How do I find funders for a food and agriculture nonprofit in South Dakota?

Start with the funders already giving to food and agriculture in South Dakota, currently Feeding America, The Bush Foundation, South Dakota Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the food and agriculture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into South Dakota from out of state.

How much grant money goes to food and agriculture in South Dakota?

$15M reached 29 food and agriculture organizations in South Dakota, from 122 funders. 31% 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 · Food and agriculture

Who funds food and agriculture in South Dakota

Funding is concentrated: Feeding South Dakota alone draws 50% of every food and agriculture grant dollar in South Dakota. South Dakota's food and agriculture organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 4 funders each.

$15M

granted

organizations

31%

from in-state

The short version

122 funders gave $15M to 29 food and agriculture organizations in South Dakota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
31% of that came from funders also based in South Dakota; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of food and agriculture in South Dakota is Feeding America, at $4M.
The food and agriculture organization drawing the most is Feeding South Dakota, at $8M.

Largest funders of food and agriculture in South Dakota

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

1Feeding America$4M 2The Bush Foundation$2M 3South Dakota Community Foundation$1M 4Sioux Falls Area Community$1M 5South Dakota Beef Industry Council Inc$670k 6WK Kellogg Foundation$600k 7Ndn Collective Inc$425k 8Northwest Area Foundation$360k 9Novo Foundation$350k 10United Way of the Black Hills$308k

Food and agriculture organizations in South Dakota that draw the most

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

Feeding South Dakota$8M Makoce Agriculture Development$5M

How to find food and agriculture funders in South Dakota

1
Start with the funders already active in South Dakota
The funders giving the most to food and agriculture in South Dakota are Feeding America, The Bush Foundation, South Dakota Community Foundation. A funder already writing food and agriculture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the food and agriculture 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
69% of food and agriculture money in South Dakota comes from funders elsewhere, so national food and agriculture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in South Dakota.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a food and agriculture nonprofit in South Dakota?: Start with the funders already giving to food and agriculture in South Dakota, currently Feeding America, The Bush Foundation, South Dakota Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the food and agriculture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into South Dakota from out of state.
Who is the largest food and agriculture funder in South Dakota?: Feeding America gives the most to food and agriculture organizations in South Dakota, $4M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to food and agriculture in South Dakota?: $15M reached 29 food and agriculture organizations in South Dakota, from 122 funders. 31% 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 regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; 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.