South Dakota Parks & Wildlife Foundation

Analysis

South Dakota Parks & Wildlife Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Pierre, SD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1986, 40 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, South Dakota Parks & Wildlife Foundation reported income of $1.4m and spending of $4.5m, spending 327% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $1.1m to $1.4m (+21%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 378%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, South Dakota Parks & Wildlife Foundation sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within SD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leadership Montgomery Educational Foundation Inc ($1.4m), Catholic Comm Service in Home Support of Northeast Kansas in ($1.4m) and For His Children ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 72% and program service revenue 6.7% of the total. At year end it held assets of $13.2m against liabilities of $800k, net assets of $12.4m.