North Dakota · Public charity
First Lutheran Church Foundation
To expand the witness and mission of the first lutheran church in the community, region and world.
- $365k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 15
- Itemized grants FY2026
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Itemized, FY2026
- $297k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2026
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $157,802
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 12
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $7.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 0% of the organizations First Lutheran Church Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 15 | $297k | 33% |
| FY2025 | 9 | $265k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $253k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $221k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $275k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $174k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $131k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $112k | 63% |
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 FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Lutheran Church | $1,091,087 | 10 | n/a |
| Churches United | $76,026 | 6 | 0% |
| YWCA Cass Clay | $68,051 | 6 | 0% |
| Feed My Starving Children Inc | $65,100 | 8 | 0% |
| Down Home | $40,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Elim Homes Inc | $38,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Emergency Food Pantry Inc | $36,500 | 3 | 0% |
| United Campus Ministry at the North Dakota State University | $33,480 | 2 | n/a |
| United Way of Cass-Clay | $32,500 | 3 | 0% |
| New Life Center Foundation | $32,115 | 3 | 9% |
Show all 40 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Lutheran Church | $1,091,087 | 10 | n/a |
| Churches United | $76,026 | 6 | 0% |
| YWCA Cass Clay | $68,051 | 6 | 0% |
| Feed My Starving Children Inc | $65,100 | 8 | 0% |
| Down Home | $40,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Elim Homes Inc | $38,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Emergency Food Pantry Inc | $36,500 | 3 | 0% |
| United Campus Ministry at the North Dakota State University | $33,480 | 2 | n/a |
| United Way of Cass-Clay | $32,500 | 3 | 0% |
| New Life Center Foundation | $32,115 | 3 | 9% |
| Luther Crest Bible Camp Association | $27,417 | 3 | n/a |
| Hero Healthcare Equipment Recycling Organization | $26,202 | 3 | 1% |
| Lake Agassiz Habitat for Humanity | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Fargo Union Mission | $20,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Pathways Inc | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| St Andrews Evangelical Lutheran Church | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mount Carmel Ministries Inc | $19,934 | 3 | 1% |
| Jeremiah Program | $18,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Peace Officer Jail Chaplains Association | $16,500 | 2 | 4% |
| Farm in the Dell of the Red River Valley Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Soul Solutions Recovery Center Inc | $15,600 | 2 | 1% |
| Great Plains Food Bank | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| One Collective | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Heart of Clay | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Legacy Children's Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| FM Rotary Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Sanford Health Foundation North | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Heart-N-Soul Community Cafe Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Furniture Mission of the Red River Valley | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Anne Carlsen Center | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Center for Christian Education Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Peace Lutheran Church | $8,784 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church of Mount Carmel | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Restoration Anglican Church | $7,701 | 1 | n/a |
| Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation | $6,175 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Accion Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Teach Haiti | $6,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Luther Seminary | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| South Sudan Lutheran Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fargo-Moorhead Dorothy Day House of Hospitality Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($14k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget First Lutheran Church 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: Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation Corporation · Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation · Dakota Medical Foundation · The Barry Foundation · Midcontinent Foundation · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Alex Stern Family Foundation · Fred M Hector Jr Charitable Trust · United Way of Cass-Clay · Impact Foundation · Offutt Family Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust
How this is measured
About First Lutheran Church Foundation
- How much does First Lutheran Church Foundation give?
- First Lutheran Church Foundation reported 15 itemized grants totaling $296,984, out of $365,298 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 12 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does First Lutheran Church Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Religion (66%), Housing & Shelter (13%), Human Services (6%).
- Who are First Lutheran Church Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: First Lutheran Church ($1.1M), Churches United ($76k), YWCA Cass Clay ($68k).
- Does First Lutheran Church Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as First Lutheran Church Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation Corporation, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation, Dakota Medical Foundation.
- Where is First Lutheran Church Foundation based?
- First Lutheran Church Foundation is based in ND.
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