North Dakota · Public charity
University of Mary
The University of Mary exists to serve the religious, academic and cultural needs of the people in this region and beyond.(Continued on Schedule O)
- $24M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $26k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $256M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations University of Mary funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $26k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $36k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $59k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $28k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $74k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $149k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $159k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $278k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bismarck-Mandan Chamber Foundation | $252,050 | 9 | 37% |
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | $95,050 | 3 | n/a |
| Light of Christ Catholic Schools | $84,578 | 6 | n/a |
| The God's Child Project | $74,958 | 5 | 1% |
| Diocese of Fargo | $44,039 | 1 | n/a |
| March for Life Education & Defense Fund | $43,280 | 4 | 1% |
| American College of the Roman Catholic Church of the US | $37,250 | 6 | n/a |
| Cardinal Newman Society for the Preservation of Catholic Hgr Ed | $22,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Bismarck-Mandan Orchestral Association | $21,000 | 4 | 3% |
| The Becket Fund | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bismarck-Mandan Chamber Foundation | $252,050 | 9 | 37% |
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | $95,050 | 3 | n/a |
| Light of Christ Catholic Schools | $84,578 | 6 | n/a |
| The God's Child Project | $74,958 | 5 | 1% |
| Diocese of Fargo | $44,039 | 1 | n/a |
| March for Life Education & Defense Fund | $43,280 | 4 | 1% |
| American College of the Roman Catholic Church of the US | $37,250 | 6 | n/a |
| Cardinal Newman Society for the Preservation of Catholic Hgr Ed | $22,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Bismarck-Mandan Orchestral Association | $21,000 | 4 | 3% |
| The Becket Fund | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bismarck Parks & Recreation | $20,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Minot State University | $18,645 | 3 | n/a |
| The Dioces of Bismarck Trustee Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Marys Central High School | $13,173 | 1 | n/a |
| United States Catholic Conference | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fire Foundation of Denver | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Benedictine Sisters of the Annunciation Bmv | $7,904 | 1 | n/a |
| Ministry on the Margins | $6,586 | 1 | 1% |
| The Napa Institute | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| 31-8 Project | $5,017 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
University of Mary supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 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 · Knights of Columbus · Our Sunday Visitor Inc · Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc · Impactassetsinc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
About University of Mary
- How much does University of Mary give?
- University of Mary reported 3 itemized grants totaling $25,838, out of $24,002,071 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does University of Mary fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (31%), Education (23%), Religion (22%).
- Who are University of Mary's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Bismarck-Mandan Chamber Foundation ($252k), Fellowship of Catholic University Students ($95k), Light of Christ Catholic Schools ($85k).
- Does University of Mary fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as University of Mary?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include North Dakota Community Foundation, Knights of Columbus, Our Sunday Visitor Inc.
- Where is University of Mary based?
- University of Mary is based in ND.
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