How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in North Dakota?

Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in North Dakota, currently Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Hostfest-Heritage Foundation, The Andrew W Mellon Foundation. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into North Dakota from out of state.

How much grant money goes to arts and culture in North Dakota?

$15M reached 80 arts and culture organizations in North Dakota, from 114 funders. 36% came from funders also based in North Dakota.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · North Dakota · Arts and culture

Who funds arts and culture in North Dakota

One funder dominates the giving, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, at 35% of the total.

$15M

granted

organizations

36%

from in-state

The short version

114 funders gave $15M to 80 arts and culture organizations in North Dakota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
36% of that came from funders also based in North Dakota; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of arts and culture in North Dakota is Corporation for Public Broadcasting, at $5M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is Prairie Public Broadcasting Inc, at $6M.

Largest funders of arts and culture in North Dakota

The funders giving the most to arts and culture organizations in North Dakota, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Corporation for Public Broadcasting$5M 2Hostfest-Heritage Foundation$981k 3The Andrew W Mellon Foundation$750k 4Northwest North Dakota Community$729k 5North Dakota Community Foundation$508k 6Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$507k 7Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation$475k 8Community Foundation of Grand Forks$404k 9North Dakota Museum of Art Foundation$382k 10The Tom and Frances Leach Foundatio$380k

Arts and culture organizations in North Dakota that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

Prairie Public Broadcasting Inc$6M

70 other arts and culture organizations$4M

North Dakota Museum of Art$2M Norsk Hostfest Association$985k Fargo-Moorhead Science Museum$361k

How to find arts and culture funders in North Dakota

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Start with the funders already active in North Dakota
The funders giving the most to arts and culture in North Dakota are Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Hostfest-Heritage Foundation, The Andrew W Mellon Foundation. A funder already writing arts and culture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
64% of arts and culture money in North Dakota comes from funders elsewhere, so national arts and culture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in North Dakota.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in North Dakota?: Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in North Dakota, currently Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Hostfest-Heritage Foundation, The Andrew W Mellon Foundation. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into North Dakota from out of state.
Who is the largest arts and culture funder in North Dakota?: Corporation for Public Broadcasting gives the most to arts and culture organizations in North Dakota, $5M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in North Dakota?: $15M reached 80 arts and culture organizations in North Dakota, from 114 funders. 36% came from funders also based in North Dakota.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.