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Dakota Medical Foundation

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

$3.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
60
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$476k
Largest
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$7.8MEducation$885kHuman Services$786kHousing & Shelter$667kPhilanthropy$626kCommunity Improvement$531kRecreation & Sports$409kFood & Nutrition$315kOther$0
02FY2025 · 60 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 60 grants below total $2,312,844, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,289,109 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $976,265 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 $10k28 grants · $189k
  • $10k–50k24 grants · $486k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $354k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.3M
$10,035
Median grant
4
States reached
$66M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Lend A Hand Up$475,657
North Dakota Dental Foundation$449,812
Peace Academy Inc$358,392
Cullen Children's Foundation$124,605
Optometric Foundation of North Dakota$75,146
HIA Health$54,170
Sanford Roger Maris Cancer Center$50,465
American Lung Association ND Chapter$50,000
Trinity Lutheran Church of Moorhead$45,000
Churches United for the Homeless$35,030
New Life Center$31,811
Fargo Moorhead Area Foundation$29,093
YWCA Cass Clay$27,659
Women's Care Center$26,235
Alzheimer's Association$26,135
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 (FY17–25, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Patriot Assistance Dogs: $19k → 10%St Gianna's Maternity Home: $37k → 11%ST GIANNA'S MATERNITY HOME: $29k → 11%ST GIANNA'S MATERNITY HOME: $28k → 11%Saint Gianna's Home Inc: $22k → 11%ST GIANNA'S MATERNITY HOME: $21k → 11%St Gianna and Pietro Molla Maternity Home Inc: $19k → 11%ST GIANNA'S MATERNITY HOME: $18k → 11%St Gianna & Pietro Molla Maternity Home: $15k → 11%Saint Gianna's Home Inc: $12k → 11%The Perry Center: $20k → 12%THE GREAT NORTH POLE: $17k → 12%The Great North Pole: $12k → 12%THE GREAT NORTH POLE: $11k → 12%The Perry Center: $10k → 12%ND Autism Center Inc: $10k → 12%ND AUTISM CENTER INC: $9k → 12%Furniture Mission of the Red River Valley: $25k → 12%Fraser Ltd: $29k → 12%Fargo Theatre: $25k → 12%RED RIVER CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $24k → 12%YMCA OF CASS AND CLAY COUNTIES: $21k → 12%Dear NICU Mama: $19k → 12%YMCA OF CASS AND CLAY COUNTIES: $17k → 12%FRASER LTD: $17k → 12%YMCA of Cass and Clay Counties: $17k → 12%Fraser Ltd: $15k → 12%YMCA OF CASS AND CLAY COUNTIES: $15k → 12%RED RIVER CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $14k → 12%Fraser Ltd: $14k → 12%FRASER LTD: $13k → 12%FRASER LTD: $12k → 12%Fraser Ltd: $12k → 12%CHI Friendship: $12k → 12%FIRSTLINK: $11k → 12%YMCA OF CASS AND CLAY COUNTIES: $11k → 12%Dear NICU Mama: $11k → 12%YMCA of Cass And Clay Counties: $10k → 12%PATH TRAUMA & STRESS CLINIC: $10k → 12%HOSPICE OF RED RIVER VALLEY: $10k → 12%RED RIVER CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $10k → 12%RED RIVER CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $9k → 12%FirstLINK: $9k → 12%HIA Health: $54k → 12%DAKOTA BOYS AND GIRLS RANCH: $24k → 12%Community of Care: $11k → 12%COMMUNITY OF CARE: $11k → 12%COMMUNITY OF CARE: $10k → 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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 16% of Dakota Medical Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 89% of the giving stays in ND; by stated purpose, 74%.

Dakota Medical Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$13M · 95 repeat orgs$958k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

95 repeat relationships: 49 still active in FY2025, 46 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

95
50

Total granted

$13M
$774k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+13%

Still filing today

76%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $185k 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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationReligionHousing & ShelterRecreation & 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

  • ND
    NORTH DAKOTA DENTAL FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.2M · revenue +125% · 85% of their budget
  • LA
    Lend A Hand Up Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $2.0M · revenue +139% · 54% of their budget
  • CC
    CULLEN CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2025 · $671k · revenue +67% · 37% of their budget

Funded once

  • BA
    BLUE ANGELS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue 0%
  • THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCHgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue +40%
  • WP
    Washburn Public School District #4
    one grant, 2024 · $100k
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
Feeding South Dakota

To eliminate hunger in south dakota.

