South Dakota · Nonprofit
VFW DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH DAKOTA
VFW DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH DAKOTA (South Dakota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $322,371 to it, the largest being Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States ($322,371). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $256k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $322k
- Net assets
- $678k
What VFW Department of South Dakota does
Mission
Vfw was established to assist veterans. Our mission is to foster camaraderie among united states veterans of overseas conflicts and to serve our veterans, the military, and our communities and advocate on behalf of all veterans. The purposes of the veterans of foreign wars of the united states are fraternal, patriotic, historical, charitable, and educational; to preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members; to assist worthy comrades; to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead, and to assist their surviving spouses and orphans; to maintain true allegiance to the government of the united states of america, and fidelity to its institutions of american freedom, and to preserve and defend the united states from all her enemies.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Operations are to oversee various district offices and posts. The state vfw sponsors activities and passes funds to the federal organization.
$299,451 spentof which $11,198 as grants$16,927 earned by the program83% of program spendingEach summer approximately 175 teams and over 2,625 players will participate in the vfw baseball program state wide. Each tournament game is required to have the pledge of allegiances and the vfw baseball sportsmanship code recited by the players before the game starts. The purpose of this program is to create fellowship, leadership, and teamwork among the youth of south dakota.
$59,714 spent$45,406 earned by the program17% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $359,165.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $68k to $534k (+681%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $35k → $37k.
From the IRS filings of VFW DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH DAKOTA’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
VFW DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH DAKOTA draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside South Dakota, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Organizations like VFW DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH DAKOTA
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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds VFW DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH DAKOTA?
- VFW DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH DAKOTA (South Dakota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $322,371 to it, the largest being Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States ($322,371). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VFW DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH DAKOTA have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $322,371 in grants to VFW DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH DAKOTA, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VFW DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH DAKOTA?
- Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States is the largest funder on record, with $322,371 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VFW DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH DAKOTA 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing