Perception mirrored reality, according to a CASE and National Association of College and University Business Officers study funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc. The average cost of 16 cents per dollar raised conforms closely to the common estimate that it costs 15 cents in staff and overhead costs to collect a dollar.
The Falls on the Big Sioux River, or Sioux Falls as it is known to some, is in the middle of Sioux Falls South Dakota. It is strange to see a waterfall in the Great Plains, but there it is. The falls are in Falls Park, which will be marked on any map of the city. It seems to be a popular place to spend an evening.
Sioux Falls is there, but the rest of South Dakota, and huge parts of the Big Sioux river basin, are farm ground, ranches and pasture.â Agriculture as we know it did not exist in the Upper Plains when European explorers first established contact with the Big Sioux over 300 years ago.