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North Dakota Community Foundation

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

$10M
Granted FY2025still arriving
280
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$508k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

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
02FY2025 · 280 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 280 grants below total $8,574,402, the rows itemized in this filing. The $10,033,889 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,459,487 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k91 grants · $655k
  • $10k–50k150 grants · $3.0M
  • $50k–250k35 grants · $3.2M
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.8M
$14,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$188M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CANDESKA CIKANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE$508,037
NORTH DAKOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$445,625
UNITED TRIBES TECHNICAL COLLEGE$420,515
INFINITY CENTER$385,622
TURTLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE I$198,339
NUETA HIDATSA SAHNISH COLLEGE NE$185,875
SITTING BULL COLLEGE$170,815
OAK GROVE LUTHERAN SCHOOL$150,000
SLOPE FARMERS FAIR ASSOCIATION$150,000
MISSOURI SLOPE AREAWIDE UNITED WAY$147,975
NORTH DAKOTA TRIBAL COLLEGE SYSTEM$128,250
HANKINSON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT$92,350
GRAFTON EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$90,650
MOUNTRAIL COUNTY HEALTH FOUNDATION$86,850
LUTHERAN SUNSET HOME$86,420
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, $2.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 48% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRISIS CENTER: $34k → 10%701 MONKEY BUSINESS: $56k → 20%LITTLE BOBCATS DAYCARE: $21k → 25%TIOGA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $48k → 8%STANDING ROCK COMMUNITY DEV C: $15k → 33%TIOGA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $14k → 8%BENEFIT FUND OF MCKENZIE COUNTY HEA: $86k → 9%THE ARC OF BISMARCK: $51k → 10%HILL TOP HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $30k → 11%STARK COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING ELDER: $50k → 9%WOMEN'S CARE CENTER - BISMARCK: $37k → 10%THREE RIVERS CRISIS CENTER: $57k → 10%CONNECT MEDICAL CLINIC: $35k → 9%THREE RIVERS CRISIS CENTER: $33k → 10%MOUNTAIN PLAINS YOUTH SERVICE: $30k → 10%THREE RIVERS CRISIS CENTER: $24k → 10%THREE RIVERS CRISIS CENTER: $24k → 10%COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CEN: $75k → 13%CONNECT MEDICAL CLINIC: $19k → 9%THREE RIVERS CRISIS CENTER: $24k → 10%YOUTH OPPORTUNITY UNLIMITED INC: $47k → 8%CONNECT MEDICAL CLINIC: $18k → 9%THREE RIVERS CRISIS CENTER: $17k → 10%ST LUKE'S HOME: $15k → 9%YOUTH OPPORTUNITY UNLIMITED INC: $25k → 8%YOUTH OPPORTUNITY UNLIMITED: $23k → 8%DAKOTA CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CT: $14k → 10%HALEY'S HOPE: $34k → 12%SAVE OUR STRAND: $52k → 11%YOUTH OPPORTUNITY UNLIMITED: $17k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSSMINNESOTA DAKOTA: $25k → 12%YOUTH OPPORTUNITY UNLIMITED INC: $16k → 8%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ABUSE CENTER: $36k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSSMINNESOTA DAKOTA: $20k → 12%HEART-N-SOUL COMMUNITY CAFE: $15k → 12%SAVE OUR STRAND: $19k → 11%LIL' SPUDS CHILDCARE: $19k → 11%YMCA OF THE NORTHERN SKY: $50k → 12%HOSPICE OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY: $32k → 12%ESHARA: $31k → 12%YMCA OF CASS & CLAY COUNTIES: $20k → 12%DREAM CENTER BISMARCK: $36k → 10%COMMUNITY OF CARE: $63k → 12%COMMUNITY OF CARE: $46k → 12%COMMUNITY OF CARE: $23k → 12%CENTRAL CASS TREEHOUSE: $18k → 12%COMMUNITY OF CARE: $17k → 12%COMMUNITY OF CARE: $17k → 12%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
ND
MN
IL
NY
SD
IA
IN
NJ
CO
KS
TN
NC
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.
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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 North Dakota Community Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 97% of the giving stays in ND; by stated purpose, 92%.

North Dakota Community Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$40M · 319 repeat orgs$5.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

319 repeat relationships: 186 still active in FY2025, 133 since wound down; 92 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

319
279

Total granted

$40M
$3.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+2%

Still filing today

55%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.9M 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
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TR
    THEODORE ROOSEVELT PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2024 · $5.2M · revenue ×138
  • UT
    UNITED TRIBES TECHNICAL COLLEGE
    7× · 2019–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +40%
  • ND
    North Dakota State University Foundation
    8× · 2017–2025 · $680k · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    one grant, 2024 · $250k · revenue -12%
  • DA
    DICKINSON AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $153k
  • NS
    NEW SALEM SADDLE CLUB
    one grant, 2024 · $75k
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
North Dakota Rural Health Association

Info & advocacy for rural health in nd

Health
2
Nd Natural Resources Conservation Trust

To promote the conservation of natural resources in the state of north dakota

Environment
3
Northwood Deaconess Health Center

Serve as a local access to a full range of health care services. continue as a leader in primary care for the whole family, in care of the elderly, and in emergency services. Function as a focal point for health education and wellness.

