How much does North Dakota Community Foundation give?

North Dakota Community Foundation reported 280 itemized grants totaling $8,574,402, out of $10,033,889 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 110 and 257 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does North Dakota Community Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (33%), Recreation & Sports (11%), Health (8%).

Who are North Dakota Community Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation ($5.2M), City of Dickinson ($1.4M), United Tribes Technical College ($1.1M).

Does North Dakota Community Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Where is North Dakota Community Foundation based?

North Dakota Community Foundation is based in ND.

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North Dakota · Community foundation

North Dakota Community Foundation

To improve the quality of life for north dakota's citizens through charitable giving and promoting philanthropy.

$10M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 280
Itemized grants FY2025: 257
Organizations funded FY2024: 35%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $8.6M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $14,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $508,037
Organizations funded a year: 110 to 257; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 8
Total assets, FY2025: $188M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 35% of the organizations North Dakota Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.1M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	278	$8.1M	33%
FY2024	257	$9.9M	35%
FY2023	198	$4.6M	41%
FY2022	148	$5.7M	30%
FY2021	154	$2.9M	31%
FY2020	177	$7.1M	52%
FY2019	131	$2.8M	52%
FY2018	110	$2.2M	58%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$13MRecreation & Sports$4.2MHealth$3.1MHuman Services$3.1MPublic Benefit$2.9MArts & Culture$2.7MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.6MReligion$1.4MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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
Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation	$5,206,498	3	14%
City of Dickinson	$1,405,615	3	n/a
United Tribes Technical College	$1,071,174	7	1%
Cankdeska Cikana Community College	$943,273	4	3%
Wishek Park Board	$795,077	2	n/a
Central Cass Public Schools	$766,451	3	n/a
North Dakota State University Foundation	$680,199	8	1%
Sitting Bull College	$643,291	4	1%
Turtle Mountain Community College	$626,020	4	1%
Job Development Authority	$605,664	8	n/a

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All grantees of North Dakota Community Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation	$5,206,498	3	14%
City of Dickinson	$1,405,615	3	n/a
United Tribes Technical College	$1,071,174	7	1%
Cankdeska Cikana Community College	$943,273	4	3%
Wishek Park Board	$795,077	2	n/a
Central Cass Public Schools	$766,451	3	n/a
North Dakota State University Foundation	$680,199	8	1%
Sitting Bull College	$643,291	4	1%
Turtle Mountain Community College	$626,020	4	1%
Job Development Authority	$605,664	8	n/a
Arthur Fire Department	$554,395	7	n/a
McKenzie County Public School Distr	$533,607	7	n/a
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College	$527,128	3	n/a
City of Arthur	$468,937	9	n/a
Gaia Home	$464,919	2	17%
Oak Grove Lutheran High School	$460,000	4	n/a
Stanley Community Schools	$454,184	7	n/a
Missouri Slope Areawide United Way	$424,768	6	6%
Martins Lutheran Church	$422,968	9	n/a
Lutheran Social Services of Nd	$397,535	5	2%
Infinity Center	$385,622	1	n/a
Lutheran Sunset Home	$351,806	6	1%
Milnor School District	$341,069	8	n/a
Anne Carlsen Center	$336,668	5	0%
Dickinson Parks & Recreation	$334,000	2	n/a
Cass County North Dakota Historical Society	$331,654	9	8%
Grafton Educational Foundation	$329,348	5	76%
St John the Evangelist Church	$315,256	6	n/a
Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center Foundation	$310,000	4	17%
Unity Medical Center Foundation	$307,561	5	23%
St Mary's School	$305,750	2	n/a
City of Milnor Park District	$293,418	9	n/a
North Dakota Tribal College System	$289,290	4	25%
City of Milnor	$286,708	9	n/a
Killdeer Public School Dist	$251,279	2	n/a
Samaritan's Purse	$250,250	1	0%
Carrington Health Center	$226,257	9	0%
