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SOUTH DAKOTA FFA FOUNDATION INC

SOUTH DAKOTA FFA FOUNDATION INC (South Dakota) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $270,351 to it, the largest being THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ($87,561). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$1.1M
Funders on record
13
Grants received
$270k
Net assets
$1.8M
9/13 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01What it does

What South Dakota FFA Foundation Inc does

Mission

To prepare and support individuals for careers, build awareness and develop leadership for the food, fiber, and natural resources

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. To provide an avenue of funding which will stimulate, promote and support the best interests of ffa students; to create an awareness of agriculture careers, agri-business opportunities and the needs of a growing and diversified industry.

    $613,848 spentof which $445,636 as grants$39,323 earned by the program
    67% of program spending
  2. To provide an avenue of funding which will stimulate, promote and support the best interests of ffa students; to create an awareness of agriculture careers, agri-business opportunities and the needs of a growing and diversified industry.

    $297,672 spentof which $140,010 as grants
    33% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $911,520.

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 ($419k) Expenses 100 ($341k) Net assets 100 ($706k)2018 Revenue 106 ($444k) Expenses 126 ($429k) Net assets 105 ($744k)2019 Revenue 104 ($435k) Expenses 109 ($371k) Net assets 115 ($811k)2020 Revenue 110 ($462k) Expenses 104 ($357k) Net assets 132 ($930k)2021 Revenue 143 ($597k) Expenses 113 ($387k) Net assets 169 ($1.2M)2022 Revenue 153 ($639k) Expenses 150 ($514k) Net assets 175 ($1.2M)2023 Revenue 154 ($645k) Expenses 167 ($571k) Net assets 202 ($1.4M)2024 Revenue 200 ($836k) Expenses 194 ($662k) Net assets 232 ($1.6M)2025 Revenue 272 ($1.1M) Expenses 282 ($964k) Net assets 248 ($1.8M)
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Revenue (272)Expenses (282)Net assets (248)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $930k to $1.2M (+28%).

$706k
$744k
$811k
$930k
$1.2M
$1.2M
$1.4M
$1.6M
$1.8M
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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

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$77k
’17
$15k
’18
$64k
’19
$106k
’20
$210k
’21
$125k
’22
$74k
’23
$174k
’24
$173k
’25
4.1
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.

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Listed202122232121202222
Joined·+5+11+4+10+0+0+12+3
No longer listed·41031201103
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $8k → $48k.

5 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of SOUTH DAKOTA FFA FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 12 of 13 funders by total. 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.

How concentrated its funding is

SOUTH DAKOTA FFA FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

72% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund SOUTH DAKOTA FFA FOUNDATION INC.

32%
largest funder
68%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 98% · 2019 75% · 2020 41% · 2021 43% · 2022 24% · 2023 69% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.

How long its funders stay

29% of SOUTH DAKOTA FFA FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

52% of SOUTH DAKOTA FFA FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $130k that is directly attributable, 89% of it comes from funders outside South Dakota, across 6 states.

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ND
MN
SD
IN
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’20
’21
’22
’23
South Dakota out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $141k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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 FFA FOUNDATION INC

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In South Dakota

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

95% of spending goes to programs.

Program 95%Management 5%Fundraising 0%

Governance

22
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds SOUTH DAKOTA FFA FOUNDATION INC?
SOUTH DAKOTA FFA FOUNDATION INC (South Dakota) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $270,351 to it, the largest being THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ($87,561). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does SOUTH DAKOTA FFA FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $270,351 in grants to SOUTH DAKOTA FFA FOUNDATION INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SOUTH DAKOTA FFA FOUNDATION INC?
THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $87,561 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SOUTH DAKOTA FFA FOUNDATION INC 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 13 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing