North Dakota · Public charity
Williston Convention and Visitors Bureau
To improve the quality of life in Williston by providing and developing Williston as a destination for business and leisure travel, group tours and conventions.
- $324k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $289k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $83,333
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations Williston Convention and Visitors Bureau funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $127k 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 | 8 | $289k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $299k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $267k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $101k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $20k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $105k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $46k | 71% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $38k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williston Community Builders | $250,999 | 3 | 5% |
| Upper Missouri Valley Fair Association | $163,000 | 7 | 9% |
| Coyote Clay Target League Inc | $102,500 | 2 | 7% |
| Williston State College Foundation | $100,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Veterans and Friends of the Old Armory of Williston Inc | $80,000 | 3 | 90% |
| Williston Downtowners Association | $56,500 | 6 | 9% |
| Williston Sea Lions Inc | $55,000 | 4 | 12% |
| Coyote Booster Club | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Links of ND | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Teton Booster Club Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 3% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williston Community Builders | $250,999 | 3 | 5% |
| Upper Missouri Valley Fair Association | $163,000 | 7 | 9% |
| Coyote Clay Target League Inc | $102,500 | 2 | 7% |
| Williston State College Foundation | $100,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Veterans and Friends of the Old Armory of Williston Inc | $80,000 | 3 | 90% |
| Williston Downtowners Association | $56,500 | 6 | 9% |
| Williston Sea Lions Inc | $55,000 | 4 | 12% |
| Coyote Booster Club | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Links of ND | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Teton Booster Club Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 3% |
| City of Williston ND | $9,872 | 1 | n/a |
| Rotary International | $7,400 | 1 | 9% |
| Williston Basin Curling Club | $7,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Williams County Water Resource District | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Williston Basin Skating Club Inc | $5,750 | 1 | 2% |
| Williston Area Chamber of Commerce | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Williston Rural Fire Association | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northern Plains Oyate | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($211k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Williston Convention and Visitors Bureau supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 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: American Legion 37 Edgar M Boyd · Buck and Lois Scheele Foundation · Ardean & Colleen Aafedt Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Williston Convention and Visitors Bureau
- How much does Williston Convention and Visitors Bureau give?
- Williston Convention and Visitors Bureau reported 8 itemized grants totaling $289,333, out of $323,834 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Williston Convention and Visitors Bureau fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (51%), Community Improvement (31%), Arts & Culture (16%).
- Who are Williston Convention and Visitors Bureau's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Williston Community Builders ($251k), Upper Missouri Valley Fair Association ($163k), Coyote Clay Target League Inc ($103k).
- Does Williston Convention and Visitors Bureau fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Williston Convention and Visitors Bureau?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Legion 37 Edgar M Boyd, Buck and Lois Scheele Foundation, Ardean & Colleen Aafedt Foundation.
- Where is Williston Convention and Visitors Bureau based?
- Williston Convention and Visitors Bureau is based in ND.
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