donation is in addition to $195,000 that was distributed In October as part of the employee-led Community Impact Challenge. In total, Sammons Financial Group will contribute more than $1 million to South Dakota nonprofit organizations this year. Sioux Falls is home to more than 500 on-site and remote Sammons Financial employees.

“We’re grateful to the local nonprofits leading this work on the ground,” added Bartling. “Their expertise, reach, and commitment make a real difference for neighbors this Giving Tuesday and beyond.”

About Sammons® Financial Group, Inc.

Sammons Financial Group helps families and businesses by empowering futures and changing lives. Sammons Financial Group is employee owned with member companies that are among the most enduring and stable in the financial services industry. Our member companies include Midland National^® Life Insurance Company (including Sammons® Corporate Markets); North American Company for Life and Health Insurance^®; Sammons Institutional Group® (including Midland Retirement Distributors® and  Sammons Retirement Solutions^®) and Sammons Wealth Management Group. Committed to our communities, Sammons Financial Group is Midwest-based, with offices in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, and South Dakota.

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