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Dakota Medical Charities at a glance

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Dakota Medical Charities

With the aim to positively impact health in our region, Dakota Medical Foundation hosts a family of programs and education initiatives.

$4.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
32
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$3.4M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

90% of Dakota Medical Charities’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Dakota Medical Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 30 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

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Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

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.

Health$10MPhilanthropy$922kEducation$616kHousing & Shelter$212kHuman Services$178kCommunity Improvement$73kFood & Nutrition$73kReligion$39kOther$0
02FY2025 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 32 grants below total $3,724,487, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,959,933 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $235,446 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $103k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $210k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
  • $250k+1 grant · $3.4M
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$89M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Dakota Medical Foundation$3,356,174
UND Alumni Association & Foundation$55,000
Soul Solutions Recovery Center Inc$31,000
YWCA Cass Clay$24,000
Churches United for the Homeless$15,550
North Dakota Dental Foundation$15,000
Red River Children's Advocacy Center$14,500
Lend A Hand Up$14,000
Saint Gianna's Home Inc$12,500
Memory Cafe of the Red River Valley$11,500
Emerging Prairie$11,000
Peace Academy Inc$10,500
Youthworks$10,500
Essentia Health-Fargo Foundation$10,000
RiverView Foundation$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $403k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LAKES & PRAIRIES COMMUNITY ACTION: $75k → 11%Youthworks: $11k → 10%Saint Gianna's Home Inc: $13k → 11%Haley's Hope Inc: $40k → 12%LAKES & PRAIRIES COMMUNITY ACTION: $35k → 11%Saint Gianna's Home Inc: $12k → 11%Saint Gianna's Maternity Home: $12k → 11%The Perry Center Inc: $10k → 12%Saint Gianna's Home Inc: $9k → 11%Haley's Hope Inc: $6k → 12%North Dakota Autism Center Inc: $6k → 12%Matthew's Voice Project: $6k → 12%The Great North Pole: $6k → 12%Haley's Hope Inc: $6k → 12%Community Violence Intervention Center Inc: $10k → 13%The Great North Pole: $6k → 12%Community Violence Intervention Center Inc: $10k → 13%Memory Cafe of the Red River Valley: $12k → 12%Memory Cafe of the Red River Valley: $11k → 12%Furniture Mission of the Red River Valley: $8k → 12%FirstLINK: $50k → 12%Fraser Ltd: $11k → 12%Fraser Ltd: $6k → 12%SENDCAA: $25k → 12%Family Wellness Center: $6k → 12%FAMILY WELLNESS CENTER: $6k → 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.
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 31 repeat orgs$486k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
26

Total granted

$1.7M
$396k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+12%

Still filing today

87%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

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Human ServicesHealthEducationReligionRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementOther
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
    9× · 2017–2025 · $453k · revenue +2%
  • YC
    YWCA CASS CLAY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $183k · revenue +95%
  • SS
    Soul Solutions Recovery Center Inc
    4× · 2021–2025 · $137k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • IH
    INNOVIS HEALTH LLCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $63k · revenue +52%
  • F
    FIRSTLINKgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +128%
  • SN
    SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +37%
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
Northland Health Care Access

Operating an integrated community health system providing access to health care for the uninsured low income residents of three counties in Missouri

Health
3
North Dakota News Cooperative
Arts & Culture
4
Feeding South Dakota

To eliminate hunger in south dakota.

Food & Nutrition
5
Face It Together - Bismarck-Mandan

To get people with addiction and their loved ones well.

Human Services
6
NorthPoint Health and Wellness Center Inc

Our mission is "Partnering to Create a Healthier Community." NorthPoint seeks to reduce health disparities, improve health outcomes, and enhance the overall quality of life for all residents of North Minneapolis

Health
7
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St Cloud

At Catholic Charities, we focus our efforts around three core pillars: Food Access, Mental Health and Housing. Guided by our mission - to serve and enhance human dignity for all people - we provide essential services and foster a sense of…

Human Services
8
Prairie Public Broadcasting Inc

Prairie Public Broadcasting provides quality radio, television, and public media services that educate, involve, and inspire the people of the prairie region.

Arts & Culture
9
Northwood Deaconess Health Center

Serve as a local access to a full range of health care services. continue as a leader in primary care for the whole family, in care of the elderly, and in emergency services. Function as a focal point for health education and wellness.

Health
10
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc

The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits informs, promotes, connects and strengthens individual nonprofits and the nonprofit sector.

Philanthropy
11
Northeastern Mental Health Center

Northeastern Mental Health Center-Our Mission is your vision for health, wellness and recovery.

