· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k15 grants · $64k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| YMCA NORTHERN SKY FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| THE OUTDOOR ADVENTURE FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| THE VILLAGE FAMILY SERVIC | $10,000 |
| LEND A HAND UP | $10,000 |
| CHURCHES UNITED FOR THE HOMELESS | $7,500 |
| GREAT PLAINS FOOD BANK | $7,500 |
| NEW LIFE CENTER | $7,500 |
| FARGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DEV FOUND | $7,500 |
| ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION | $5,000 |
| YWCA CASS CLAY | $5,000 |
| PLAINS ART MUSEUM | $5,000 |
| PATRIOT ASSISTANCE DOGS | $3,000 |
| WILDERNESS RIVER FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| ND SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| HOMEWARD ANIMAL SHELTER | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $41k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LALend A Hand Up Inc7× · 2019–2025 · $60k · revenue +139%
- GPGreat Plains Food Bank9× · 2017–2025 · $42k · revenue +66%
- TOTHE OUTDOOR ADVENTURE FOUNDATION INC9× · 2017–2025 · $38k · revenue +73%
Funded once
- FUFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCHone grant, 2017 · $17k
- PFPEO Foundationgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +60%
- DMDETROIT MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA INCone grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +22%
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.
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.
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Guided by our values, Catholic Charities North Dakota serves people in need and advocates for the common good of all.
Prairie Public Broadcasting provides quality radio, television, and public media services that educate, involve, and inspire the people of the prairie region.
To eliminate hunger in south dakota.
Building enduring relationships that maximize advocacy and philanthropy to support North Dakota State University.
To train and certify service dogs for individuals with disabilities.
MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.
To assist in providing for the rehabilitation and continuing welfare of america's disabled veterans, their families, dependents, and survivors.
The Mankato Area Foundation is a trusted resource that connects donors with causes they care about, provides funding to enhance our region and serves as a collaborative community partner.
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.
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 35 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Lend A Hand Up Inc ↗
- Who funds Great Plains Food Bank ↗
- Who funds THE OUTDOOR ADVENTURE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CHURCHES UNITED ↗
- Who funds YWCA CASS CLAY ↗
- Who funds WILDERNESS RIVER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PROJECT 412 ↗
- Who funds PEO Foundation ↗
- Who funds PLAINS ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds FARGO MOORHEAD AREA YOUTH SYMPHONIES ↗
- Who funds PATRIOT ASSISTANCE DOGS ↗
- Who funds HOMEWARD ANIMAL SHELTER INC ↗
- Who funds DETROIT MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA INC ↗
- Who funds GOETZ MENTAL WELLNESS INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds Impact Foundation ↗
- Who funds DAKOTA JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE GIVING BACK FUND ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Dr Calvin K Fercho Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dr Calvin K Fercho Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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