· Public charity
Lutheran Social Services of ND
Guided by god's love and grace, Lutheran Social Services of ND brought healing, help, and hope.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2021
- Under $10k5 grants · $38k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $123k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Family Healthcare Center | $27,126 |
| Fargo Public Schools | $21,287 |
| South Sudanese Foundation | $20,000 |
| West Fargo Public Schools | $15,420 |
| Fargo Public Schools | $14,920 |
| Grand Forks Public Schools -ALC | $14,510 |
| Afro American Development Association | $10,000 |
| Kirat Cultural Society of North Dakota | $9,867 |
| Global Friends Coalition | $9,500 |
| Bismarck Public School District | $7,000 |
| Bismarck Global Neighbors | $6,000 |
| Fargo Public Schools | $5,172 |
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 (FY17–21, $63k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% 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
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 6% of Lutheran Social Services of ND’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2021, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FHFAMILY HEALTHCARE CENTER4× · 2017–2021 · $206k · revenue +71%
- AAAFRO AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION4× · 2017–2021 · $106k · revenue +176%
- GFGLOBAL FRIENDS COALITION3× · 2017–2021 · $47k · revenue +97%
Funded once
- BBBhutanese Buddha Society of North Dakotaone grant, 2017 · $10k
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.
7 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. 7 of the 16 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.
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: Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation · North Dakota Community Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Sanford Group Return · United Way of Cass-Clay · Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation Corporation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lutheran Social Services of ND funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lutheran Social Services of ND. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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