North Dakota · Public charity
Greater Grand Forks Convention & Visitors Bureau
To promote tourism and solicit conventions, tournaments and trade shows to the greater grand forks area.
- $185k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $91k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $813k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations Greater Grand Forks Convention & Visitors Bureau funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k 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 | 7 | $91k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $90k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $89k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $118k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $95k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $45k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $86k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $112k | 45% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Grand Forks Sertoma Club | $121,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Grand Forks Youth Hockey Association | $91,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Grand Forks Downtown Development Associa | $82,500 | 6 | 11% |
| For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) | $68,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Hb Presents LLC | $66,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Grand Forks Marathon Inc | $47,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Grand Forks Public School District | $37,800 | 5 | n/a |
| Public Arts Commission | $37,500 | 4 | 11% |
| Grand Forks Fastbreak Club | $34,500 | 5 | 5% |
| Town Square Farmers Market | $30,000 | 5 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Grand Forks Sertoma Club | $121,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Grand Forks Youth Hockey Association | $91,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Grand Forks Downtown Development Associa | $82,500 | 6 | 11% |
| For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) | $68,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Hb Presents LLC | $66,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Grand Forks Marathon Inc | $47,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Grand Forks Public School District | $37,800 | 5 | n/a |
| Public Arts Commission | $37,500 | 4 | 11% |
| Grand Forks Fastbreak Club | $34,500 | 5 | 5% |
| Town Square Farmers Market | $30,000 | 5 | n/a |
| North Dakota Association of Dance and Drill | $30,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Re Arena Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Grand Forks | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Red River BMX | $20,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Northern Lights Figure Skating Club Inc | $16,500 | 1 | n/a |
| North Dakota League of Cities | $12,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Grand Forks Youth Hockey | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Third Street Events | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Legion | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Greater Gf Soccer Club | $11,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Leighton Media | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Forksfirst Presents LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Bicycle Association | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of North Dakota-College of Business & Public Admin | $8,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Forks Area Youth Baseball Association Inc | $8,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Fenworks LLC | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Helldorado Rodeo and Parade | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Northern Lights Youth Services Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 5% |
| UND Center for Innovation Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Space Grant Foundation | $5,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Empire Arts Center | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Association of Defense Communities Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nd Republican Party | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bbi International Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Greater Grand Forks Convention & Visitors Bureau 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: Altru Health System · Community Foundation of Grand Forks East Grand Forks and Region · Grand Forks Blue Line Club Inc · Myra Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Greater Grand Forks Convention & Visitors Bureau
- How much does Greater Grand Forks Convention & Visitors Bureau give?
- Greater Grand Forks Convention & Visitors Bureau reported 7 itemized grants totaling $90,500, out of $184,672 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Greater Grand Forks Convention & Visitors Bureau fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (34%), Arts & Culture (21%), Health (14%).
- Who are Greater Grand Forks Convention & Visitors Bureau's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Greater Grand Forks Sertoma Club ($121k), Grand Forks Youth Hockey Association ($91k), Grand Forks Downtown Development Associa ($83k).
- Does Greater Grand Forks Convention & Visitors Bureau fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Greater Grand Forks Convention & Visitors Bureau?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Altru Health System, Community Foundation of Grand Forks East Grand Forks and Region, Grand Forks Blue Line Club Inc.
- Where is Greater Grand Forks Convention & Visitors Bureau based?
- Greater Grand Forks Convention & Visitors Bureau is based in ND.
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