Health
12
Northland Foundation

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

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Anne Carlsen Center; the most unlike its peers is Saint Gianna and Pietro Molla Maternity Home Inc. 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

61 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. 61 of the 71 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)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
58/61
Grantees still filing
38/61
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Dakota Medical Foundation: $12,980,595 · HealthDakota Medical Foundation+14 more: $438,100 · HealthImpact Foundation: $942,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $35,000 · PhilanthropyUND Alumni Association and Foundation: $452,650 · EducationNorth Dakota State University Foundation: $35,000 · Education+3 more: $36,250 · EducationLAKES AND PRAIRIES COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP INC: $110,050 · Human ServicesHALEY'S HOPE INC: $52,040 · Human ServicesFIRSTLINK: $50,000 · Human ServicesSaint Gianna and Pietro Molla Maternity Home Inc: $44,500 · Human ServicesSOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $25,000 · Human ServicesMemory Cafe of the Red River Valley: $22,500 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER: $20,000 · Human ServicesFRASER LTD: $16,313 · Human Services+7 more: $62,950 · Human ServicesSouth East Education Cooperative (SEEC): $97,690 · OtherCITY OF FARGO: $38,600 · OtherOAK GROVE LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL: $29,500 · OtherNorth Dakota State University: $20,038 · OtherGOLDEN DRIVE HOMELESS KIDS LLC: $20,000 · OtherGIGIS PLAYHOUSE INC: $19,000 · OtherEMERGING PRAIRIE: $51,500 · OtherTNT Kid's Fitness: $36,000 · OtherRed River Childrens Advocacy Center: $29,500 · OtherBIO Girls Inc: $25,000 · OtherNORTH DAKOTA SAFETY COUNCIL: $20,000 · Other+17 more: $142,500 · OtherYWCA CASS CLAY: $183,300 · Housing & ShelterRonald McDonald House Charities of Bismarck: $8,500 · Housing & ShelterCHURCHES UNITED: $77,900 · ReligionPEACE OFFICER JAIL CHAPLAINS ASSOCIATION: $32,100 · ReligionAmistad Worldwide: $9,000 · Religion
Health$13,418,695Philanthropy$977,000Education$523,900Human Services$403,353Other$529,328Housing & Shelter$191,800Religion$119,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDakota Medical Foundation: $12,980,595 over 9y, 32% of budgetImpact Foundation: $942,000 over 8y, 12% of budgetUND Alumni Association and Foundation: $452,650 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetYWCA CASS CLAY: $183,300 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetSoul Solutions Recovery Center Inc: $136,700 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetLAKES AND PRAIRIES COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP INC: $110,050 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCHURCHES UNITED: $77,900 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetINNOVIS HEALTH LLC: $63,291 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHALEY'S HOPE INC: $52,040 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetEMERGING PRAIRIE: $51,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetFIRSTLINK: $50,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetSaint Gianna and Pietro Molla Maternity Home Inc: $44,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetLend A Hand Up Inc: $43,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetTNT Kid's Fitness: $36,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY INC: $35,250 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetNorth Dakota State University Foundation: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPEACE OFFICER JAIL CHAPLAINS ASSOCIATION: $32,100 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetVALLEY CHRISTIAN COUNSELING & WELLNESS: $30,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetRed River Childrens Advocacy Center: $29,500 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetSOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBIO Girls Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetNORTH DAKOTA DENTAL FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetESSENTIA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $24,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetRIVERVIEW HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $23,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetMemory Cafe of the Red River Valley: $22,500 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetDAKOTA FAMILY SERVICES: $21,579 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNORTH DAKOTA SAFETY COUNCIL: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGOLDEN DRIVE HOMELESS KIDS LLC: $20,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetBRAVE THE SHAVE: $20,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRASER LTD: $16,313 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ND: $13,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY WELLNESS LLC: $11,700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHERO HEALTHCARE EQUIPMENT RECYCLING ORGANIZATION: $11,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe Great North Pole: $11,250 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetANNE CARLSEN CENTER: $10,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPEACE ACADEMY INC: $10,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE PERRY CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetFargo Park District Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorthern Cass Community Health & Wellness Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetND Association of Counties: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFARM RESCUE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmistad Worldwide: $9,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetGreat Plains Food Bank: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFM Raise Your Spirits Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetNDSU Research & Technology Park: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFURNITURE MISSION OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY: $7,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetHEARTVIEW FOUNDATION: $7,250 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Dakota Medical Founda…Fargo-Moorhead Area F…The Barry FoundationBlue Cross Blue Shiel…Sanford Group ReturnAlex Stern Family Fou…Midcontinent Foundati…Impact FoundationOtto Bremer TrustUnited Way of Cass-Cl…Offutt Family Foundat…North Dakota Communit…
Dakota Medical FoundationND84.5× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dakota Medical Foundation · Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation Corporation · The Barry Foundation · Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation · Sanford Group Return · Alex Stern Family Foundation · Midcontinent Foundation · Impact Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · United Way of Cass-Clay · Offutt Family Foundation · North Dakota Community 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 Dakota Medical Charities funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dakota Medical Charities. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 71 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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