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South Dakota Youth Hunting Adventures

Public charity · Grantmaker Rapid City, SD EIN: 26-2658813 Website

The purpose of South Dakota Youth Hunting Adventures is to instill in young people, a lifelong enthusiasm and respect for the outdoors, hunting and landowners, teach hunter safety, ethics, wildlife and habitat conservation by providing a complete realistic hunting adventure.

South Dakota Youth Hunting Adventures at a glance

In short: South Dakota Youth Hunting Adventures gave $84K across 4 grants in 2025 (avg $21K), mostly in South Dakota. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$84,388
-71.3% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
4
+33.3% vs 2024
Average grant
$21,097
-78.5% vs 2024
Median grant
$21,235
Total assets
$484,600
+17.6% vs 2024
Primary geography
South Dakota (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

How to apply to South Dakota Youth Hunting Adventures

Who South Dakota Youth Hunting Adventures funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 4 recipients in 2025

Cosmopolitan Club: $27KCosmopolitan Club$27KNaja Shriners: $27KNaja Shriners$27KRapid City Club for Boys Inc: $16KRapid City Club for Boys Inc$16KSouth Dakota Game Fish and Parks: $15KSouth Dakota Game Fish andParks$15K

The largest 2025 recipient was Cosmopolitan Club ($27K). Together the top 4 received $84K.

Grant Size Distribution

15 grants across all recorded years

13<$50K$50–100K1$100–250K1$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 13 grants of 15 (87%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 4 itemized grants.

States

Cities

Rapid CityPierreSpearfish

How South Dakota Youth Hunting Adventures gives

  • Giving grew 49% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$100K$200K$300K$400K2 grants2019 2 grants2020 4 grants2021 2 grants2022 2 grants2023 3 grants2024 4 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $55K (2023) to $358K (2021). In 2025 it made 4 grants totaling $84K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Cosmopolitan Club Rapid City, SDSee Sch I, Part IV$26,919
Naja Shriners Rapid City, SDSee Sch I, Part 1V$26,919
Rapid City Club for Boys Inc Rapid City, SDSee Sch I, Part IV$15,550
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks Pierre, SDSee Sch I, Part IV$15,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$484,600$364,102$291,296$84,3884$14,503
2024$411,931$216,589$425,252$294,4643$19,604
2023$620,457$350,542$187,536$54,7162$10,890
2022$457,454$233,167$160,912$56,8002$5,836
2021$385,196$304,347$434,038$358,3884$3,647
2020$514,887$245,432$146,307$59,1902$3,966
2019$415,762$268,019$144,298$60,6542$2,862

About South Dakota Youth Hunting Adventures

Based on IRS filings

South Dakota Youth Hunting Adventures is a public charity focused on Youth Development, based in Rapid City, SD. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $485K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 4 grants totaling $84K. Net investment income was $15K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

South Dakota Youth Hunting Adventures is led by Jim Scull, President on every filing since 2019; 1 of 19 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Jim Scull

    President

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Christian Hagen

    Executive Di

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $70K (2024) → $75K (2025)

  • Al Kraus

    Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brian Barnes

    Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brian Mueller

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dale Johnson

    Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Derek Nelson

    Secretary

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jerry Hirrschoff

    Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jess Pekarski

    Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jim Glines

    Vice President

    On filings since 2019

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Hill

    Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robin Buckingham

    Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Doug Markworth

    Member

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marvin Larabee

    Member

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Becky Noble

    Member

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Craig Oyler

    Member

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dan Tribby

    Member

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lacy Elrod

    Member

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kevin Rohrbach

    Member

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (5)
  • Former: Jeff Johnson (2019–2022) — Member
  • Former: Karl Castor (2019–2021) — Member
  • Former: Joe Rienert (2019–2020) — Member
  • Former: Deb Leatherman (2020) — Member
  • Former: Dan Amen (2019) — Member

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Christian Hagen — Executive Di: $75KChristian HagenExecutive Di$75K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $75K, to Christian Hagen (Executive Di).

Frequently asked questions about South Dakota Youth Hunting Adventures

How much does South Dakota Youth Hunting Adventures give each year?

South Dakota Youth Hunting Adventures gave $84K across 4 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $294K across 3 grants.

What is South Dakota Youth Hunting Adventures's typical grant size?

South Dakota Youth Hunting Adventures's median grant in 2025 was $21,235, and its average grant was $21,097, across 4 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Where does South Dakota Youth Hunting Adventures give grants?

South Dakota Youth Hunting Adventures gives mostly in South Dakota: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Rapid City, SD (3 grants).

Does South Dakota Youth Hunting Adventures give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 4 grants with a stated purpose on South Dakota Youth Hunting Adventures's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "See Sch I, Part IV" (3 grants).

How large is South Dakota Youth Hunting Adventures?

South Dakota Youth Hunting Adventures reported $485K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $364K.

What is South Dakota Youth Hunting Adventures?

South Dakota Youth Hunting Adventures is a public charity focused on Youth Development, based in Rapid City, SD. It holds $485K in total assets as of 2025.

What is South Dakota Youth Hunting Adventures's EIN?

South Dakota Youth Hunting Adventures's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 26-2658813. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS January 23, 2025)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 16, 2026)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 7, 2020)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS January 26, 2021)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 4, 2022)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS January 18, 2023)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 12, 2024)

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