North Dakota · Private foundation
Edson & Margaret Larson 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.
- $3.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $275,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 15
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $50M
- 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 Edson & Margaret Larson 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.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $3.2M | 22% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $2.3M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $2.6M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $2.6M | 23% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $2.1M | 40% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $1.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayville State University Foundation | $1,580,000 | 5 | 23% |
| University of Jamestown | $1,380,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Concordia College Corporation | $1,172,500 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Mary | $725,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Minot State University Development Foundation | $275,500 | 2 | 3% |
| North Dakota State University Foundation | $275,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Valley City State University Foundation | $255,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Minot State University | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Valley City State University | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($8.0M), not named here.
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: North Dakota Community Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Edson & Margaret Larson Foundation with peer funders
About Edson & Margaret Larson Foundation
- How much does Edson & Margaret Larson Foundation give?
- Edson & Margaret Larson Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $3,210,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 15 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Edson & Margaret Larson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Who are Edson & Margaret Larson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Mayville State University Foundation ($1.6M), University of Jamestown ($1.4M), Concordia College Corporation ($1.2M).
- Does Edson & Margaret Larson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Edson & Margaret Larson 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 Edson & Margaret Larson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include North Dakota Community Foundation, Xcel Energy Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Edson & Margaret Larson Foundation based?
- Edson & Margaret Larson Foundation is based in ND.
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