North Dakota · Private foundation
Dr Calvin K Fercho Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $104k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Dr Calvin K Fercho Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 19 | $104k | 32% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $101k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $87k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $82k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $88k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $71k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $60k | 23% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $43k | 31% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lend A Hand Up Inc | $60,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Great Plains Food Bank | $41,500 | 9 | 0% |
| The Outdoor Adventure Foundation Inc | $37,500 | 9 | 2% |
| Churches United | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| YWCA Cass Clay | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Wilderness River Foundation | $12,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Project 412 | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| PEO Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Plains Art Museum | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fargo Moorhead Area Youth Symphonies | $4,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lend A Hand Up Inc | $60,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Great Plains Food Bank | $41,500 | 9 | 0% |
| The Outdoor Adventure Foundation Inc | $37,500 | 9 | 2% |
| Churches United | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| YWCA Cass Clay | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Wilderness River Foundation | $12,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Project 412 | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| PEO Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Plains Art Museum | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fargo Moorhead Area Youth Symphonies | $4,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Patriot Assistance Dogs | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Homeward Animal Shelter Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Detroit Mountain Recreation Area Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Goetz Mental Wellness Initiative | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Dakota Junior Golf Association Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($443k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dr Calvin K Fercho Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Barry Foundation · Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation Corporation · Alex Stern Family Foundation · Sanford Group Return · Otter Tail Corporation Foundation · Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation · Dakota Medical Foundation · Midcontinent Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare Dr Calvin K Fercho Family Foundation with peer funders
About Dr Calvin K Fercho Family Foundation
- How much does Dr Calvin K Fercho Family Foundation give?
- Dr Calvin K Fercho Family Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $103,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Dr Calvin K Fercho Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (44%), Housing & Shelter (13%), Education (10%).
- Who are Dr Calvin K Fercho Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lend A Hand Up Inc ($60k), Great Plains Food Bank ($42k), The Outdoor Adventure Foundation Inc ($38k).
- Does Dr Calvin K Fercho Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dr Calvin K Fercho Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Dr Calvin K Fercho Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Barry Foundation, Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation Corporation, Alex Stern Family Foundation.
- Where is Dr Calvin K Fercho Family Foundation based?
- Dr Calvin K Fercho Family Foundation is based in ND.
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