North Dakota · Community foundation
Northwest North Dakota Community Foundation Inc
To improve the quality of life for the citizens within northwest north dakota through charitable giving and promoting philanthropy. The corporation is organized specifically for and shall be operated exclusively for such religious, charitable, scientific and educational purposes.the foundation is a non-operating volunteer organization…
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 36
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.8M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $29,920
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $337,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 30
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Northwest North Dakota Community Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $893k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 36 | $1.8M | 58% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $1.7M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $1.5M | 79% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $251k | 69% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $447k | 73% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $133k | 92% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $85k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Missouri Lutheran Bible Camp | $385,096 | 5 | n/a |
| North Dakota Assistive | $337,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Missouri River Educational Cooperative Foundation | $300,000 | 3 | 30% |
| Prairie Public Broadcasting Inc | $228,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Long X Arts Foundation | $222,800 | 3 | 37% |
| Ka Joog Nonprofit Organization | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Carrington Rainbow Gardens | $200,000 | 2 | 83% |
| South Sudanese Foundation | $200,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Ministry on the Margins | $190,000 | 1 | 11% |
| North Dakota News Cooperative | $186,000 | 3 | 46% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Missouri Lutheran Bible Camp | $385,096 | 5 | n/a |
| North Dakota Assistive | $337,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Missouri River Educational Cooperative Foundation | $300,000 | 3 | 30% |
| Prairie Public Broadcasting Inc | $228,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Long X Arts Foundation | $222,800 | 3 | 37% |
| Ka Joog Nonprofit Organization | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Carrington Rainbow Gardens | $200,000 | 2 | 83% |
| South Sudanese Foundation | $200,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Ministry on the Margins | $190,000 | 1 | 11% |
| North Dakota News Cooperative | $186,000 | 3 | 46% |
| Journal Publishing Inc | $175,450 | 3 | n/a |
| Divide County St Luke's Community Foundation | $163,828 | 6 | n/a |
| Standing Rock Community Development | $159,357 | 2 | 9% |
| Sheyenne Grit | $150,000 | 2 | 31% |
| New Rockford Area Betterment Corp | $100,000 | 1 | 22% |
| Williston Public Schools | $88,004 | 2 | n/a |
| Lake Region Ambulance Service | $85,000 | 1 | 5% |
| International Music Camp | $83,140 | 5 | 9% |
| Great Plains Food Bank | $71,000 | 2 | 0% |
| North Dakota Bar Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 15% |
| Nyeri Madi Cultural Dance Group | $57,312 | 2 | 50% |
| Revitalize Rolla | $50,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Kirat Cultural Society of North Dakota | $48,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Crosby Blue Line Club | $47,600 | 4 | 3% |
| North Dakota Museum of Art | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Williston Basin School District #7 | $35,409 | 2 | n/a |
| Crosby Rural Fire Protection | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Noonan | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alexander Public School | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Minot State University Development Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bismarck Global Neighbors | $30,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Meadowlark Arts Council Inc | $29,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Divide County Economic Development Council Inc | $26,936 | 2 | n/a |
| Jamestown Fine Arts Association Inc | $26,400 | 1 | 2% |
| Enhancing and Strengthening North Dakota Nonprofits | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Fortuna Rural Fire Protection District | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Maah Daah Hey Trail Association | $20,680 | 1 | 15% |
| Williston Coyote Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 3% |
| State Historical Society of North Dakota Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Mountain Plains Youth Works | $18,900 | 1 | 0% |
| North Dakota Women's Network | $18,761 | 1 | n/a |
| Family Crisis Shelter Inc | $16,750 | 1 | 2% |
| Concordia Lutheran Church | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Compassion Keepers Kloset | $15,326 | 1 | n/a |
| Divide Co Ambulance District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Columbus Rural Fire Protection District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Williston Basin Military Affairs Committee | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Noonan Fire District Inc | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northern Cass School District No 97 | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| TNT Kid's Fitness | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Mary | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwest Chorus and Orchestra Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Powers Lake Lions Club | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bowman County Job Development Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| North Dakota Safety Council | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Heartview Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Concordia Lutheran Church Trust Fund | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Heartsprings | $9,611 | 1 | 17% |
| Wildrose Golf Association Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| McKenzie County - McKenzie County Sheriff's Office | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Williams County | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Bakken Oil Rush Watford City Outreach | $6,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Prairie Tumbleweeds Association | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Connections | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Lukes Hospital | $5,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Stanley Area Care for Kids (Sack) | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Farm Rescue | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Action Partnership | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Faith Methodist Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| UND Alumni Association and Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Williston Parks & Recreation Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| North Dakota Firefighter's Association | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Summit Counseling Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Northwest North Dakota Community Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 42 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: North Dakota Community Foundation · Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · The Tom and Frances Leach Foundation · Otter Tail Power Company Foundation · Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation Corporation · Sanford Group Return · Midcontinent Foundation · The Bush Foundation · Great Plains Food Bank · The Barry Foundation · Bnsf Railway Foundation
How this is measured
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About Northwest North Dakota Community Foundation Inc
- How much does Northwest North Dakota Community Foundation Inc give?
- Northwest North Dakota Community Foundation Inc reported 36 itemized grants totaling $1,833,573, out of $2,013,995 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Northwest North Dakota Community Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (30%), Community Improvement (13%), Youth Development (12%).
- Who are Northwest North Dakota Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Upper Missouri Lutheran Bible Camp ($385k), North Dakota Assistive ($337k), Missouri River Educational Cooperative Foundation ($300k).
- Does Northwest North Dakota Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Northwest North Dakota Community Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include North Dakota Community Foundation, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation, Otto Bremer Trust.
- Where is Northwest North Dakota Community Foundation Inc based?
- Northwest North Dakota Community Foundation Inc is based in ND.
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