UND Alumni Association and Foundation	$226,060	3	1%
Dunn County Auditor	$216,000	3	n/a
Lisbon Public School	$215,602	9	n/a
City of Courtenay	$211,600	8	n/a
Southwest Art Gallery and Science Center	$210,716	3	26%
Bismarck State College Foundation	$206,043	9	1%
University of Mary	$204,814	9	0%
Lake Region State College	$201,976	4	n/a
Slope Farmers Fair Association	$195,000	2	n/a
Great Plains Food Bank	$192,099	7	0%
Community of Care	$188,500	8	12%
Home on the Range	$182,477	5	n/a
Three Rivers Crisis Center	$178,600	6	13%
New Salem Park District	$171,656	5	n/a
Northern Cass School District No 97	$164,997	8	n/a
Oakwood Cemetery Association	$160,509	8	n/a
Prairie Rose Golf Course	$160,138	3	n/a
Wcjda Foundation	$160,000	4	89%
City of Stanley Park Board	$159,400	4	n/a
Catholic Charities North Dakota	$155,412	9	0%
Dickinson Area Community Foundation Inc	$153,116	1	n/a
Alexander Public School	$146,841	5	n/a
Hope Evangelical Covenant Church Grand Forks Nd	$142,950	7	n/a
Grafton Parks & Recreaction	$142,940	4	n/a
Hope Manor Foundation Inc	$142,769	3	17%
City of New Salem	$141,305	5	n/a
Youth Opportunity Unlimited Inc	$140,748	6	n/a
Gorge Arts and Heritage Council	$140,379	5	n/a
Fundraising for Ransom Area and Community	$138,980	5	83%
Souris Valley United Way	$138,730	8	4%
Nd Parks & Rec Dept	$137,352	6	n/a
Ashley Jda	$134,700	8	n/a
Mountrail County Health Foundation	$133,850	3	4%
Almont Rural Fire Dept	$133,114	4	n/a
National Pku Alliance Inc	$128,000	4	4%
City of Pembina	$124,524	7	n/a
Lisbon Area Health Services	$124,506	8	0%
Larimore Public School District 44	$123,410	9	n/a
Ministry on the Margins	$123,330	4	4%
Amidon Fire Protection District	$120,620	3	n/a
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc	$120,300	2	0%
Joint Arthur&Hunter Park Dist	$120,000	4	n/a
Jeremiah Program	$119,816	6	0%
Hunter Ambulance Service	$119,700	3	35%
Chi Health Connect at Home - Fargo	$119,140	4	0%
Abuse Resource Network	$115,870	7	9%
Heartview Foundation	$113,553	3	1%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of North Dakota	$113,000	3	n/a
BIO Girls Inc	$111,728	7	3%
Prairie Public Broadcasting Inc	$109,651	9	0%
City of Flasher	$106,400	3	n/a
Western Wellness Foundation Inc	$106,268	7	14%
31-8 Project	$105,974	3	25%
Flasher Rural Fire Protection Distr	$105,854	3	n/a
Richland Wilkin Emergency Food Pantry	$105,850	4	20%
Riding for Dreams	$105,600	5	20%
Northlands Rescue Mission Inc	$101,576	4	4%
Bismarck Library Foundation Inc	$98,757	9	5%
Killdeer Saddle Club	$96,450	4	8%
Benefit Fund of McKenzie County Healthcare Systems	$96,000	2	2%
Abused Adult Resource Center	$95,131	4	1%
Flasher Public School	$95,000	2	n/a
Sargent Central Public Schools	$94,414	9	n/a
Hankinson Fire Protection District	$92,350	1	n/a
New Salem Fire Department	$91,188	4	n/a
Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation	$90,450	2	0%
Lisbon Bissell Golf Club	$90,381	3	8%
North Dakota Veterans Cemetery Foundation INC	$90,000	2	2%
Hope Lutheran Church	$90,000	4	n/a
Tri-County Senior Meals and Service	$87,840	7	4%
Lisbon Fire Department	$87,645	4	n/a
Minot Commission on Aging Inc	$87,193	9	1%
St Gerard's Community of Care	$86,888	2	2%
Domestic Violence Crisis Center	$84,087	5	2%
New Rockford-Sheyenne Public School	$82,455	2	n/a
Save Our Strand Inc	$82,201	4	6%
Casselton Parks and Recreation	$80,630	8	n/a
Ransom County Fair Association	$80,580	4	10%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches	$80,200	6	0%
Milnor Area Community Center Inc	$79,270	6	31%
Mandan Public Schools Foundation for Education	$79,178	7	23%
Connect Medical Clinic	$79,105	4	4%
New Salem Ambulance	$77,800	4	15%
Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch	$77,340	5	0%
Mott Health Care Center	$77,000	2	12%
Good Samaritan Health Services Foundation	$76,980	1	10%
Bismarck Public Schools Foundation	$76,180	2	6%
Better Living for Garrison Inc	$75,516	9	19%
New Salem Saddle Club	$75,000	1	n/a
Community Violence Intervention Center	$75,000	1	1%
Essentia Health Foundation	$72,267	3	1%
Trinity Health	$71,530	1	n/a
Heavens Helpers	$71,000	2	6%
Minot Area Community Foundation	$70,854	8	42%
Fargo Union Mission	$70,400	3	1%
Greater Minot Zoological Society	$70,392	5	3%
Grafton Beautification Committee Inc	$70,000	2	46%
YMCA of the Northern Sky	$70,000	2	0%
