Feeding South Dakota

Feeding South Dakota is seeking assistance from the state after losing out on millions in federal grants.

This year marks 50 years of Feeding South Dakota and the organization’s work in the state. While the organization is celebrating the past, leaders say they’re focusing on helping South Dakota in the present and future.

The impacts of federal funding changes are being felt in South Dakota, and especially on nonprofits reliant on grants. Now, one of the state’s largest nonprofits says this means South Dakota families are going hungry.

If federal funding programs aren’t restored and if Congress approves SNAP cuts included in the reconciliation bill, officials with Feeding South Dakota say the effects will be felt in South Dakota.

Feeding South Dakota, the state's largest hunger-relief program, serviced 20 percent more families in 2024 than in the previous year.

The South Dakota Cattlemen’s Foundation donates more than $300,000 to Feeding South Dakota.

With May being National Beef Month, Feeding South Dakota and multiple community partners are looking to increase the availability of beef products for the food insecure.

From now to the end of the year, all donations to Feeding South Dakota will double thanks to a $35,000 matching gift from Bill and Carolyn Hinks of Furniture Mart USA.

At Feeding South Dakota, they say now is the time to think about just how much a single donation could change one family’s holiday.

Despite an increase in supply costs, Feeding SD is matching last year's meal count.