How do I find funders for a animals nonprofit in South Dakota?

Start with the funders already giving to animals in South Dakota, currently McCrossan Boys Ranch, Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc, Sfs Foundation. Then look at who funds the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into South Dakota from out of state.

Who is the largest animals funder in South Dakota?

McCrossan Boys Ranch gives the most to animals organizations in South Dakota, $7M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to animals in South Dakota?

$29M reached 56 animals organizations in South Dakota, from 187 funders. 71% came from funders also based in South Dakota.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · South Dakota · Animals

Who funds animals in South Dakota

$29M reached 56 animals organizations in South Dakota, from 187 funders, with no single one dominating.

$29M

granted

organizations

71%

from in-state

The short version

187 funders gave $29M to 56 animals organizations in South Dakota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
71% of that came from funders also based in South Dakota; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of animals in South Dakota is McCrossan Boys Ranch, at $7M.
The animals organization drawing the most is Sioux Falls Zoo & Aquarium, at $10M.

Largest funders of animals in South Dakota

The funders giving the most to animals organizations in South Dakota, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1McCrossan Boys Ranch$7M 2Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc$5M 3Sfs Foundation$2M 4Butterfly House & Aquarium Inc$1M 5Black Hills Animal Ally Foundation$842k 6The Robert and Rita Elmen Foundation$836k 7The Chicago Community Trust$805k 8Black Hills Area Community Foundation$785k 9The Ark Watch Foundation$770k 10Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$671k

Animals organizations in South Dakota that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

Sioux Falls Zoo & Aquarium$10M McCrossan Foundation Inc$7M

46 other animals organizations$3M

Tanka Fund$3M Institute of the Range & the American Mustang$2M

How to find animals funders in South Dakota

1
Start with the funders already active in South Dakota
The funders giving the most to animals in South Dakota are McCrossan Boys Ranch, Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc, Sfs Foundation. A funder already writing animals checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
29% of animals money in South Dakota comes from funders elsewhere, so national animals funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in South Dakota.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a animals nonprofit in South Dakota?: Start with the funders already giving to animals in South Dakota, currently McCrossan Boys Ranch, Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc, Sfs Foundation. Then look at who funds the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into South Dakota from out of state.
Who is the largest animals funder in South Dakota?: McCrossan Boys Ranch gives the most to animals organizations in South Dakota, $7M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to animals in South Dakota?: $29M reached 56 animals organizations in South Dakota, from 187 funders. 71% came from funders also based in South Dakota.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The endowment market

who holds foundation money, and what just moved

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.