Health
4
North Dakota News Cooperative
Arts & Culture
5
Garretson Volunteer Fire Department

The Garretson Volunteer Fire Department serves the City of Garretson and surrounding communities in Eastern South Dakota. The Department is made up completely of volunteer fireman and is responsible for roughly 100 square miles within its…

Public Safety & Disaster
6
North Dakota Public Information Officer Association
Education
7
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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8
North Dakota Masonic Foundation
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9
Greater North Dakota Chamber of Commerce

The greater north dakota chamber of commerce works on behalf of our members to advocate for a positive business climate.

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10
North Dakota Hospital Association

To advance the health status of persons served by the membership.

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11
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.

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12
Eastern Star Home of South Dakota Incorporated

Provide quality care and services to residents in assisted living and nursing home facilities.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of North Dakota; the most unlike its peers is Pink It Forward. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

374 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. 374 of the 695 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.

22
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
103
Early backer (in before they grew)
348/374
Grantees still filing
212/374
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF DICKINSON: $1,405,615 · OtherCITY OF DICKINSONWISHEK PARK BOARD: $795,077 · OtherCENTRAL CASS PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $766,451 · Other+124 more: $18,074,338 · Other+124 moreTHEODORE ROOSEVELT PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $5,206,498 · EducationTHEODORE ROOSEVELT PRESIDENTIA…UNITED TRIBES TECHNICAL COLLEGE: $1,071,174 · EducationUNITED TRIBES TECHNICAL COLLEG…CANKDESKA CIKANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $943,273 · EducationCANKDESKA CIKANA COMMUNITY COL…North Dakota State University Foundation: $680,199 · EducationNorth Dakota State University …TURTLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $626,020 · EducationTURTLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY COLL…+8 more: $1,767,160 · Education+8 moreGaia Home: $464,919 · HealthCARRINGTON HEALTH CENTER: $226,257 · HealthNATIONAL PKU ALLIANCE INC: $128,000 · HealthLISBON AREA HEALTH SERVICES: $124,506 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $120,300 · HealthCHI HEALTH CONNECT AT HOME - FARGO: $119,140 · HealthHEARTVIEW FOUNDATION: $113,553 · HealthWESTERN WELLNESS FOUNDATION INC: $106,268 · HealthRIDING FOR DREAMS: $105,600 · HealthNEW SALEM AMBULANCE: $77,800 · HealthMOTT HEALTH CARE CENTER: $77,000 · HealthGood Samaritan Health Services Foundation: $76,980 · HealthESSENTIA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $72,267 · Health+6 more: $303,581 · HealthNORTH DAKOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $838,001 · PhilanthropyMISSOURI SLOPE AREAWIDE UNITED WAY: $424,768 · PhilanthropyFUNDRAISING FOR RANSOM AREA AND COMMUNITY: $138,980 · PhilanthropySOURIS VALLEY UNITED WAY: $138,730 · PhilanthropyMOUNTRAIL COUNTY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $133,850 · PhilanthropyMANDAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION: $79,178 · PhilanthropyMINOT AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $70,854 · Philanthropy+2 more: $90,586 · PhilanthropyCommunity of Care: $188,500 · Human ServicesTHREE RIVERS CRISIS CENTER: $178,600 · Human ServicesHOPE MANOR FOUNDATION INC: $142,769 · Human ServicesYOUTH OPPORTUNITY UNLIMITED INC: $140,748 · Human ServicesBenefit Fund of McKenzie County Healthcare Systems: $96,000 · Human ServicesDAKOTA BOYS AND GIRLS RANCH FOUNDATION: $90,450 · Human ServicesDOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRISIS CENTER: $84,087 · Human ServicesSAVE OUR STRAND INC: $82,201 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $80,200 · Human ServicesCONNECT MEDICAL CLINIC: $79,105 · Human ServicesDAKOTA BOYS AND GIRLS RANCH: $77,340 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER: $75,000 · Human ServicesYMCA of the Northern Sky: $70,000 · Human Services701 Monkey Business: $64,300 · Human ServicesTIOGA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $62,606 · Human ServicesTHE ARC OF BISMARCK: $60,700 · Human Services+4 more: $193,783 · Human ServicesCass County North Dakota Historical Society: $331,654 · Arts & CultureSouthwest Art Gallery and Science Center: $210,716 · Arts & CulturePrairie Public Broadcasting Inc: $109,651 · Arts & CultureLISBON OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION: $68,816 · Arts & CultureBISMARCK ART & GALLERIES ASSOCIATIO: $65,710 · Arts & CulturePLAINS ART MUSEUM: $61,000 · Arts & CultureNORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA HERITAGE ASSOCIATION: $59,658 · Arts & CultureBISMARCK-MANDAN ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION: $44,648 · Arts & CultureINFINITY CENTER: $385,622 · Recreation & SportsKILLDEER SADDLE CLUB: $96,450 · Recreation & SportsLISBON BISSELL GOLF CLUB: $90,381 · Recreation & SportsVan Hook Association: $47,443 · Recreation & Sports
Other$21,041,481Education$10,294,324Health$2,116,171Philanthropy$1,914,947Human Services$1,766,389Arts & Culture$951,853Recreation & Sports$619,896

