South Dakota Sportsmen Against Hunger

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
861145795
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Rapid City, SD, USA
Phone
6052801730
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$53,174
Expenses
$76,083
Assets
$200,321
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RON FOWLER (CONTRACT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • JEFF OLSON (PRESIDENT)
  • THOMAS KRAFKA (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • RON FOWLER (CONTRACT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • JEFF OLSON (PRESIDENT)
  • THOMAS KRAFKA (VICE PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

South Dakota sportsmen against hunger provides hunger relief for families facing food insecurity.

What it reported doing in 2024

South Dakota sportsmen against hunger pays the costs to process game animals donated by hunters, euthanized for population control or research purposes, and salvaged from vehicle collisions. The processed meat is distributed to food-insecure families through a system of food banks and charitable food distributors. More than 10,400 pounds of meat were donated during fy 2025.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 87% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.4%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 62.9%; rating input score 63

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -43.1%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.63; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 50%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.3% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.4% of revenue deployed · 62.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $48K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.