Richland-Wilkin Kinship	$69,625	5	27%
New England Community Grocery Store	$69,460	2	n/a
Lisbon Opera House Foundation	$68,816	3	48%
Association to Meet Emergency Needs Inc	$67,600	3	8%
Little Buddy Foundation	$67,042	3	n/a
Bismarck Art & Galleries Associatio	$65,710	9	5%
Cathedral of the Holy Spirit Trustee Inc	$65,249	9	n/a
Sheyenne River Speedway aka For the Dirt	$65,000	2	n/a
701 Monkey Business	$64,300	2	33%
Cooperstown Bible Camp	$63,154	5	3%
LISTEN Love is Sharing the Exceptional Needs	$62,900	3	1%
Tioga Historical Society Inc	$62,606	2	n/a
Chaseley United Methodist Church	$62,571	9	n/a
Elgin Fire Protection District	$62,000	3	n/a
New Leipzig Firemens Auxiliary	$62,000	3	n/a
PR Health Corporation	$61,793	4	0%
Sanford Health Foundation West	$61,369	9	1%
Plains Art Museum	$61,000	5	1%
The Arc of Bismarck	$60,700	2	36%
Dakota Zoological Society Inc	$60,640	6	1%
Northeastern North Dakota Heritage Association	$59,658	3	42%
The Banquet	$59,000	2	10%
Emergency Food Pantry Inc	$57,010	2	1%
Northern Lights Council of the Boy Scouts of America Inc	$56,000	2	1%
Lidgerwood Public School	$55,191	6	n/a
Milnor Satellite Club	$55,000	2	n/a
Sanford Health Foundation North	$52,410	5	0%
Minot State University Development Foundation	$51,505	2	1%
Milnor Scholarship Association	$51,400	6	n/a
Cross Training	$50,000	1	5%
Stark County Council on Aging	$50,000	1	1%
Charles Hall Youth Services	$50,000	3	0%
Dreams in Motion	$50,000	1	n/a
Lord of Life Lutheran Church	$49,092	6	n/a
Milnor Fire Department	$48,570	3	n/a
Mohall Park District	$48,500	1	n/a
Mountain Plains Youth Works	$48,213	3	1%
Scholarship America Inc	$48,000	5	n/a
McKenzie County Food Pantry	$47,816	3	10%
Van Hook Association	$47,443	3	n/a
Dunn County Round Up Inc	$47,390	2	n/a
Red River Community Housing Development Organization	$46,300	1	10%
St Thomas Aquinas Chapel	$46,112	4	n/a
St Aloisius Hospital	$45,608	3	0%
Hospice of the Red River Valley	$45,570	3	0%
Geographical Center Historical Soci	$45,287	3	29%
Dickinson Public Schools	$45,200	3	n/a
Afro American Development Association	$45,000	3	4%
flok Health FKA NATIONAL PKU NEWS	$45,000	3	1%
Bismarck-Mandan Orchestral Association	$44,648	6	3%
Lisbon Park District	$44,401	3	n/a
Badlands Ministries	$44,136	6	n/a
Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation	$43,700	5	0%
Grenora Public School	$43,577	1	n/a
City of Hunter	$43,514	1	n/a
F5 Project	$43,000	1	n/a
Oakwood Cemetery Association	$42,680	3	n/a
Young Life	$42,515	2	0%
Billings County Rural Fire Protecti	$42,500	1	n/a
Pembina Ambulance Service Inc	$41,425	5	8%
Bowman County School District 1	$41,060	3	n/a
Ashley Medical Center	$40,976	3	0%
Aid Inc	$40,842	2	8%
Morton County Fair Association	$40,268	2	8%
All Parks Alliance for Change	$40,000	4	8%
Roosevelt-Custer Regional Council for Development	$40,000	1	5%
North Dakota Domestic & Sexual Violence Coalition	$40,000	3	1%
New England Rural Fire Protection D	$40,000	2	n/a
South Sudan Lutheran Church	$40,000	3	n/a
Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center Inc	$40,000	1	0%
Minot Area Council of the Arts	$39,904	3	23%
Killdeer Area Ambulance Service	$39,525	2	n/a
Ellendale Park Board	$38,951	6	n/a
Kidz Clubhouse	$38,859	3	9%
Hunter Volunteer Fire Department	$38,500	2	n/a
Bellevue Cemetery Association	$37,771	5	15%
Women's Alliance Inc	$37,723	1	3%
Vision West ND Inc	$36,697	3	6%
Womens Care Center Bismarck	$36,630	1	4%
City of Harvey	$36,339	5	n/a
Prairie Grit Adaptive Sports	$36,300	2	2%
Camp Recreation Inc	$36,300	1	20%
Dream Center Bismarck	$36,300	1	1%
Domestic Violence and Abuse Center	$35,800	1	8%
First Presbyterian Church	$35,759	4	n/a
Cass County Rural Community Emerg Food Pantry Inc	$35,300	4	13%
Welcome House Inc	$35,000	2	14%
The Human Family	$34,800	3	18%
High Plains Fair Housing Center Inc	$34,760	3	5%
Center-Stanton Public School	$34,500	3	n/a
North Dakota Association of Realtors	$33,960	5	1%
Haley's Hope Inc	$33,800	1	3%
Christian Unity Hospital Corporation	$33,089	2	0%
City of Wishek	$32,890	2	n/a
Salvation Army	$32,616	4	n/a
Marketplace of Ideasmarketplace for Kids Inc	$32,280	4	5%
St Alexius Medical Center	$32,000	1	0%
Jacobson Memorial Hospital Care Center	$32,000	2	0%
Benedictine Sisters of the Annunciation Bmv	$31,500	2	n/a
Eshara	$31,300	1	13%
House of Everyday Learning	$31,100	4	n/a
