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Burgum Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$146k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$2.8MHuman Services$272kHealth$252kCivil Rights$202kPhilanthropy$135kCommunity Improvement$114kReligion$88kYouth Development$78kOther$0
02FY2024 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $59k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $208k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $752k
$16,375
Median grant
6
States reached
$3.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Arizona State University Foundation$145,659
University of Mary$137,813
FM Area Foundation$114,667
Valley City State University$70,000
Nexus Path Family Healing$69,738
Wilton Public School$60,000
Wahpeton Public School$52,349
Bill of Rights Institute$52,218
UND Foundation$50,016
Growing Small Towns$45,000
Dakotas United Methodist Foundation$42,762
Individual grant recipient$25,000
Haley's Hope$20,375
South Valley Special Education Unit$16,737
YoungLife$16,375
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 (FY18–24, $216k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%Haley's Hope: $20k → 12%Hope Blooms: $22k → 12%Hope Blooms: $10k → 12%Hope Blooms: $6k → 12%Hope Blooms: $5k → 12%Nexus Path Family Healing: $70k → 12%Nexus Path Family Healing: $44k → 12%Nexus Path Family Healing: $39k → 12%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ND
MN
SD
CO
VA
AZ
LA
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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.1M · 43 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +63% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

43 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

43
47

Total granted

$3.1M
$673k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+63%
+21%

Still filing today

28%
13%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $397k 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 ServicesYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • UO
    University of Mary
    4× · 2021–2024 · $462k · revenue +17%
  • BO
    Bill of Rights Institute
    3× · 2022–2024 · $202k · revenue +106%
  • ND
    North Dakota State University Foundation
    2× · 2017–2020 · $89k · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • AR
    American Red Cross
    one grant, 2021 · $72k
  • UO
    University of North Dakota Foundation
    one grant, 2020 · $51k
  • JP
    Jamestown Public School
    one grant, 2023 · $42k
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
Catholic Charities North Dakota

Guided by our values, Catholic Charities North Dakota serves people in need and advocates for the common good of all.

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2
Great Plains Food Bank

End hunger together.

Food & Nutrition
3
Minnesota Council on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

—
4
Minnesota Business Partnership

The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…

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5
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…

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6
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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7
United Way of Ne Minnesota

United way of northeastern minnesota invests in nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower, creating opportunities for people to thrive in our communities.

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8
Northland Foundation

The northland foundation supports northeastern minnesota people and communities working toward a future where everyone feels they belong and can thrive.

Philanthropy
9
Und Center for Innovation Foundation

To maintain national leadership in entrepreneur outreach and education, and become the leader in tech entrepreneurship in rural America.

Community Improvement
10
Winona Health Foundation

The mission of the Winona Health Foundation is to gather, steward, and distribute resources needed to support and advance the mission of Winona Health and its affiliates.

Health
11
Downtown Sioux Falls

Downtown Sioux Falls boldly leads the downtown community by championing diverse experiences, economic growth, and a healthy environment.

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12
Care Providers of Minnesota Foundation

To promote quality care in long term health care facilities through education and research.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Anne Carlsen Center; the most unlike its peers is Fargo Memorial Honor Guard. 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

23 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. 23 of the 104 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
17/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Bill of Rights Institute: $201,907 · OtherBill of Rights InstituteNorthern Cass School District: $140,536 · OtherNorthern Cass Public Schools: $133,551 · OtherFM Area Foundation: $114,667 · OtherVALLEY CITY STATE UNIVERSITY: $92,115 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $90,000 · OtherValley City Public Schools: $89,231 · Other+82 more: $1,807,028 · Other+82 moreUniversity of Mary: $462,325 · EducationUniversity of MaryUND Alumni Association and Foundation: $290,178 · EducationUND Alumni Association and F…ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $145,659 · EducationARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOU…North Dakota State University Foundation: $89,388 · EducationNorth Dakota State Universit…ANNE CARLSEN CENTER: $61,390 · EducationANNE CARLSEN CENTERNEXUS-PATH FAMILY HEALING: $152,661 · Human ServicesHope Blooms: $47,221 · Human ServicesHALEY'S HOPE INC: $20,375 · Human ServicesGROWING SMALL TOWNS: $78,125 · Community ImprovementEMERGING PRAIRIE: $35,766 · Community ImprovementYOUNG LIFE: $31,828 · Youth DevelopmentBIO Girls Inc: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentCHURCHES UNITED: $25,355 · ReligionFARGO MEMORIAL HONOR GUARD: $10,000 · PhilanthropySwift Eagle Charitable Foundation: $10,000 · Philanthropy
Other$2,669,035Education$1,048,940Human Services$220,257Community Improvement$113,891Youth Development$41,828Religion$25,355Philanthropy$20,000

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 budgetUniversity of Mary: $462,325 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetUND Alumni Association and Foundation: $290,178 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBill of Rights Institute: $201,907 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetNEXUS-PATH FAMILY HEALING: $152,661 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $145,659 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorth Dakota State University Foundation: $89,388 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGROWING SMALL TOWNS: $78,125 over 2y, 24% of budgetANNE CARLSEN CENTER: $61,390 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHope Blooms: $47,221 over 4y, 12% of budgetEMERGING PRAIRIE: $35,766 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $31,828 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHURCHES UNITED: $25,355 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHALEY'S HOPE INC: $20,375 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetBIO Girls Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFARGO MEMORIAL HONOR GUARD: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSwift Eagle Charitable Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetTNT Kid's Fitness: $7,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $6,245 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHARISM: $6,070 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetDakota Medical Foundation: $5,371 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSeattle Children's Foundation: $5,048 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVillage Family Service Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPREVENT CHILD ABUSE NORTH DAKOTA: $1,270 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds University of Mary ↗
  • Who funds UND Alumni Association and Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Bill of Rights Institute ↗
  • Who funds NEXUS-PATH FAMILY HEALING ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds North Dakota State University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds GROWING SMALL TOWNS ↗
  • Who funds ANNE CARLSEN CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Hope Blooms ↗
  • Who funds EMERGING PRAIRIE ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗

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.

Blue Cross Blue Shiel…Midcontinent Foundati…Dakota Medical Founda…Fargo-Moorhead Area F…Sanford Group ReturnOffutt Family Foundat…Alex Stern Family Fou…North Dakota Communit…Otto Bremer TrustDakota Medical Charit…The Barry FoundationInnovis Health LLC
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring FoundationND30.1× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation · Midcontinent Foundation · Dakota Medical Foundation · Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation Corporation · Sanford Group Return · Offutt Family Foundation · Alex Stern Family Foundation · North Dakota Community Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Dakota Medical Charities · The Barry Foundation · Innovis Health LLC

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 Burgum Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Burgum Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 104 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-PF 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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