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Foundations That Fund Animal Welfare in South Dakota

Imperigo has identified 61 funders that made 262 grants totaling $10.0M to 38 animal welfare organizations in South Dakota, with a median grant of $11K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Animal Welfare Funding in South Dakota

Total granted $10.0M
Funders 61
Grants 262
Organizations funded 38

Top Funders — page 1 of 3

1. Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc
17 grants to 5 organizations · largest $489K · through 2024 · 1.6% of their giving
$2.7M
2. Project Apis M Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $108K · through 2023 · 5.6% of their giving
$367K
3. Corn Palace Stampede Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$100K
4. Pierre Economic Development Corporation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 41.6% of their giving
$100K
5. Watertown Area Community Foundation
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $111K · through 2024 · 7.4% of their giving
$220K
6. Oahe Foundation
11 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2025 · 3.5% of their giving
$420K
7. Wild Bird Feeding Institute
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024 · 45.3% of their giving
$64K
8. Watertown Area United Way Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $39K · through 2024 · 6.4% of their giving
$168K
9. Watertown Area Community Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $52K · through 2024 · 31.7% of their giving
$52K
10. Black Hills Area Community Foundation
18 grants to 3 organizations · largest $62K · through 2025 · 1.6% of their giving
$437K
11. Delta Dental of South Dakota
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2025
$110K
12. South Dakota Community Foundation
8 grants to 5 organizations · largest $112K · through 2024
$280K
13. The Foundation for Youth Firearms Safety Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2024 · 2.1% of their giving
$20K
14. Avera Health
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $60K · through 2024
$122K
15. Justfundus
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $33K · through 2025
$33K
16. Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2020 · 1.2% of their giving
$10K
17. Sanford Group Return
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $65K · through 2020
$130K
18. Propel Nonprofits
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $29K · through 2020
$40K
19. The Chicago Community Trust
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $200K · through 2021
$600K
20. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
14 grants to 12 organizations · largest $55K · through 2024
$196K
21. Petsmart Charities Inc
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $8K · through 2025
$45K
22. Petco Love
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024
$25K
23. Impactassetsinc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $80K · through 2024
$100K
24. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $21K · through 2025
$64K
25. The Dupage Community Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023
$10K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to animal welfare work in South Dakota, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 9 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering animal welfare work, with an address in South Dakota. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable animal welfare funding in South Dakota, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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