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Altru Health System

ALTRU HEALTH SYSTEM is a community of over 3,400 health professionals and support staff, and we've been committed to caring for our region for more than 130 years.

$424k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$43k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$4.5MEducation$1.2MHealth$870kHuman Services$523kCommunity Improvement$321kScience & Tech$95kPhilanthropy$95kYouth Development$70kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 11 grants below total $212,313, the rows itemized in this filing. The $424,289 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $211,976 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $198k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.2B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITY OF GRAND FORKS$42,500
GRAND FORKS REGION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$30,000
GRAND FORKS PUBLIC SCHOOLS$27,300
DEVILS LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS$25,100
GRAND FORKS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION$22,500
COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER INC$15,000
ALTRU HEALTH FOUNDATION$14,673
THE CHAMBER GRAND FORKSEAST GRAND FORKS$11,352
GREATER GRAND FORKS YOUNG PROFESSIONALS$10,000
UNITED WAY OF GRAND FORKS EAST GRAND FORKS AND AREA INC$7,000
GREATER NORTH DAKOTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$6,888
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $583k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER: $100k → 13%COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER: $60k → 13%COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER: $50k → 13%COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER: $50k → 13%COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER: $40k → 13%COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER INC: $15k → 13%COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER: $10k → 13%ALTRU FAMILY YMCA: $53k → 13%ALTRU FAMILY YMCA: $52k → 13%ALTRU FAMILY YMCA: $52k → 13%ALTRU FAMILY YMCA: $52k → 13%ALTRU FAMILY YMCA: $50k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.6M · 22 repeat orgs$88k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
7

Total granted

$7.6M
$88k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+29%

Still filing today

68%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • UA
    UND Alumni Association and Foundation
    6× · 2017–2023 · $2.4M · revenue +2%
  • GF
    GRAND FORKS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $1.0M · revenue +1%
  • GF
    GRAND FORKS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIA
    6× · 2017–2024 · $111k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • LR
    Lake Region Ambulance Servicegraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $31k · revenue +69%
  • PR
    PARK RIVER LUTHERAN BIBLE CAMP INC
    one grant, 2019 · $24k
  • F
    FIRSTLINKgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +69%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
North Dakota Natural Resources Trust
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2
Dickinson Area Chamber of Commerce

The dickinson area chamber of commerce will provide leadership to promote a progressive business environment.

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3
Evolve Nd

To promote, build, educate, and help entrepreneurial, startup, and creative communities in grand forks, north dakota and the surrounding region

Community Improvement
4
Greater Grand Forks Convention & Visitors Bureau

To promote tourism and solicit conventions, tournaments and trade shows to the greater grand forks area.

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5
North Dakota University System Foundation

The function of the north dakota university system foundation is to support, enrich, advance and improve higher education in the state of north dakota, and to assist its students, faculty and staff.

Philanthropy
6
Great Falls Area Chamber of Commerce

The mission of the great falls area chamber of commerce is to drive business success, connect leaders, cultivate partnerships, and shape community solutions to build a thriving future for great falls.

—
7
Great Plains Food Bank

End hunger together.

Food & Nutrition
8
Greater Grand Forks Youth Football Association

To provide support services for Youth Football Activities in the Great Grand Forks region

Recreation & Sports
9
Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation

The greater fargo moorhead economic development corporation (gfmedc) is a catalyst for economic growth and prosperity. using a comprehensive approach to economic development, the gfmedc accelerates job and wealth creation in cass county,…

Community Improvement
10
North Dakota State University Foundation

Building enduring relationships that maximize advocacy and philanthropy to support North Dakota State University.

Education
11
Coeur Dalene Chamber of Commerce

To promote, support and advocate for the chamber's members, strengthen the economic climate of the coeur d'alene area, and further the free enterprise system.

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12
Credit Union Association of the Dakotas

The association works to promote member credit unions as being safe and sound institutions for insured deposits, responsible lending, and the best place for consumers to receive financial services.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Grand Forks Region Economic Development Corporation; the most unlike its peers is The Chamber. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 31 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
17/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GRAND FORKS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION INC: $1,031,100 · OtherGRAND FORKS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION INCCITY OF GRAND FORKS: $706,929 · OtherCITY OF GRAND FORKSGRAND FORKS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT: $402,300 · OtherGRAND FORKS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTCITY OF EAST GRAND FORKS: $270,000 · OtherCITY OF EAST GRAND FORKS+13 more: $626,474 · Other+13 moreUND Alumni Association and Foundation: $2,410,877 · EducationUND Alumni Association and FoundationRE ARENA INC: $414,500 · EducationRE ARENA INC+1 more: $62,500 · EducationGRAND FORKS PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION: $947,500 · Recreation & SportsGRAND FORKS P…COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER: $325,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $258,400 · Human Services+1 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesGRAND FORKS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIA: $111,250 · Community ImprovementGREATER GRAND FORKS YOUNG PROFESSIONALS: $82,000 · Community ImprovementLake Region Ambulance Service: $31,387 · HealthDakota Medical Foundation: $27,500 · HealthGRAND FORKS MARATHON INC: $37,280 · Arts & CultureNORTH DAKOTA MUSEUM OF ART: $5,000 · Arts & CultureEAST GRAND FORKS BLUELINE CLUB INC: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$3,036,803Education$2,887,877Recreation & Sports$947,500Human Services$593,400Community Improvement$193,250Health$58,887Arts & Culture$47,280

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUND Alumni Association and Foundation: $2,410,877 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetGRAND FORKS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION INC: $1,031,100 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetGRAND FORKS PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION: $947,500 over 5y, 28% of budgetCOMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER: $325,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $258,400 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetGRAND FORKS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIA: $111,250 over 6y, 13% of budgetALTRU HEALTH FOUNDATION: $94,152 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE CHAMBER: $92,458 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GRAND FORKS EAST GRAND FORKS AND THE AREA INC: $88,700 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetGRAND FORKS REGION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $85,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetGREATER GRAND FORKS YOUNG PROFESSIONALS: $82,000 over 8y, 18% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $62,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLake Region Ambulance Service: $31,387 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetDakota Medical Foundation: $27,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMAYVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $24,999 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetGREATER NORTH DAKOTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $12,763 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFIRSTLINK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBIO Girls Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GRAND FORKS EAST GRAND FORKS AND REGION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEAST GRAND FORKS BLUELINE CLUB INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation …Myra FoundationSanford Group ReturnGreater Grand Forks C…Blue Cross Blue Shiel…Midcontinent Foundati…Xcel Energy FoundationInnovis Health LLCDakota Medical Founda…North Dakota Communit…Burgum FoundationBotsford Family Found…
Community Foundation of Grand Forks East Grand Forks and RegionND26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Grand Forks East Grand Forks and Region · Myra Foundation · Sanford Group Return · Greater Grand Forks Convention & Visitors Bureau · Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation · Midcontinent Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Innovis Health LLC · Dakota Medical Foundation · North Dakota Community Foundation · Burgum Foundation · Botsford Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Altru Health System funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Altru Health System. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 31 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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