Gateway to Science Center Inc	$31,040	4	1%
Fair Oaks Foundation Corporation	$31,000	2	n/a
Mott Country Club	$30,800	3	47%
Greater Carson Rural Fire Protectio	$30,500	2	n/a
North Dakota Women's Network	$30,500	2	21%
Williston State College Foundation	$30,100	1	1%
North Dakota Association of Nonprofit Organizations Inc	$30,000	2	16%
New American Consortium for Wellness & Empowerment	$30,000	3	27%
Mandan Park District	$30,000	2	n/a
Hunter Park Board	$30,000	1	n/a
Children's Museum of Minot Inc	$30,000	1	1%
Focus Mission Foundation	$30,000	3	n/a
Dakota Hill Housing Corp	$30,000	1	3%
Fort Stevenson Foundation	$30,000	2	n/a
Bowman Parks and Recreation	$30,000	1	n/a
The Garrett Houghton Good Foundation	$30,000	1	10%
Hill Top Heritage Foundation	$30,000	1	3%
Minot Rurual Fire Protection	$30,000	2	n/a
Dakota Children's Advocacy Center	$29,410	3	1%
Hurdsfield Community Center	$29,100	1	n/a
City of Center	$29,000	2	n/a
Special Olympics North Dakota Inc	$28,500	3	1%
Bismarck Emergency Food Pantry Inc	$28,400	1	31%
Park River Area Public School	$28,333	2	n/a
Rhame Fire Dept	$28,200	1	n/a
Hettinger County North Dakota Historical Society	$28,000	2	n/a
Coal Country Community Health Center	$27,710	1	0%
Acro Stars Gymnastics	$27,700	2	10%
Sciotoville Christian Church	$27,501	1	n/a
The Arts Partnership of the Red Rive	$27,500	3	2%
Golva Rural Fire Protection Distric	$27,498	2	n/a
Dickinson State University Foundation	$27,248	1	n/a
Burleigh County Council on Aging	$26,909	3	0%
Little Bobcats Daycare	$26,850	2	9%
Vision West Nd	$26,400	2	n/a
Jasmin Services	$26,300	1	2%
Ransom County Food Pantry Inc	$26,000	3	26%
Oliver County Rural Fire Protection District	$26,000	3	8%
Hillside Cemetery Association of Hankinson Inc	$25,500	2	n/a
Pembina County Historical Society	$25,462	4	11%
Stark Co - Assn of Deputies	$25,346	3	n/a
Elginnew Leipzig School District	$25,141	2	n/a
Life Skills & Transition Centercol	$25,000	1	n/a
Keene Volunteer Fire Department	$25,000	1	n/a
Camp of the Cross Ministries	$25,000	1	n/a
Heart-N-Soul Community Cafe Inc	$25,000	2	n/a
American Legion Post 91	$25,000	1	n/a
Amachi Mentoring	$25,000	2	5%
Blessed Builders-Ministry	$25,000	1	2%
Beyond Shelter Inc	$25,000	2	0%
Cass Clay Community Land Trust	$25,000	2	15%
North Dakota Human Rights Coalition	$25,000	2	8%
Cultural Diversity Resources	$24,500	2	21%
Greater Grand Forks Senior Citizens Association	$24,500	3	0%
Heartsprings	$24,415	2	21%
City of Beach	$24,200	2	n/a
Nelson County Health System-Hospital	$24,000	1	1%
Missouri River Educational Cooperative	$24,000	1	n/a
Little Flower Church	$23,737	3	n/a
Stark County Veteran Memorial	$23,680	3	1%
Kiddie Korner Preschool & Daycare Sunshine Kids Center	$23,500	3	6%
Scranton Quick Response Unit	$23,500	2	n/a
Prairie View Elementary	$23,475	1	n/a
Playhouse Theatre Inc	$23,000	3	14%
Stanley Wrestling Club	$23,000	1	23%
New England Park Board	$23,000	2	n/a
North Dakota Newspaper Association Education Found	$22,940	1	6%
Firemans Fund of Hankinson	$22,917	1	n/a
Good Shepherd	$22,860	3	n/a
United Way of Grand Forks East Grand Forks and the Area Inc	$22,776	3	1%
Sacred Pipe Resource Center	$22,500	2	6%
Growing Together Community Gardens Llc	$22,400	2	n/a
St Joseph's Hospital & Health Center	$22,319	2	0%
Golva Park Board	$22,260	2	n/a
Uspirend	$21,815	1	9%
Zion Lutheran Church	$21,538	1	n/a
North Dakota Local Foods Development Alliance	$21,500	2	n/a
Lisbon Historic Scenic Theatre	$21,485	1	n/a
Bismarck Cancer Center Foundation	$21,000	1	n/a
City of Breckenridge	$21,000	2	n/a
Church of the Ascension Bismarck Trustee Inc	$20,500	3	n/a
Shriners Hospitals for Children	$20,500	1	n/a
Mountrail Bethel Home Inc	$20,194	2	0%
Western North Dakota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church In	$20,000	2	n/a
North Dakota State University	$20,000	2	n/a
Light of Christ Catholic Schools	$20,000	1	n/a
Ashley Public School	$20,000	2	n/a
Litchville-Marion School District	$20,000	1	n/a
Gladstone Consolidated Fire Distric	$20,000	1	n/a
North Valley Area Career&Tech	$20,000	1	n/a
The Fargo-Moorhead Coalition for Homeless Persons	$20,000	2	4%
Billings County EMS	$20,000	1	n/a
Global Friends Coalition	$20,000	2	n/a
City of Almont	$20,000	1	n/a
Think North Dakota Education Fund	$20,000	1	n/a
Carnegie Regional Library	$20,000	1	n/a
New Leipzig Economic Development Co	$20,000	1	n/a
Southwest Healthcare Services	$20,000	1	0%
Indigenous Youth Rising	$19,975	1	n/a
Kansas State University	$19,750	1	n/a
Walhalla Swimming Pool	$19,720	2	n/a
Bismarck Mandan Symphony Foundation	$19,596	3	n/a
Lil Spuds Childcare Inc	$18,860	1	5%
Mountrail County Medical Center	$18,780	2	0%
Action Resource Center	$18,660	2	5%
Childrens Discovery Center	$18,650	2	1%
Community Ambulance Service Inc	$18,618	2	3%
Lisbon FFA	$18,475	1	n/a
Wahpeton Breckenridge Area Chamber	$18,421	1	5%
North Dakota Humanities Council	$18,320	3	1%
Iowa State University Foundation	$18,233	1	0%
Small Hands Preschool and Child Care	$18,000	2	5%
Central Cass Treehouse	$18,000	1	n/a
Ashley Fire Department	$18,000	2	n/a
Enderlin Historical Society & Museum Inc	$17,920	1	n/a
Red Willow Lutheran Bible Camp Association	$17,881	3	n/a
Hillsboro Public Schools	$17,860	3	n/a
Ellendale Public Library	$17,811	3	n/a
Farm Rescue	$17,699	1	1%
Louse Creek Golf Association	$17,600	1	n/a
Dunn County Fair Association	$17,500	1	n/a
Carrington Fire Department	$17,500	2	n/a
North Dakota Private Grazing Lands Coalition	$17,500	2	4%
Lions Clubs International Foundation	$17,500	1	0%
Sheyenne Fine Arts Association	$17,500	2	n/a
St Pauls Lutheran Church	$17,050	2	n/a
Fort Ransom Sodbusters Association	$17,000	1	n/a
Regent Rural Fire Protection Distri	$17,000	1	n/a
Wilton Public School District	$16,963	1	n/a
Central Dakota Sportsmens Club	$16,645	1	n/a
McLeod Historical Preservation Society	$16,500	1	n/a
Mandan Public School District	$16,492	2	n/a
Grafton Volunteer Fire Department	$16,390	1	6%
American Legion	$16,200	2	n/a
United Way of Richland-Wilkin	$16,000	1	8%
Upper Midwest Recovery Inc Dakotas Conference Office	$16,000	1	n/a
Community Action Partnership of North Dakota Inc	$16,000	2	1%
Great Plains Assistance Dogs Foundation	$16,000	2	1%
Roosevelt Public School	$16,000	1	n/a
Milnor Medical Association Inc	$16,000	2	n/a
City of Galesburg	$15,879	1	n/a
Village Arts Inc	$15,800	2	14%
Foster County Historical Society Inc	$15,500	2	18%
McIntosh County Historical Society	$15,250	2	9%
St Luke's Home	$15,200	1	0%
McKenzie County Rural Fire Protecti	$15,199	1	n/a
Foundation for Life Enrichment Inc	$15,194	1	8%
American Legion Gaming Division	$15,150	2	5%
University of Jamestown	$15,150	1	0%
Ashley Country Club	$15,062	2	8%
Open Door Food Pantry	$15,000	1	n/a
Wounded Warrior Project Inc	$15,000	1	0%
Medora Fire Department	$15,000	1	n/a
Country Community Cupboard Inc	$15,000	1	n/a
Standing Rock Community Development	$15,000	1	1%
Northern Plains Heritage Foundation	$15,000	1	3%
Keeping the Promise	$15,000	1	n/a
African Arts Arena	$15,000	1	n/a
New Americans Integration Center	$15,000	1	n/a
South Sudan Read	$15,000	1	n/a
New Leipzig Ambulance	$15,000	1	n/a
Ransom County Historical Society	$15,000	1	17%
West Dunn Fire District	$15,000	1	n/a
Bowman Fire Department	$15,000	1	n/a
Mid-Dakota Education	$15,000	1	n/a
Churches United	$15,000	2	0%
Lisbon PTA	$15,000	1	n/a
Healthy Communities Coalition	$15,000	1	n/a
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa	$15,000	1	n/a
Hettinger County Sheriff's Office	$14,992	1	n/a
Ashley Park Board	$14,874	2	n/a
Oliver County Fair	$14,500	2	n/a
Women Empowering Women	$14,409	2	4%
Richardton Healthcare Foundation	$14,260	2	7%
New Salem Historical Society	$14,254	1	45%
South Central Adult Services Council Inc	$14,250	2	0%
Southeastern North Dakota Community Action Agency	$14,000	2	0%
Dakota West Arts Council Inc	$14,000	1	9%
Jamestown Fine Arts Association Inc	$13,965	2	1%
Rugby Public School District No 5	$13,960	2	n/a
Hannaford Park Board	$13,900	2	n/a
Colorado State University Foundation	$13,733	1	0%
Lisbon Wrestling Club Inc	$13,622	1	n/a
Project Bee	$13,500	1	2%
Minot State University	$13,425	1	n/a
Down Home	$13,350	1	3%
FFA Alumni Association	$13,300	2	n/a
Ellendale Public School	$13,190	2	n/a
Anamoose Park Board	$13,100	2	n/a
Grant County Fair Association	$13,000	1	12%
Community Uplift Program	$13,000	1	9%
Bowman Regional Public Library	$12,960	1	n/a
Downtown Development Corp of Almont	$12,890	1	n/a
Larimore Park Board District	$12,836	2	n/a
Regent Consumers Coop	$12,766	2	n/a
Carrington Youth Center	$12,694	2	5%
Mercer McLean Counties	$12,691	2	1%