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetTHEODORE ROOSEVELT PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $5,206,498 over 3y, 14% of budgetUNITED TRIBES TECHNICAL COLLEGE: $1,071,174 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetCANKDESKA CIKANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $943,273 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetNORTH DAKOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $838,001 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetNorth Dakota State University Foundation: $680,199 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetSITTING BULL COLLEGE: $643,291 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetTURTLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $626,020 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetGaia Home: $464,919 over 2y, 17% of budgetMISSOURI SLOPE AREAWIDE UNITED WAY: $424,768 over 6y, 6.0% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ND: $397,535 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetLutheran Sunset Home: $351,806 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetANNE CARLSEN CENTER: $336,668 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCass County North Dakota Historical Society: $331,654 over 9y, 7.5% of budgetGRAFTON EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $329,348 over 5y, 76% of budgetMissouri Slope Lutheran Care Center Foundation: $310,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetUNITY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $307,561 over 5y, 23% of budgetNORTH DAKOTA TRIBAL COLLEGE SYSTEM: $289,290 over 4y, 25% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $250,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARRINGTON HEALTH CENTER: $226,257 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetUND Alumni Association and Foundation: $226,060 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSouthwest Art Gallery and Science Center: $210,716 over 3y, 26% of budgetBismarck State College Foundation: $206,043 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetUniversity of Mary: $204,814 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetGreat Plains Food Bank: $192,099 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity of Care: $188,500 over 8y, 12% of budgetTHREE RIVERS CRISIS CENTER: $178,600 over 6y, 13% of budgetWCJDA FOUNDATION: $160,000 over 4y, 89% of budgetCatholic Charities North Dakota: $155,412 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetHOPE MANOR FOUNDATION INC: $142,769 over 3y, 17% of budgetFUNDRAISING FOR RANSOM AREA AND COMMUNITY: $138,980 over 5y, 83% of budgetSOURIS VALLEY UNITED WAY: $138,730 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetMOUNTRAIL COUNTY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $133,850 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetNATIONAL PKU ALLIANCE INC: $128,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetLISBON AREA HEALTH SERVICES: $124,506 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetMinistry on the Margins: $123,330 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $120,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $119,816 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHunter Ambulance Service: $119,700 over 3y, 35% of budgetCHI HEALTH CONNECT AT HOME - FARGO: $119,140 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetABUSE RESOURCE NETWORK: $115,870 over 7y, 8.9% of budgetHEARTVIEW FOUNDATION: $113,553 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBIO Girls Inc: $111,728 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetPrairie Public Broadcasting Inc: $109,651 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetWESTERN WELLNESS FOUNDATION INC: $106,268 over 7y, 14% of budget31-8 PROJECT: $105,974 over 3y, 25% of budgetRICHLAND WILKIN EMERGENCY FOOD PANTRY: $105,850 over 4y, 20% of budgetRIDING FOR DREAMS: $105,600 over 5y, 20% of budgetNORTHLANDS RESCUE MISSION INC: $101,576 over 4y, 3.6% 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 THEODORE ROOSEVELT PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED TRIBES TECHNICAL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CANKDESKA CIKANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds NORTH DAKOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds North Dakota State University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SITTING BULL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds TURTLE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Gaia Home ↗
  • Who funds MISSOURI SLOPE AREAWIDE UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ND ↗
  • Who funds INFINITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Lutheran Sunset Home ↗
  • Who funds ANNE CARLSEN CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Cass County North Dakota Historical Society ↗
  • Who funds GRAFTON EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center Foundation ↗
  • Who funds UNITY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTH DAKOTA TRIBAL COLLEGE SYSTEM ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds CARRINGTON HEALTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds UND Alumni Association and Foundation ↗

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 Shiel…Midcontinent Foundati…Fargo-Moorhead Area F…The Tom and Frances L…Great Plains Food BankThe Barry FoundationDakota Medical Founda…Sanford Group ReturnOtto Bremer TrustUnited Way of Cass-Cl…Impact FoundationOtter Tail Power Comp…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization North Dakota Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from North Dakota Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    48report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to North Dakota Community Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to North Dakota Community Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 695 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 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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