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SOUTH DAKOTA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION

SOUTH DAKOTA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION (South Dakota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,500 to it, the largest being AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION ($10,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$3.4M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$11k
Net assets
$4.8M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What South Dakota Farm Bureau Federation does

Mission

Promote the interests of agricultural producers in the state of south dakota

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Unallocated expenses including employee costs, other programs and activities: sdfb serves 40 units of individual or combined counties. The organization provides support for the county units in work with local, state, and national agencies on issues relating to agriculture production. This includes regulatory review and compliance, carrying out sdfb policy, objectives and conflict resolution. The organization works to carry out grass root policies at the state legislature. The organization keeps membership informed on legislative issues that would have an effect on rural south dakota. Accomplishments are measured by membership growth and policy development as the organization continues to meet the needs of rural south dakota.

    $1,899,925 spentof which $17,900 as grants$2,980,267 earned by the program
    86% of program spending
  2. Direct expenses - workshops, convention and ag related committees: through these activivities the organization 1) provided informational activities to educate, energize and empower our rural membership 2) conducted leadership training 3) provided production and marketing information 4) provided regulatory compliance updates. The ag related committees provide a conduit for boots on the ground up to the research and development of production practices.

    $290,578 spent
    13% of program spending
  3. Direct expenses - subscription & membership promotion: the organization provides information and promotion to its membership and others through its print publication, website, social media and sponsorships of events. The organiztion supports county units promotion of its brand at local county events, whereby the county units tell agricultures story to the nonfarm consumer through voice media.

    $15,582 spent
    1% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,206,085.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.8M) Expenses 100 ($1.7M) Net assets 100 ($2.6M)2018 Revenue 89 ($1.6M) Expenses 99 ($1.7M) Net assets 96 ($2.5M)2019 Revenue 96 ($1.7M) Expenses 88 ($1.5M) Net assets 101 ($2.6M)2020 Revenue 97 ($1.7M) Expenses 91 ($1.6M) Net assets 105 ($2.7M)2021 Revenue 98 ($1.7M) Expenses 99 ($1.7M) Net assets 107 ($2.8M)2022 Revenue 123 ($2.2M) Expenses 128 ($2.2M) Net assets 103 ($2.7M)2023 Revenue 178 ($3.1M) Expenses 171 ($2.9M) Net assets 112 ($2.9M)2024 Revenue 191 ($3.4M) Expenses 155 ($2.7M) Net assets 144 ($3.7M)2025 Revenue 190 ($3.4M) Expenses 139 ($2.4M) Net assets 184 ($4.8M)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Revenue (190)Expenses (139)Net assets (184)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $4.1M to $5.0M (+23%).

$2.8M
$2.7M
$2.8M
$2.9M
$3.1M
$2.9M
$3.3M
$4.1M
$5.0M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 14% · 2018 8% · 2019 10% · 2020 8% · 2021 12% · 2022 8% · 2023 10% · 2024 9% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$48k
’17
−$144k
’18
$192k
’19
$141k
’20
$36k
’21
−$15k
’22
$213k
’23
$706k
’24
$969k
’25
7.0
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Listed141314151518151716
Joined·+3+7+5+0+6+4+6+3
No longer listed·46403744
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'20
'24*
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of SOUTH DAKOTA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

SOUTH DAKOTA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside South Dakota, across 1 state in all.

DC

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like SOUTH DAKOTA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION

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In South Dakota

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

93% of spending goes to programs.

Program 93%Management 6%Fundraising 1%

Governance

15
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds SOUTH DAKOTA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION?
SOUTH DAKOTA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION (South Dakota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,500 to it, the largest being AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION ($10,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SOUTH DAKOTA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,500 in grants to SOUTH DAKOTA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SOUTH DAKOTA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION?
AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SOUTH DAKOTA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Dakota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing