How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in North Dakota?

Start with the funders already giving to education in North Dakota, currently The Rob Walton Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Sanford Group Return. Then look at who funds the education 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 education in North Dakota?

$276M reached 146 education organizations in North Dakota, from 450 funders. 21% 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 · Education

Who funds education in North Dakota

Most of it comes from outside North Dakota: only 21% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$276M

granted

146

organizations

21%

from in-state

The short version

450 funders gave $276M to 146 education organizations in North Dakota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
21% of that came from funders also based in North Dakota; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of education in North Dakota is The Rob Walton Foundation, at $44M.
The education organization drawing the most is Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation, at $77M.

Largest funders of education in North Dakota

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

1The Rob Walton Foundation$44M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$42M 3Sanford Group Return$13M 4The Harold Hamm Foundation$10M 5American Indian College Fund$10M 6Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation Corporation$10M 7North Dakota Community Foundation$9M 8The Chicago Community Trust$8M 9We B Giving Foundation Agency Xxxxxx3902$8M 10Williston State College Supporting Foundation$7M

Education organizations in North Dakota that draw the most

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

Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation$77M North Dakota State University Foundation$47M

136 other education organizations$41M

University of Mary$28M UND Alumni Association and Foundation$21M Turtle Mountain Community College$19M Capstone Classical Academy$15M

How to find education funders in North Dakota

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Start with the funders already active in North Dakota
The funders giving the most to education in North Dakota are The Rob Walton Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Sanford Group Return. A funder already writing education checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the education 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
79% of education money in North Dakota comes from funders elsewhere, so national education funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in North Dakota.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in North Dakota?: Start with the funders already giving to education in North Dakota, currently The Rob Walton Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Sanford Group Return. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into North Dakota from out of state.
Who is the largest education funder in North Dakota?: The Rob Walton Foundation gives the most to education organizations in North Dakota, $44M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in North Dakota?: $276M reached 146 education organizations in North Dakota, from 450 funders. 21% 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 endowment market

who holds foundation money, and what just moved

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

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.