North Dakota · Public charity
Williston State College Foundation
The foundation supports williston state college by building relationships with alumni, donors, and surrounding communities; generating financial support; funding student and faculty development scholarships; and leading capital expansion to develop a thriving state-of-the-art campus.
- $8.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $5.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,104,493
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 4
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $24M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Williston State College Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k 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 | 5 | $5.2M | 20% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $4.5M | 33% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $3.5M | 25% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $2.8M | 33% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $3.3M | 50% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $3.0M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $2.9M | 33% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $2.3M | 50% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williston State College | $30,009,111 | 9 | n/a |
| Teton Booster Club Inc | $95,421 | 6 | 9% |
| Williston Community Builders | $66,668 | 2 | 1% |
| Bras for a Cause | $45,800 | 4 | 4% |
| Williston Basin School District #7 | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coyote Wrestling Club Inc | $16,699 | 1 | 9% |
| Veterans and Friends of the Old Armory of Williston Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Family Crisis Shelter Inc | $13,976 | 1 | 2% |
| Williston Parks & Recreation Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: American Legion 37 Edgar M Boyd
How this is measured
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About Williston State College Foundation
- How much does Williston State College Foundation give?
- Williston State College Foundation reported 5 itemized grants totaling $5,179,827, out of $8,458,155 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 4 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Williston State College Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (99%), Recreation & Sports (1%), Health (0%).
- Who are Williston State College Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Williston State College ($30M), Teton Booster Club Inc ($95k), Williston Community Builders ($67k).
- Does Williston State College Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Williston State College Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Legion 37 Edgar M Boyd.
- Where is Williston State College Foundation based?
- Williston State College Foundation is based in ND.
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