Food & Nutrition
2
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
3
North Dakota Federation of Families for Childrens Mental Health

Children's mental health

Health
4
Odd Fellows and Rebekah Home of North Dakota Inc

It is the mission of the Odd Fellows Home to be a "Place Where Somebody Cares." This has been the motto off Odd Fellows Home since the 1925 dedication. The Odd Fellows Home's mission is to provide a comfortable and pleasant atmosphere as…

Housing & Shelter
5
Trinity Health & Affiliates

Trinity health is committed to preserving and improving the quality of health of the people we serve. our mission is to excel at meeting the needs of the whole person through the provision of quality health care and health related services.

Health
6
Face It Together - Bismarck-Mandan

To get people with addiction and their loved ones well.

Human Services
7
Easter Seals Goodwill Nd Inc

Easter Seals Goodwill ND, Inc. is a leading organization in supporting children, adults, and families to have equal opportunities to live, learn, work, and play in their communities.

Health
8
St Luke's Home

St. Luke's Home and its assisted living facility, Park Avenue Villa, exist to provide a continuum of quality care to God's people, creating a compassionate, comfortable, and family oriented atmosphere, striving to enhance the dignity and…

Human Services
9
Prairie Lakes Health Care System Inc

We make a positive difference in the health of the patients and communities we serve.

Health
10
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
11
Regional West Health Services

Health care services for the people of western nebraska and eastern wyoming.

Health
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of North Dakota; 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.
05the grantee network

124 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 124 of the 158 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
35
Early backer (in before they grew)
119/124
Grantees still filing
88/124
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTH DAKOTA DENTAL FOUNDATION: $2,239,273 · PhilanthropyNORTH DAKOTA DENTAL FOUNDATIONImpact Foundation: $995,594 · PhilanthropyImpact FoundationCULLEN CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $671,286 · PhilanthropyCULLEN CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION+2 more: $129,093 · PhilanthropyLend A Hand Up Inc: $2,029,574 · HealthLend A Hand Up IncOPTOMETRIC FOUNDATION OF NORTH DAKOTA INC: $398,023 · HealthOPTOMETRIC FOUNDATION OF NORT…BRADY OBERG LEGACY FOUNDATION: $325,979 · HealthBRADY OBERG LEGACY FOUNDATIONRIVERVIEW HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $168,598 · HealthSoul Solutions Recovery Center Inc: $141,953 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY INC: $134,233 · Health+17 more: $745,619 · Health+17 moreND INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION: $803,020 · OtherND INDUSTRIAL COMMISSIONFargo Union Mission: $277,339 · OtherFargo Union MissionLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ND: $184,392 · OtherWOMENS CARE CENTER: $177,530 · OtherSouth East Education Cooperative: $171,975 · OtherSt Gerard's Community of Care: $146,195 · Other+77 more: $2,124,716 · Other+77 moreSaint Gianna and Pietro Molla Maternity Home Inc: $200,475 · Human ServicesFRASER LTD: $152,250 · Human ServicesYMCA of the Northern Sky: $97,400 · Human ServicesRape and Abuse Crisis Center of Fargo-Moorhead: $73,391 · Human ServicesSOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $71,981 · Human ServicesHospice of the Red River Valley: $69,708 · Human ServicesThe Great North Pole: $53,750 · Human ServicesCommunity of Care: $52,120 · Human ServicesDAKOTA BOYS AND GIRLS RANCH: $42,728 · Human ServicesFIRSTLINK: $41,245 · Human Services+16 more: $317,956 · Human ServicesPEACE ACADEMY INC: $365,892 · EducationUND Alumni Association and Foundation: $349,375 · EducationANNE CARLSEN CENTER: $170,289 · EducationNorth Dakota State University Foundation: $113,250 · EducationFARGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $55,500 · EducationWest Fargo Educational Foundation: $40,306 · Education+4 more: $59,540 · EducationYWCA CASS CLAY: $398,359 · Housing & ShelterFARM IN THE DELL OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY INC: $22,960 · Housing & Shelter+3 more: $23,050 · Housing & ShelterCHURCHES UNITED: $159,436 · ReligionPEACE OFFICER JAIL CHAPLAINS ASSOCIATION: $106,312 · ReligionAmistad Worldwide: $34,000 · ReligionPULSE OUTREACH: $17,439 · Religion+2 more: $16,000 · Religion
Philanthropy$4,035,246Health$3,943,979Other$3,885,167Human Services$1,173,004Education$1,154,152Housing & Shelter$444,369Religion$333,187

