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Frank L Wedge Memorial Fund at a glance

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Frank L Wedge Memorial Fund

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.

$190k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0182% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$820kHuman Services$330kReligion$150kHousing & Shelter$150kEducation$20kEnvironment$10kArts & Culture$10kYouth Development$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BENEDICTINE LIVING COMMUNITIES$30,000
SMP HEALTH$20,000
GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY$10,000
BAPTIST HEALTH CARE CENTER$10,000
TOWNER COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER INC$10,000
KNIFE RIVER CARE CENTER FOUNDATION$10,000
RICHARDTON HEALTH CENTER INC$10,000
MAPLE MANOR CARE CENTER$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY BISMARCK$10,000
BETHEL LUTHERAN NURSING & REHABILITATION$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
LUTHER MEMORIAL HOME$10,000
MARIAN MANOR HEALTHCARE CENTER$10,000
TIOGA MEDICAL CENTER$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HILL TOP HOME OF COMFORT INC: $10k → 11%ROLETTE COMMUNITY CARE CENTER: $10k → 26%HILL TOP HOME OF COMFORT: $10k → 11%ROLETTE COMMUNITY CARE CENTER: $10k → 26%ROLETTE COMMUNITY CARE CENTER: $10k → 26%ST LUKE'S HOME: $10k → 9%ST LUKE'S HOME: $10k → 9%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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 54 repeat orgs$500k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

54 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 41 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

54
41

Total granted

$1.3M
$460k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+34%

Still filing today

48%
15%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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
HealthHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesOther
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

  • TC
    Towner County Medical Center Inc
    3× · 2017–2025 · $40k · revenue +42%
  • BO
    Bethany on 42nd
    3× · 2020–2024 · $30k · revenue +18%
  • LM
    Luther Memorial Home
    3× · 2018–2025 · $30k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • SH
    SMP HEALTH - ST CATHERINE SOUTH
    one grant, 2023 · $30k
  • ER
    ELIM REHAB AND CARE CENTER
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • GS
    GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY - MOHALL
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
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
Linton Hospital

The mission of Linton Hospital and Clinics is to enhance the health, well-being, and quality of life of the people we serve.

Health
2
Jacobson Memorial Hospital Care Center

To advance the health of patients and communities we serve through a culture of leadership, continuous improvement and accountability. Jacobson Memorial Hospital Care Center (JMHCC) understands the relationship that exists between body,…

Health
3
Tri-County Health Center

The mission of Hatton Prairie Village is to provide a welcoming, friendly and spirit-filled home to loved ones who need long term or short term care; excellent care and services by compassionate and highly-skilled employees who treat…

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4
Minnewaska Lutheran Home

A community of services, grounded in faith, providing person centered care that encourages all people to reach their highest potential.

—
5
St Annes Guest Home

St. Anne's Guest Home, a Catholic Health Care Facility, embraces residents of all faiths, genders, and races in creating an environment of living the gospel message through providing services, regardless of financial status, to maintain…

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6
United Hospital District

At United Hospital District, we exist to provide and promote appropriate health care services to the communities we serve, doing so in a safe and healing environment which supports our patient-centered care philosophy.

Health
7
Griggs County Nursing Home

None

Health
8
North Dakota Long Term Care Association

We are a professional association of long term care and community service providers who enhance the lives of people we serve through collaboration, education and advocacy.

—
9
Mountrail County Medical Center

At Mountrail County Health Center we strive to create an environment which encourages all individuals to attain their highest level of physical, emotional, and spiritual health.We will achieve this environment by adhering to the words of…

Health
10
Valley Senior Living

Valley Senior Living provides compassionate care and service from a Christian perspective to enhance the quality of life for those we serve.

