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?

$125M reached 87 education organizations in North Dakota, from 274 funders. 19% 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 19% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Funding is concentrated: Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library alone draws 40% of every education grant dollar in North Dakota.

$125M

granted

organizations

19%

from in-state

The short version

274 funders gave $125M to 87 education organizations in North Dakota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
19% 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 $34M.
The education organization drawing the most is Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, at $50M.

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$34M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$23M 3Sanford Group Return$9M 4Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$5M 5Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation$4M 6The Lanterman Foundation$4M 7Valley City State University Foundation$4M 8North Dakota Community Foundation$3M 9Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$3M 10American Indian College Fund$2M

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$50M North Dakota State University Foundation$18M

77 other education organizations$12M

UND Alumni Association and Foundation$10M University of Mary$8M Capstone Classical Academy$8M

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
81% 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, $34M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in North Dakota?: $125M reached 87 education organizations in North Dakota, from 274 funders. 19% 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.