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 budgetNORTH DAKOTA DENTAL FOUNDATION: $2,239,273 over 9y, 85% of budgetLend A Hand Up Inc: $2,029,574 over 6y, 54% of budgetImpact Foundation: $995,594 over 6y, 20% of budgetCULLEN CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $671,286 over 8y, 37% of budgetYWCA CASS CLAY: $398,359 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetOPTOMETRIC FOUNDATION OF NORTH DAKOTA INC: $398,023 over 6y, 86% of budgetPEACE ACADEMY INC: $365,892 over 2y, 14% of budgetUND Alumni Association and Foundation: $349,375 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetBRADY OBERG LEGACY FOUNDATION: $325,979 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetFargo Union Mission: $277,339 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetSaint Gianna and Pietro Molla Maternity Home Inc: $200,475 over 9y, 3.8% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ND: $184,392 over 9y, 76% of budgetWOMENS CARE CENTER: $177,530 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetANNE CARLSEN CENTER: $170,289 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetRIVERVIEW HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $168,598 over 5y, 8.1% of budgetCHURCHES UNITED: $159,436 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetFRASER LTD: $152,250 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetSt Gerard's Community of Care: $146,195 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetSoul Solutions Recovery Center Inc: $141,953 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY INC: $134,233 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $127,635 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTNT Kid's Fitness: $125,883 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetNorth Dakota State University Foundation: $113,250 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPEACE OFFICER JAIL CHAPLAINS ASSOCIATION: $106,312 over 8y, 6.8% of budgetESSENTIA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $104,948 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetBLUE ANGELS FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYMCA of the Northern Sky: $97,400 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHERO HEALTHCARE EQUIPMENT RECYCLING ORGANIZATION: $79,917 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetRape and Abuse Crisis Center of Fargo-Moorhead: $73,391 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetSOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $71,981 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHospice of the Red River Valley: $69,708 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEMERGENCY FOOD PANTRY INC: $59,952 over 7y, 5.7% of budgetLEGACY CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $57,785 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetHOPE INC: $56,750 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetFARGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $55,500 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetThe Great North Pole: $53,750 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetSANFORD HEALTH FOUNDATION NORTH: $53,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity of Care: $52,120 over 6y, 3.7% of budgetBIO Girls Inc: $50,548 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY HEALTHCARE CENTER: $49,400 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetVALLEY CHRISTIAN COUNSELING & WELLNESS: $48,320 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetF5 PROJECT: $47,950 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetNORTH DAKOTA SAFETY COUNCIL: $45,200 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetDAKOTA BOYS AND GIRLS RANCH: $42,728 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFIRSTLINK: $41,245 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetHope Blooms: $36,190 over 3y, 6.6% 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 NORTH DAKOTA DENTAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Lend A Hand Up Inc ↗
  • Who funds Impact Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CULLEN CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds YWCA CASS CLAY ↗
  • Who funds OPTOMETRIC FOUNDATION OF NORTH DAKOTA INC ↗
  • Who funds PEACE ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds UND Alumni Association and Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BRADY OBERG LEGACY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Fargo Union Mission ↗
  • Who funds Saint Gianna and Pietro Molla Maternity Home Inc ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ND ↗
  • Who funds WOMENS CARE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ANNE CARLSEN CENTER ↗
  • Who funds RIVERVIEW HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHURCHES UNITED ↗
  • Who funds FRASER LTD ↗
  • Who funds St Gerard's Community of Care ↗
  • Who funds Soul Solutions Recovery Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TNT Kid's Fitness ↗
  • Who funds North Dakota State University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds PEACE OFFICER JAIL CHAPLAINS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds ESSENTIA HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BLUE ANGELS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds YMCA of the Northern Sky ↗
  • Who funds HERO HEALTHCARE EQUIPMENT RECYCLING ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds Rape and Abuse Crisis Center of Fargo-Moorhead ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds Hospice of the Red River Valley ↗

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.

Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation CorporationND137.1× affinity68 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

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 Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dakota Medical Foundation. 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%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    32report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 158 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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