Carrington Youth Sports	$12,500	1	8%
Grassy Butte Rural Fire Protection District	$12,470	1	n/a
St Anns Church	$12,389	2	n/a
Faith in Action Coalition	$12,300	1	8%
Golden Valley County	$12,182	1	n/a
McKenzie County Ambulance Service	$12,100	1	1%
Golden Valley County Historical Society Inc	$12,000	1	n/a
Paws Richardton-Taylor School	$12,000	2	n/a
Casselton Economic Development	$12,000	2	n/a
Ducks Unlimited Inc	$12,000	1	0%
Garrison Fire Department	$12,000	2	n/a
Courtenay Community Center	$12,000	1	n/a
Scranton Public School	$12,000	1	n/a
Mott Food Pantry	$12,000	2	55%
WF Events Inc	$12,000	1	n/a
Independence Inc	$11,600	1	2%
New England Public School	$11,600	2	n/a
Black Hills State University Foundation	$11,530	1	0%
Minnewaukan Rural Fire Protec	$11,011	2	n/a
Mott Visionary Committee	$11,000	1	n/a
Northern Plains Ballet	$11,000	1	1%
Larimore Fire Protection District	$11,000	2	3%
Hankinson Park Board	$11,000	1	n/a
Lions Foundation of North Dakota Inc	$10,681	1	3%
Stateline Amateur Radio Club Inc	$10,659	1	n/a
Community Connection Community Clo	$10,500	1	n/a
Dakota Prairie Regional Center for the Arts	$10,000	1	n/a
Fort Ransom Arena Association	$10,000	1	12%
Nd Breastfeeding Coalition	$10,000	1	n/a
Somali Community Development of North Dakota Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
American Heart Association Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Regent Park District	$10,000	1	n/a
Louse Creek Golf Association	$10,000	1	n/a
Fort Ransom Community Club	$10,000	1	n/a
State-Line Ministerial Association	$10,000	1	n/a
Carson Food Pantry	$10,000	1	n/a
City of Mott	$10,000	1	n/a
Adams County Development Corporation	$10,000	1	n/a
Bismarck Public Library	$10,000	1	n/a
Lake Region Community Shelter	$10,000	1	n/a
Walsh County Emergency Food Pantry	$10,000	1	8%
Mt Pleasant School - North Dakota	$10,000	1	n/a
Missouri Valley Family YMCA	$10,000	1	0%
Finnish-American Historical Society of North Dakota Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Women Initiative Network of Liberia	$10,000	1	22%
Mental Health America of North Dako	$10,000	1	2%
Dollars for Scholars - N Cass	$10,000	1	n/a
Tri-City Cares Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Gigis Playhouse Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Lions Club - Killdeer	$10,000	1	n/a
Lakeview Golf Course	$10,000	1	4%
American Legion Ezra Barrows Post 46	$10,000	1	n/a
North Dakota Center for Nursing	$10,000	1	4%
Bowman County Fair Education Associ	$10,000	1	n/a
Dakota Resource Council	$10,000	1	3%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation	$10,000	1	n/a
Grand Forks Housing Authority	$10,000	1	n/a
Lakota Language Consortium Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
New England Ambulance Service	$10,000	1	n/a
International Association of Lions Clubs	$10,000	1	n/a
Minot Housing Authority	$10,000	1	n/a
Neighborhood Development Enterprises Inc	$10,000	1	3%
Regroup Recovery	$10,000	1	n/a
Common Enterprise Development Corporation	$10,000	1	12%
South Sudanese Foundation	$10,000	1	3%
St Mark Lutheran Church	$10,000	1	n/a
Sudanese Community of Fargo-M	$10,000	1	n/a
Watford City Economic Development C	$10,000	1	n/a
SOLUTIONS Behavioral Healthcare Professionals PC	$10,000	1	n/a
City of Fargo	$10,000	1	n/a
South East Education Cooperative	$10,000	1	n/a
Planned Parenthood Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota	$10,000	1	0%
The Arc of Dickinson Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Capital City Young Guns	$10,000	1	n/a
Missouri Valley Lodge #3 Fraternal Order of Police	$10,000	1	3%
Peoples Press Project	$10,000	1	n/a
Consolidated Waste Ltd	$10,000	1	2%
Stanley-Parks and Rec	$10,000	1	n/a
Norsk Hostfest Association	$10,000	1	1%
Native Community Development Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Enhancing and Strengthening North Dakota Nonprofits	$10,000	1	n/a
Sanford	$10,000	1	n/a
Arc Upper Valley Inc	$10,000	1	4%
Divide County School Dist	$10,000	1	n/a
Nd Coalition for Homeless	$10,000	1	n/a
City of Park River	$10,000	1	n/a
Grand Forks Homes Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Mott Park District	$10,000	1	n/a
American Lung Association	$10,000	1	0%
Missouri Valley Coalition for Homeless People Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Elgin Golf Club	$10,000	1	n/a