Education
11
Beulah Community Nursing Home

To provide family-centered compassionate care in a therapeutic and safe environment, where the goal is quality of life. Knife River Care Center is dedicated to the preservation of dignity and respect to those we serve and employ. With…

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12
Bethesda Home of Aberdeen Inc

Bethesda strives to promote a community like quality of life by providing a continuum of affordable health care services, housing alternatives, community services, and intergenerational opportunities in a Christ centered environment.…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd Inc; the most unlike its peers is Knife River Care Center Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

33 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. 33 of the 98 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
31/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BENEDICTINE LIVING COMMUNITIES: $70,000 · OtherBENEDICTINE LIVING COMMUNITIESGOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY OAKES: $40,000 · Other+68 more: $1,070,000 · Other+68 moreTowner County Medical Center Inc: $40,000 · HealthTowner County Medical Center I…Luther Memorial Home: $30,000 · HealthLuther Memorial HomeSouris Valley Care Center Inc: $30,000 · HealthSouris Valley Care Center IncStrasburg Nursing Home: $30,000 · HealthStrasburg Nursing HomeTioga Medical Center: $30,000 · HealthTioga Medical CenterAneta Nursing Home Inc: $30,000 · HealthAneta Nursing Home IncBethel Lutheran Nursing & Rehabilitation Center: $30,000 · HealthBethel Lutheran Nursing & Reha…Parkside Lutheran Home: $30,000 · HealthParkside Lutheran HomeRichardton Health Center Inc: $30,000 · HealthRichardton Health Center IncWESTERN HORIZONS LIVING CENTERS: $20,000 · HealthNapoleon Care Center: $20,000 · HealthMaple Manor Care Center: $20,000 · HealthSouthwest Healthcare Services: $20,000 · HealthSt Aloisius Hospital: $20,000 · HealthAshley Medical Center: $20,000 · HealthNORTHWOOD DEACONESS HEALTH CENTER: $20,000 · Health+6 more: $60,000 · Health+6 moreBethany on 42nd: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterElm Crest Manor: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterFour Seasons Health Care Center Inc: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterRolette Community Care Center: $30,000 · Human ServicesHill Top Home of Comfort Inc: $20,000 · Human ServicesSt Luke's Home: $20,000 · Human Services
Other$1,180,000Health$480,000Housing & Shelter$70,000Human Services$70,000

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 budgetTowner County Medical Center Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBethany on 42nd: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLuther Memorial Home: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSouris Valley Care Center Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetStrasburg Nursing Home: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTioga Medical Center: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRolette Community Care Center: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAneta Nursing Home Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLutheran Sunset Home: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBethel Lutheran Nursing & Rehabilitation Center: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetParkside Lutheran Home: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetRichardton Health Center Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetElm Crest Manor: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFour Seasons Health Care Center Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHill Top Home of Comfort Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWESTERN HORIZONS LIVING CENTERS: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNapoleon Care Center: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMaple Manor Care Center: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSouthwest Healthcare Services: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSt Aloisius Hospital: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSt Gerard's Community of Care: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAshley Medical Center: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHWOOD DEACONESS HEALTH CENTER: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMountrail Bethel Home Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWalhalla Community Hospital Association: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSt Luke's Home: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLutheran Home of the Good Shepherd Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKnife River Care Center Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetST ALEXIUS MEDICAL CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEMBINA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGood Samaritan Hospital Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMissouri Slope Lutheran Care Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMcKenzie County Healthcare Systems Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 Towner County Medical Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds Bethany on 42nd ↗
  • Who funds Luther Memorial Home ↗
  • Who funds Souris Valley Care Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds Strasburg Nursing Home ↗
  • Who funds Tioga Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds Rolette Community Care Center ↗
  • Who funds Aneta Nursing Home Inc ↗
  • Who funds Lutheran Sunset Home ↗
  • Who funds Bethel Lutheran Nursing & Rehabilitation Center ↗
  • Who funds Parkside Lutheran Home ↗
  • Who funds Richardton Health Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds Elm Crest Manor ↗
  • Who funds Four Seasons Health Care Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds Hill Top Home of Comfort Inc ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN HORIZONS LIVING CENTERS ↗
  • Who funds Napoleon Care Center ↗
  • Who funds Maple Manor Care Center ↗
  • Who funds Southwest Healthcare Services ↗
  • Who funds St Aloisius Hospital ↗
  • Who funds St Gerard's Community of Care ↗
  • Who funds Ashley Medical Center ↗

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.

North Dakota Hospital…The Leona M and Harry…American Heart Associ…North Dakota Communit…Ichf FoundationInspiritus Community …Blue Cross Blue Shiel…Amazonsmile Foundation
North Dakota Hospital FoundationND26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: North Dakota Hospital Foundation · The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust · American Heart Association Inc · North Dakota Community Foundation · Ichf Foundation · Inspiritus Community Health Foundation · Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Frank L Wedge Memorial Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Frank L Wedge Memorial Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 98 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-PF 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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