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North Dakota Hospital Foundation

To promote the improvement of health of the people of north dakota through the provisions of better hospital care, the fostering and sponsorship of educational programs for training of health career personnel, financial aid for individuals of north dakota needing assistance to those who are pursuing an education in health careers, the…

$4.0M
Granted FY2021
42
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$218k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01FY2021 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $217k
  • $50k–250k36 grants · $3.7M
$82,415
Median grant
1
States reached
$8.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH WILLISTON$217,537
LUTHERAN CHARITY ASSN DBA JAMESTOWN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER$206,383
MCKENZIE COUNTY HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS INC$193,576
WEST RIVER HEALTH SERVICES DBA WEST RIVER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER$193,235
HEART OF AMERICA MEDICAL CENTER$174,686
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH DICKINSON$174,686
SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER - FARGO$141,042
PRESENTATION MEDICAL CENTER$132,447
CHRISTIAN UNITY HOSPITAL CORPORATION DBA UNITY MEDICAL CENTER$128,856
HAZEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSN DBA SAKAKAWEA MEDICAL CENTER$122,831
NORTHWOOD DEACONESS HEALTH CENTER$115,208
TIOGA MEDICAL CENTER$110,707
ST ALOISIUS HOSPITAL$107,212
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH DEVILS LAKE$103,687
JACOBSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CARE CENTER$103,255
02The need
02

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY21–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 69% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HAZEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSN DBA SAKAKAWEA MEDICAL CENTER: $123k → 7%CHI LISBON HEALTH: $52k → 8%CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH WILLISTON: $218k → 8%SANFORD HILLSBORO MEDICAL CENTER: $77k → 9%MCKENZIE COUNTY HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS INC: $194k → 9%CAVALIER COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: $77k → 9%SOUTHWEST HEALTHCARE SERVICES: $75k → 9%CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH CARRINGTON: $56k → 9%CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH DICKINSON: $175k → 9%ST ANDREW'S HOSPITAL DBA ST ANDREW'S HEALTH CENTER: $94k → 10%PEMBINA CONTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION: $73k → 10%SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER - BISMARCK: $82k → 10%TOWNER COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER: $60k → 10%CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH TURTLE LAKE: $60k → 10%MOUNTRAIL COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER: $46k → 10%PR HEALTH CORPORATION DBA FIRST CARE HEALTH CENTER: $88k → 11%LUTHERAN CHARITY ASSN DBA JAMESTOWN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: $206k → 11%ST LUKES HOSPITAL: $57k → 11%NELSON COUNTY HEALTH SYSTEMS: $47k → 11%CHI MERCY HEALTH: $58k → 12%HEART OF AMERICA MEDICAL CENTER: $175k → 12%ESSENTIA HEALTH FARGO: $70k → 12%COOPERSTOWN MEDICAL CENTER: $45k → 12%LINTON HOSPITAL: $79k → 12%ST ALOISIUS HOSPITAL: $107k → 13%WEST RIVER HEALTH SERVICES DBA WEST RIVER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: $193k → 13%CHI OAKES HOSPITAL: $46k → 13%CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH DEVILS LAKE: $104k → 13%ALTRU HEALTH SYSTEM: $84k → 13%WISHEK HOSPITAL CLINIC ASSOCIATIONN DBA SOUTH CENTRAL HEALTH: $64k → 15%JACOBSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CARE CENTER: $103k → 20%PRESENTATION MEDICAL CENTER: $132k → 26%TIOGA MEDICAL CENTER: $111k → 8%SANFORD MAYVILLE MEDICAL CENTER: $83k → 9%CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH: $65k → 10%CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH GARRISON: $103k → 10%CHRISTIAN UNITY HOSPITAL CORPORATION DBA UNITY MEDICAL CENTER: $129k → 11%PRAIRIE ST JOHN'S: $8k → 12%NORTHWOOD DEACONESS HEALTH CENTER: $115k → 13%ASHLEY MEDICAL CENTER: $60k → 15%SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER - FARGO: $141k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Madison Community Hospital

Madison regional health system serves as a community health focal point through the provision of compassionate, quality, and innovative care.

Health
2
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
3
Trinity Health & Affiliates

Trinity health is committed to preserving and improving the quality of health of the people we serve. our mission is to excel at meeting the needs of the whole person through the provision of quality health care and health related services.

Health
4
St Luke's McCall Ltd

To improve the health of people in the communities we serve.

Health
5
LifeCare Medical Center

To provide care for a healthy life.

Health
6
St Luke's Nampa Medical Center Ltd

To improve the health of people in the communities we serve.

Health
7
Regional West Health Services

Health care services for the people of western nebraska and eastern wyoming.

Health
8
Sioux Center Health

Bring hope, health and healing to life.

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9
Coal Country Community Health Center

Working together as partners to enhance the lives of area residents by providing a neighborhood of patient centered healthcare services that promote wellness, prevention and care coordination.

Health
10
Central Montana Medical Facilities Inc

The mission of Central Montana Medical Center is to be the leader in assuring community based quality healthcare.

Health
11
St Luke's Magic Valley Regional Medical Center Ltd

To improve the health of people in the communities we serve.

Health
12
SwedishAmerican Hospital

Through excellence in healthcare and compassionate service, we care for our community.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pembina County Memorial Hospital Association and the most unlike its peers is St Alexius Medical Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 70 years old; the field is 28. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%0%<5yr12%3%5–10yr13%6%10–20yr12%11%20–35yr22%9%35–55yr23%71%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr12%5%5–10yr13%8%10–20yr12%7%20–35yr22%9%35–55yr23%71%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 7% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/40
the rest of the field
7%
264/3,886

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

37 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 37 of the 41 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/37
Grantees still filing
26/37
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Lutheran Charity Association D/B/A Jamestown Regional Medical Center — $206,383 · HealthLutheran Charity Association D/B/A Jamestown Regional Medical CenterWEST RIVER HEALTH SERVICES — $193,235 · HealthWEST RIVER HEALTH SERVICESGood Samaritan Hospital Association — $174,686 · HealthGood Samaritan Hospital AssociationPresentation Medical Center — $132,447 · HealthCHRISTIAN UNITY HOSPITAL CORPORATION — $128,856 · HealthHazen Memorial Hospital Association — $122,831 · HealthNORTHWOOD DEACONESS HEALTH CENTER — $115,208 · HealthTioga Medical Center — $110,707 · HealthSt Aloisius Hospital — $107,212 · HealthMERCY HOSPITAL OF DEVILS LAKE — $103,687 · HealthJacobson Memorial Hospital Care Center — $103,255 · HealthGARRISON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL — $103,108 · Health+20 more — $1,275,667 · Health+20 moreSANFORD GROUP RETURN — $223,457 · OtherSANFORD GROUP RETURNMERCY MEDICAL CENTER — $217,537 · OtherMERCY MEDICAL CENTERMcKenzie County Healthcare Systems Inc — $193,576 · OtherMcKenzie County Healthcare Syst…ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL & HEALTH CENTER — $174,686 · OtherST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL & HEALTH C…SANFORD MAYVILLE MEDICAL CENTER — $82,751 · OtherSANFORD MAYVILLE MEDICAL CENTERSanford Hillsboro — $76,884 · OtherSanford HillsboroTurtle Lake Community Hospital Association — $60,004 · OtherTurtle Lake Community Hospital …CHI LISBON HEALTH — $51,603 · Other+1 more — $7,889 · Other
Health$2,877,282Other$1,088,387

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSANFORD GROUP RETURN — $223,457 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY MEDICAL CENTER — $217,537 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLutheran Charity Association D/B/A Jamestown Regional Medical Center — $206,383 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMcKenzie County Healthcare Systems Inc — $193,576 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWEST RIVER HEALTH SERVICES — $193,235 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL & HEALTH CENTER — $174,686 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGood Samaritan Hospital Association — $174,686 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPresentation Medical Center — $132,447 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCHRISTIAN UNITY HOSPITAL CORPORATION — $128,856 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHazen Memorial Hospital Association — $122,831 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNORTHWOOD DEACONESS HEALTH CENTER — $115,208 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTioga Medical Center — $110,707 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSt Aloisius Hospital — $107,212 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMERCY HOSPITAL OF DEVILS LAKE — $103,687 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJacobson Memorial Hospital Care Center — $103,255 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGARRISON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL — $103,108 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSt Andrew's Hospital — $93,803 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPR Health Corporation — $87,894 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetALTRU HEALTH SYSTEM — $84,422 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLinton Hospital — $78,783 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCAVALIER COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION — $76,842 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSouthwest Healthcare Services — $74,692 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPEMBINA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION — $73,323 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetINNOVIS HEALTH LLC — $69,778 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST ALEXIUS MEDICAL CENTER — $64,670 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWishek Hospital Clinic Association — $63,655 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTurtle Lake Community Hospital Association — $60,004 over 1y, 61% of budgetAshley Medical Center — $59,999 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTowner County Medical Center Inc — $59,707 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMERCY HOSPITAL OF VALLEY CITY — $58,161 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSt Lukes Hospital — $57,061 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCARRINGTON HEALTH CENTER — $55,623 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNelson County Health System-Hospital — $46,527 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMountrail County Medical Center — $46,134 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOAKES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL — $45,589 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCooperstown Medical Center — $44,757 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTRINITY HEALTH — $34,247 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

American Heart Associ…The Leona M and Harry…Frank L Wedge Memoria…North Dakota Communit…St Alexius Medical Ce…Commonspirit HealthIchf FoundationOtto Bremer TrustBlue Cross Blue Shiel…Inspiritus Community …Amazonsmile FoundationFidelity Investments …
American Heart Association IncTX70× affinity36 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Heart Association Inc · The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust · Frank L Wedge Memorial Fund · North Dakota Community Foundation · St Alexius Medical Center · Commonspirit Health · Ichf Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation · Inspiritus Community Health Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization North Dakota Hospital Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    25report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to North Dakota Hospital Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to North Dakota Hospital 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 41 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder made grants.

    Source object · view filing

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