Crazy Cat Crew	$10,000	1	n/a
Missouri River Educational Cooperative Foundation	$10,000	1	n/a
University of North Dakota-College of Business & Public Admin	$10,000	1	n/a
Nd Childrens Caucus	$10,000	1	n/a
Nd Industrial Commission	$10,000	1	n/a
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Red River Valley Inc	$10,000	1	1%
United African Community	$9,940	1	n/a
Drayton Public School District 19	$9,700	1	n/a
Epiphany Catholic Church	$9,700	1	n/a
Dakota Prairie Community Action Agency Inc	$9,624	1	0%
Minot Curling Club Inc	$9,600	1	n/a
Rendezvous Region Foundation	$9,600	1	n/a
Rotary International - Dickinson Club	$9,464	1	10%
Benson County Sheriff's Office	$9,360	1	n/a
Bowman County Job Development Inc	$9,237	1	1%
Sisters of Mary of the Presentation Long Term Care	$9,125	1	0%
Tiny Tornadoes	$9,000	1	5%
Kulm Public School	$8,972	1	n/a
Growing Small Towns	$8,955	1	5%
Minnesota State University Moorhead Foundation Inc	$8,945	1	0%
American Legion Auxiliary - Milnor	$8,822	1	n/a
Revitalize Rolla	$8,804	1	n/a
Mountrail County Aquatics Foundation Inc	$8,500	1	5%
Regent Senior Citizens	$8,500	1	n/a
Oakes Public Schools	$8,332	1	n/a
Enchanted Highway Foundation	$8,280	1	25%
Washburn Volunteer Ambulance Inc	$8,190	1	3%
Finley Wildlife Clubcity of Finley	$8,150	1	n/a
Lisbon Youth Trap Club LLC	$8,145	1	n/a
Humane Society of Richland Wilkin Co	$8,050	1	n/a
American Legion Bosh-Ryba Post 157	$8,000	1	n/a
Montana State University Foundation Inc	$8,000	1	0%
Church of St Mary - New England Parish	$8,000	1	n/a
Raleigh Tractor Club	$8,000	1	n/a
Sentinel Butte Recreation District	$8,000	1	n/a
The Lighthouse	$8,000	1	n/a
Center Stage Performing Arts	$8,000	1	n/a
Valley City State University	$7,953	1	n/a
First Church of the Nazarene	$7,912	1	2%
Hillcrest Country Club	$7,800	1	4%
Parshall Promoters	$7,800	1	n/a
City of Regent Consum Coop	$7,721	1	n/a
City of Beach Park Board	$7,670	1	n/a
United Way of Dickinson Inc	$7,660	1	2%
Red Door Art Gallery and Museum	$7,600	1	13%
Concordia College Corporation	$7,502	1	0%
North Dakota Disabilities Advocacy Consortium	$7,500	1	n/a
Arthur Housing Authority	$7,500	1	n/a
Bridging the Dental Gap	$7,500	1	1%
City of Minot Nd	$7,500	1	n/a
McKenzie County Hockey Club	$7,500	1	1%
Richardton Baseball Club	$7,500	1	n/a
Srctc DECA	$7,500	1	n/a
Rural Economic Area Partnership Investment Fund Inc	$7,500	1	9%
Lake Hoskins Improvement Associatio	$7,450	1	n/a
Pink It Forward	$7,425	1	8%
Parkside Lutheran Home	$7,395	1	0%
James River Senior Citizens Center Inc	$7,315	1	n/a
International Peace Garden	$7,240	1	n/a
St Thomas Fire Protect Dist	$7,184	1	n/a
Jamestown Regional Medical Center Foundation Inc	$7,170	1	1%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc	$7,100	1	0%
Raider Booster Club	$7,000	1	n/a
Minot Park District Foundation	$7,000	1	1%
North Dakota FFA Foundation Incorporated	$7,000	1	n/a
Rural Cass Community Theatre	$7,000	1	n/a
Long X Arts Foundation	$7,000	1	7%
Brosz Engineering Inc	$7,000	1	n/a
Companions for Children	$7,000	1	5%
Family Wellness Bismarck-Mandan LLC	$7,000	1	1%
Maercklein Conservation & Charitable Corporation	$7,000	1	n/a
State Historical Society of North Dakota Foundation	$7,000	1	2%
Ox Cart Trails Historical Society Inc	$6,973	1	n/a
University of Minnesota Foundation	$6,950	1	0%
Independent School District 846	$6,935	1	n/a
Ndscs	$6,900	1	n/a
Velva Community Food Pantry	$6,900	1	19%
Development Homes Inc	$6,840	1	0%
Marmarth Ambulance Service	$6,800	1	n/a
Ellendale Fire Portection District	$6,754	1	n/a
McKenzie County Heritage Associatio	$6,700	1	1%
Oakes Fire District	$6,657	1	n/a
Rolla Community Day Care Inc	$6,645	1	2%
Stray Safe Inn	$6,500	1	n/a
Wyndmere Child and Adolescent Resources	$6,500	1	4%
Wyndmere Community Center Corp	$6,500	1	n/a
Ellendale Area Arts Council	$6,500	1	n/a
Fraternal Order of Eagles	$6,500	1	3%
Valley Lake Boys Home Inc	$6,500	1	n/a
Rebuilding Together Fargo-Moorhead Area Inc	$6,500	1	3%
Parshall Ambulance Service	$6,415	1	n/a
Young Men's Christian Association of Minot	$6,398	1	0%
Ross Univ School of Vet Med	$6,308	1	n/a
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota	$6,300	1	0%
Harvey Ambulance Service Inc	$6,290	1	1%
Difference - a Holistic Approach	$6,278	1	10%
First Presbyterian Church	$6,267	1	n/a
Elm Crest Manor	$6,195	1	0%
