How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in North Dakota?

Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in North Dakota, currently Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, Buck and Lois Scheele Foundation. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into North Dakota from out of state.

Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in North Dakota?

Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in North Dakota, $1M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in North Dakota?

$5M reached 16 civil rights and advocacy organizations in North Dakota, from 67 funders. 13% 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 · Civil rights and advocacy

Who funds civil rights and advocacy in North Dakota

Most of it comes from outside North Dakota: only 13% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Funding is concentrated: North Dakota Native Vote alone draws 43% of every civil rights and advocacy grant dollar in North Dakota.

$5M

granted

organizations

13%

from in-state

The short version

67 funders gave $5M to 16 civil rights and advocacy organizations in North Dakota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
13% of that came from funders also based in North Dakota; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in North Dakota is Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project, at $1M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is North Dakota Native Vote, at $2M.

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in North Dakota

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

1Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project$1M 2John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation$250k 3Buck and Lois Scheele Foundation$250k 4The Poss Family Foundation$225k 5Montana Budget and Policy Center$200k 6Otto Bremer Trust$152k 7The Ford Foundation$150k 8Northwest Area Foundation$131k 9Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$115k 10North Dakota Community Foundation$115k

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in North Dakota that draw the most

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

North Dakota Native Vote$2M Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance$980k North Dakota Human Rights Coalition$520k Family Crisis Shelter Inc$386k The Human Family$186k Ndcme$158k

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in North Dakota

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Start with the funders already active in North Dakota
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in North Dakota are Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, Buck and Lois Scheele Foundation. A funder already writing civil rights and advocacy checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
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See who funds organizations like yours
Open the civil rights and advocacy 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.
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Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
87% of civil rights and advocacy money in North Dakota comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in North Dakota.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in North Dakota?: Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in North Dakota, currently Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, Buck and Lois Scheele Foundation. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into North Dakota from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in North Dakota?: Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in North Dakota, $1M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in North Dakota?: $5M reached 16 civil rights and advocacy organizations in North Dakota, from 67 funders. 13% 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 unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

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

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.