Mayville State University Foundation	$6,148	1	1%
Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College	$6,100	1	n/a
Heart River Lutheran Church	$6,100	1	n/a
Garrison Ambulance Service Inc	$6,080	1	1%
Tolley Fire Department	$6,050	1	n/a
Rugby Park District	$6,045	1	n/a
Park River Volunteer Fire Dept	$6,000	1	1%
Finley Sharon Public Schools	$6,000	1	n/a
Hatton Eielson Museum & Historical	$6,000	1	n/a
Giving Tree	$6,000	1	n/a
Full Steam Ahead	$6,000	1	n/a
Mercer County Women's Action and Resource Center	$6,000	1	1%
Northeast North Dakota Pioneer Mach	$6,000	1	n/a
Barnes County North Public Sc	$6,000	1	n/a
Ashley Ambulance Service	$6,000	1	n/a
Peer Vision for Mental Health	$6,000	1	2%
Richardton Saddle Club Inc	$6,000	1	n/a
Invisible Innocence Council	$6,000	1	n/a
Oliver County	$6,000	1	n/a
St John Lutheran Church	$6,000	1	n/a
Happy Trails Child Care	$5,969	1	6%
St John the Baptist Ukrainian Cath	$5,930	1	n/a
Hebron Park District	$5,803	1	n/a
Guardian and Protective Services Inc	$5,709	1	1%
City of Wimbledon North Dakota	$5,700	1	n/a
Strasburg Fire & Rescue	$5,700	1	n/a
Hebron Fire Protection Distri	$5,700	1	n/a
Golden Valley Manor	$5,700	1	1%
Mott Volunteer Fire Brigade	$5,696	1	3%
Minnewaukan 55 Club	$5,500	1	n/a
Nexus Foundation for Family Healing	$5,500	1	0%
Center Park Board	$5,500	1	n/a
McHenry Co Historical Society & Museum Inc	$5,500	1	n/a
Arts for All	$5,500	1	n/a
Oliver County Historical Society	$5,500	1	n/a
Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Dakota	$5,500	1	0%
Badlands Search & Rescue	$5,500	1	n/a
City of Strasburg	$5,500	1	n/a
Bakken Area Skills Center	$5,500	1	n/a
Hope Center Devils Lake	$5,500	1	5%
O P E R a Inc	$5,500	1	1%
Someplace Safe	$5,500	1	0%
South Dakota State University Foundation	$5,500	1	0%
St Lukes Hospital	$5,500	1	0%
Scholarship America Inc	$5,500	1	n/a
City of Sherwood	$5,500	1	n/a
Chahinkapa Zoo Association	$5,440	1	1%
Grafton Public School Distric	$5,434	1	n/a
Cannonball Sportsmen	$5,400	1	n/a
International Music Camp	$5,400	1	1%
Treebeautification Committee of Th	$5,380	1	n/a
City of Grafton	$5,300	1	n/a
Pembina County Memorial Hospital Fdtn	$5,250	1	6%
Fathers Farm	$5,250	1	4%
Lisbon Youth Activities Inc	$5,249	1	n/a
Volunteer Caregiver for the Elderly	$5,213	1	n/a
American Cancer Society Inc	$5,200	1	0%
Foster County	$5,200	1	n/a
Girl Scouts - Dakota Horizons	$5,135	1	0%
Designer Genes of North Dakota Inc	$5,100	1	4%
Dickinson	$5,100	1	n/a
Watford City Park District Dba Rough Rider Center	$5,100	1	n/a
The University of Montana Foundation	$5,040	1	0%
City of Golden Valley	$5,001	1	n/a

Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($130k), not named here.

North Dakota Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 22 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring FoundationND144.9× affinity94 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation · Midcontinent Foundation · Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation Corporation · The Tom and Frances Leach Foundation · Great Plains Food Bank · The Barry Foundation · Dakota Medical Foundation · Sanford Group Return · Otto Bremer Trust · United Way of Cass-Clay · Impact Foundation · Otter Tail Power Company 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.

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About North Dakota Community Foundation

How much does North Dakota Community Foundation give?: North Dakota Community Foundation reported 280 itemized grants totaling $8,574,402, out of $10,033,889 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 110 and 257 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does North Dakota Community Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (33%), Recreation & Sports (11%), Health (8%).
Who are North Dakota Community Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation ($5.2M), City of Dickinson ($1.4M), United Tribes Technical College ($1.1M).
Does North Dakota Community Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as North Dakota Community Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation, Midcontinent Foundation, Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation Corporation.
Where is North Dakota Community Foundation based?: North Dakota Community Foundation is based in ND.